Module 2 - Background One Size Doesn't Fit All: Situational Approaches to Leadership Required Material The following tutorial will introduce you to two of leadership models covered in this module - the Fiedler Contingency Model and the Hersey-Blanchard Situational leadership Model: Contingency theories. (2014). Pearson Learning Solutions, Pearson, New York. Now pick up where you left off in Chapter 4 of Avery (2011) and read her perspective on contingency theories: Avery, G. (2011). Contingency theories: Situations matter, from Chapter 4 of Understanding Leadership: Paradigms and Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd, London, pp. 78-86. [Ebrary] Since this is a relatively complex topic, make sure to read up more on this topic with the following readings. Most of these readings are pretty short but they are important: Kumar, N. (2009). Chapter 14: Leadership. Organizational Behaviour: A New Look : Concept, Theory and Cases. Global Media, Mumbai, pp. 274-278. [Ebrary. Note: you don't have to read the whole chapter just the last few pages] Burke, R., & Barron, S. (2014). Chapter 6, Section 3: Situational leadership. Project Management Leadership: Building Creative Teams (2nd Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Somerset, NJ, USA, pp. 88-90. [Ebrary] Williams, M. (2005). Chapter 2, Section 2: Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard. Leadership for Leaders. Thorogood, London. Pp. 33-35 [Ebrary] Optional Videos and Tutorials How situational leadership works. (2012). Alanis Business Academy. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbS3samTsOA The Path-Goal theory of leadership. (2012). Alanis Business Academy. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRSio5j3Iy4 Theories for effective leaders. (2014). Pearson Learning Solutions, Pearson, New York. Optional Readings Yeakey, G. W. (2002). Situational leadership. Military Review, 82(1), 72-82. [Proquest] Obolensky, N. (2010). Chapter 8: What is leadership anyway? Complex Adaptive Leadership. Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Surrey, GBR. [Ebrary] Vijayaragavan, I. (2008). Chapter 2: Leadership theories and styles. High Performance Leadership. Global Media, Mumbai, pp. 19-21. [Ebrary] Privacy Policy | Contact