dividual within the company, gives each free rein, and rewards them on their efforts. They are completely unconcerned with job descriptions, roles and specific responsibilities. In order for an organization to run smoothly, they must surround themselves with individuals who are self-directed and self-motivated. They therefore, are very hands off managers, the less they have to do… the better. If the Zeus manager is incompetent, aging, or disinterested, then quality will be a serious issue and if not taken into consideration, will adversely affect the organization. It is therefore vital to ensure that if a Zeus type manager is taken on, he must be completely competent, young, and interested in his field of work. Apollo, on the other hand, was the god of order and rules. The symbol for Apollo is a Greek temple. These “temples draw their strength and beauty from their pillars. The pillars represent the functions and divisions in [the] organization”, a bureaucracy, if you will. The Apollo manager operates at the top of the role culture, which is concerned with the role of the job to be done, not the personalities of the employees. The Apollo manager is assumed to be rational “and that everything can and should be analyzed in a logical fashion.” (Handy 17) The style, therefore, is extremely systematic with specific job descriptions given. The manager has specific rules and procedures and operates from within these boundaries. The Apollo manager operates with stability and predictability always in mind. The Apollo manager is very impersonal and employees are considered a part of the whole operation, not individual, thinking, feeling, people. Efficiency is viewed as meeting standard targets, if they’re beat, then it is assumed that the targets need revising. In the mind of the Apollo manager, you do your job as required, no more, no less. Apollo managers hate change because it means that things can no longer...
