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Management style is too general a concept and must be extended by the consideration of both level and type of capability in the assessment of current competence and the prediction of potential. Context and its significance for the expression of different capabilities must be understood if more subtle and accurate typologies are to be developed. These would make it possible to match people's strengths at any given time to appropriate areas of work. Studies on style are summarised, and a model of individual differences which discriminates two separate dimensions of style is described. A model of organisational structure is presented which allows the direct matching of person and task and future matching as the person's capabilities grow.