Theatre Design & Technology - Spring 1991 - 45

approach, producriviry and morale will
be low in a work environmenr rhar
suggesrs parriciparive and inreracrive
managemenr. Tannenbaum and Schmidr
conclude: "The successful leader is one
who is able ro behave appropriarely in
rhe lighr of rhese perceprions. If
direcrion is in order, he is able ro direcr;
if considerable parriciparive freedom is
called for, he is able ro provide such
freedom."·
Paul Hersey and Kennerh Blanchard
expand on rhe concepr of a conrinuum
ro include a "life cycle rheory of
leadership."s A siruarion rhar demands a
high level of direcrion would be
considered high rask and low relarionship. Conversely, a siruarion rhar
requires auronomy and creariviry from
rhe employee would be considered low
rask and high relarionship. Hersey and
Blanchard conclude rhar a supervisor
will go rhrough cycles of leadership rhar
coincide wirh rhe need ro eirher direcr or
involve rhe employee.
These examples can be inregrared
inro rhe Tao merhod of managemenr. In
a given siruarion, rhe srage manager
mighr find ir necessary ro adopr rhe sryle
of boss, coach or friend. Thus rhe
leadership cycle flows from one ro rhe

nexr, much rhe same as rhe Tao flows
from rhe yin ro yang. The leadership
model for rhe Taoisr srage manager
mighr be graphically represenred by rhe
circular morion around rhe yin and yang:

in resisrance (e.g., when a srage manager
arremprs ro inrerprer how a line is ro be
delivered in a scripr).
On rhe orher hand, while rechnicians
have rhe rechnical skills ro operare rhe
equipmenr, rhe srage manager generally
rells rhe crew exacrly when ro rake a cue
during a performance. In rhis way, rhe
rechnician can concenrrare on rhe experr
operarion of rhe equipmenr, and nor rhe
evenrs happening on srage.

Low task/High relationship

High task/Low relationship
Figure B.

In rhe conrexr of rhe rhearre, rhis
diagram suggesrs rhar self-morivared
employees such as acrors mighr require
lirrle supervision, while rechnicians may
require more. Acrors bring wirh rhem a
crearive crafr rhar musr be nurrured and
nor sri fled. Any arrempr ro limir rhis
creariviry by excessive inrervenrion on
rhe parr of rhe srage manager may resulr

S. LEO

Need it now? Get it now!
It

at ...

In

New York, New England.

To be an aurhoriry on srage managemenr
in all arenas of rhe rheatre would require
more rhan one liferime, for rhere are as
many differenr applicarions of rhe same
skills in srage managemenr as rhere are

ARD AUERBACH & ASSOCIATES
CO~5lLTI~G

THE.-\TRE

Come In and carry

Without stilTing abroad
One C/1n know the whole world;
Without looking out ofthe
window
One can see the way ofheaven
The jitrthel' one goes
The less one knows.
Therefore the sage knows without
having to sth;
Identifies without having to see,
Accomplishes without having to
act.
- TrIO Te Ching, Ch. 47

.-\RCIIII I·CTL·I(.·\I

RES E .-\ I( C II

&.

LIGIIII~G

L")rSIC~

l' I· \. I: 1 a l' \ 1 I· \, T

Florida, and now In 0 C. tool Or phone, wire or wrlte

for same-day shipment. We welcome export InquIries.

.-\lOIO -

\"15L·.-\1

TEL E \. I 5 1

a

* Mole RIchardson Lighting from Hollywood
(e~cluslve Olstrlbutors for

New England.

~

'ew York ano the South Eastl
* Bulbs and Sockets· lor TeleviSion,
Motion Picture and Photograph Lighting.
* Stock,r,g Stage and StudiO Specialists.
CSI/HMI, DA YMAX lamps, 110/230 vol tin SlOck.
* Rasco and Lee Color Media
* Cam-Ioc conneCIOrS.

BARB/ZON

New York 426 W 55 SI.

Y 10019 (212) 586·1620

New England 3 Draper St Woburn. MA 01801 (6171935·3920
Capitol

o.J1G G.n G...n

Vol". AI, ..n"",

VA 12)11

(703) 750-3900

South 2401 Mercer Ave., W. Palm Beach, FL 33401 (407) 833-2020
FAX: 12121 24H1818. TELEX: 226 000 ETLXUR BARBIZON

t 0 0 S S ..\
S.-\~

~

5

a

\1 I:

S T REI: 1

rR.-\~CIS(O

.\15·3'>~

C..-\IIIOI(~I.\

°1111

-5~S

TD&T

1991 SPRING

43
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Theatre Design & Technology - Spring 1991
