1. Explain in detail the Contigency Approach
2. Understand how leadership is often contingent on people and situations.
3. Explain in detail Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Theory
4. Apply Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory of leader style to the level of follower development.
5. Explain in detail Fiedler's Contingency Model
6. Apply Fiedler's contingency model to key relationships among leader style, situational favorability, group task performance, and Contingency Theory.
7. Explain in detail the path-goal theory of leadership.
8. Apply the path-goal theory of leadership to Leader beahviour, Situational contingencies, and use of rewards.
9. Explain in detail The Vroom-Jago Contingency Model.
10. Use the Vroom-Jago model to identify the correct amount of follower participation in specific decision situations.
11. Know how to use the power of situational variables to substitute for or neutralize the need for leadership.
12. If you were a first-level supervisor of a team of telemarketers, how would you go about assessing the development level of your subordinates? Do you think most leaders can easily shift their leadership style to suit the development level of followers?
13. Think back to teachers you have had, and identify one each who fits a supportive style, directive style, participative style, and achievement-oriented style according to the path-goal theory. Which style did you find most effective? Why?

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Contingency Approach The contingency approach to leadership suggests that leadership effectiveness is contingent on the interplay among individual traits behavior and the specific situations in which ... View the full answer