Let me first explain the concepts before going about the pro’s and con’s of each style. First the Top down management is a management structure in which, the managers are appointed directly -with or without relevent experience but with the necessary qualification. The Bottom Up management style is where the manager’s are appointed by promoting the lower-rung people who have plenty of experience but not necessarily with the qualifications.

The Biggest drawback of Top Down Management structure is that the Manager lacks understanding of the actual setup and structure of the company. They may have learned a lot at school but when it comes to implementation, there will be a lot of hurdles, you never read about in the books. The biggest advantage being that the person has ready made answers, and can avoid a lot of mistakes.

For Bottom Up Management the biggest disadvantage being that the person is not a subscriber of out of the box ideas. And the biggest advantage being that he has a total understanding of the whole structure of the company and knows where to put enough oil for the functioning to be smooth. But without aggressive and out of the box ideas, it is very difficult to grow a company these days.

Me being a product of Bottom up management structure, have a soft conner for this structure. But I feel that there should be some balance in the management structure, to maximize the profitability. On the top level management it should be always bottom up managers – as these guy’s will always have the respect of the people below, and also these guy’s will have a better understanding of the rick factors in running a company. On the advisory levels, it is better to have top down management people – as these people will bring in a lot of fresh and out of the box Ideas. And moreover these guy’s will have a better understanding of today’s technology and concepts to implement them and improve the productivity of the company.

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