Exam 4: Contingency Leadership Theories

A manager has decided to give a new task to an employee who tends to be insecure and may feel threatened by taking on a new task. Use Exhibit 4.7 to identify the appropriate leadership style for this situation.

Recall a specific decision you or your boss has or had to make.Is or was the decision time-driven or development-driven? Using Exhibit 4.9 or 4.10,select the appropriate participation style for the situation.Be sure to state the questions you answered and how (H or L)you answered each.

____ means that the leader works with followers to help them identify and learn the behaviors that will lead to successful task accomplishment and organizational rewards.

The normative leadership model has ____ leadership styles.

The contingency leadership model variables include all of the following,EXCEPT:

Fred E.Fiedler's Contingency Theory of Leadership states that leadership styles are basically constant.

Shawn,the manager,is from the human resources department. He helps the other departments write job descriptions. Shawn is viewed as not understanding the various departments. Employees tend to be rude in their dealings with Shawn. Use Exhibit 4.3 and determine the situation number along with its corresponding appropriate leadership style for Shawn. Select two answers. Is this the appropriate style? 

Out of the four contingency leadership models,the leadership continuum model is the most complex.

The time-driven model is concerned with making effective decisions with minimum cost.

____ leadership models identify contingency variables and leadership styles without specifying which style to use in a given situation.

The normative leadership model includes all of the following leadership styles EXCEPT:

If the leadership style does not match the situation,Fiedler recommends to change the leadership style,rather than the situation.

What is the primary difference between the contingency leadership model and the other leadership models (leadership,continuum,path-goal,and normative leadership)?

Based on the situational factors,the ____ leadership style is most appropriate when followers want to be involved.

Select a present or past manager.Which LPC leadership style is or was dominant for that manager? Using the Fiedler model (Exhibit 4.3),which situation number is the manager in? What is the appropriate leadership style for the manager in this situation? Does it match his or her style? How successful a leader is your manager? Do you think there is a relationship between the manager's leadership style and situation?

To use the normative leadership model,you must do all of the following EXCEPT:

Environment situational factors include task structure,formal authority,and work group.

Based on the situational factors,the ____ leadership style provides high consideration.

Using the leadership continuum model (Exhibit 4.5),identify your manager's most commonly used leadership style by number and description.Would you say this is the most appropriate leadership style based on the leader,the followers,and the situation? Explain.

Achievement-oriented leadership is appropriate when followers are open to autocratic leadership,have external locus of control,and follower ability is high.