fiedlers contingency thery
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FIEDLER
’S THEORY
Yata. Veera Brahmam ROOL.NO:9051
FIEDLER’S MODEL POSTULATES THAT EFFECTIVENESS OF A LEADER DEPENDS UPON
1.HIS MOTIVATIONAL STYLE (BEHAVIOR)
AND2.SITUATION FAVORABLENESS (SITUATIONS)
DIFFERENT BEHAVIOURS ARE SUITABLE FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS FAVOURABLENESS
THOSE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ARE BASED ON COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.
TASK STRUCTURE(STRUCTURED/UN STRUCTURED)
LEADER POSITION POWER(STRONG/WEAK)
LEADER-MEMBER RELATIONS (GOOD/POOR)
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
THIS MODEL POSTULATES THAT ONE BEHAVIOUR IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL SITUATIONS HE DIVIDED THIS BEHAVIOUR INTO TWO TYPES BY USING “LEAST PREFERRED CO-WORKERS SCALE”
RELATION-ORIENTATION
TASK-ORIENTATION
Pleasant 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 UnpleasantRejecting 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AcceptingTense 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RelaxedDistant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CloseCold 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WarmSupportive 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 HostileBoring 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 InterestingQuarrelsome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Harmonious
Gloomy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CheerfulOpen 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 GuardedBackbiting 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LoyalUntrustworthy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TrustworthyConsiderate 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Inconsiderate
Nasty 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NiceAgreeable 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Disagreeable
Insincere 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SincereKind 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Unkind
Instructionsthe leaders are asked to describe this person by circling numbers at the appropriate points on each of the following pairs of bipolaradjectives. Work rapidly. There are no right or wrong answers.o the responses of these scale will total and average
a high LPC score suggested that the leader has ‘relation-oriented’, while the low Lpc indicates A ‘task-oriented’.
ESSENTIALS OF RELATION-ORIENTED AND TASK-ORIENTED LEADERSHIP STYLES:
RELATION-ORIENTED : TASK-ORIENTED: Good interpersonal
relations Sensitive to the needs
and feelings of others open communication
with subordinates
Use of power Task structure No consultations with
subordinates
ESSENTIALS OF RELATION-ORIENTED AND TASK-ORIENTED LEADERSHIP STYLES:
BEHAVIER(SKILLS)
SITUATION
RELATION-ORIENTED TASK-ORIENTED
TASK STRUCTURE UNPERFECT PERFECT
LEADER-MEMBER RELATIONS
PERFECT UNPERFECT
LEADER POSITION POWER
LOW HIGH
T T T T R R T T
MOST UN FAVOURABLEMODERATE
different behaviours are suitable for different situations:
Most un favourable
high favourable/controllable situation:Task-oriented: able to relax.
Relation-oriented: able to solve problems with interpersonal skills.moderate favourable/controllable situation:Relation-oriented: perform best in this situation. Because they are sensitive to the needs of members
Task-oriented: they are not able to deal patently.Low favourable/controllable situation:Task-oriented: able to provide the direction that the employees want.Relation-oriented: not able to solve problems with interpersonal skills.
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