Question

Operations, information, systems, and contingency management Modern management theorists recognize that multiple management approaches are available and that not every approach can be used for every situation. At the same time, they realize there are commonalities in situations and that companies in similar situations will benefit from similar management practices. For example, in is book Theory of Leader Effectiveness, psychologist Fred Fiedler proposed that leaders use different styles in different situations to be effective. When situations were highly positive or highly negative, a task-oriented approach was best. On the other hand, when situations were somewhere in the middle, a relationship-oriented approach was best. Fiedler's theory and others like it are called contingency theories, and they imply that the most effective management technique _________

Answer 1

Answer:

Fiedler's theory and others like it are called contingency theories, and they imply that the most effective management technique gets adjusted to every situation, focusing on tasks as subunits strategy, as a contingency factor is unexpected.

Explanation:

A contingency theory is an organizational theory of the unexpected, out of control factors, so there is not a best way to lead or to make decisions, there is, instead, a contingency that cannot be accurately predicted, being motivation and leadership, two of many independent variables of the contingency theory, and productivity, turnover and absenteeism are some dependent variables, allowing managers to bend policies or override the if necessary when reacting to problems, and wide discretion in decision-making as the theory´s basis states that leader's relations impact their effectiveness.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is letter "B": change with the situation.

Explanation:

American industrial researcher Fred E. Fiedler (1922-2017) proposed in his Contingency Theory of Leadership  that leaders are successful in the measure of how they can match their skills to different situations. This situation implies that there is no best form to lead a team since teams will be led according to the situations they are facing.

Fiedler's Contingency Theory does not mean that leaders have to change their leadership styles to suit the situation. It requires leaders to be assigned situations that match their style.