Exam 4: Contingency Theories in Leadership

The normative leadership model considers all of the following EXCEPT:

Using the leadership continuum model (Exhibit 5.5), 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.

The three variables of situational favorableness include task structure, position power, and leadership style.

In the normative leadership model, the ____ leadership style lets the group diagnose the problem and make the decision within stated limits.

Discuss the major similarities and differences between the behavioral and contingency leadership theories.

According to Fiedler's Contingency Theory of Leadership, a leader's effectiveness is a function of the leader's style and the favorableness of the situation to that style.

Which contingency leadership theory do you think is the best?

Do you believe that more managers today are using more boss- or subordinate-centered leadership styles?

The continuum leadership model major leadership variables include:

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

Do the three situational favorableness factors of the contingency leadership model (Exhibit 5.3) fit in only one of the three variables (follower, leader, situation) of all contingency leadership variables (Exhibit 5.1)? Explain.

The leader who permits followers to make ongoing decisions within defined limits uses which style on the leadership continuum model?

Which contingency leadership theory do you actually plan to use, and how? If you don't plan to use any, give a detailed reason for not wanting to use any of the models.

Global companies such as McDonald's with restaurants all over the world do not have to be concerned about differences in leadership styles across countries.

Tannenbaum and Schmidt's Leadership Continuum Model has two leadership styles which are similar to the ones in University of Michigan Leadership Model.

Which of the following best represents a situation in which a relationship-oriented leadership style should be used?

Task structure is the most powerful determinant of overall situational favorableness.

The ____ leadership model is used to determine if a person's leadership style is task- or relationship-oriented, and if the situation matches the leader's style to maximize performance.

The contingency leadership model and normative leadership model are prescriptive models, because they tell the user exactly which leadership style to use in a given situation.

Describe the contingency leadership theory variables.