contingency theory

Who developed the contingency theory of management effectiveness?

• Frederick Taylor

• Luther Gulick

• Fred Fielder

• Peter Senge

Which of the following are the motivations discussed in Fielder's theory?

• Task and play

• Work and relations

• Task and relations

• Extrinsic and intrinsic

What scale is used in the contingency theory of effective management?

• PLC

• EEG

• Hertz

• LPC

What does LPC stand for in Fiedler’s contingency theory?

• low performance context

• least preferred co-worker

• low power context

• least performing co-worker

What is the predominant focus and purpose of early contingency theories?

• strategic leadership

• ethical leadership

• effective leadership

• sustainable leadership

This theory states in order to apply the best leadership or management skills managers must take into account all aspects of a situation when making a decision

• Systems Theory

• Chaos Theory

• Contingency Theory

• Total Quality Management

The theory claims that there is no best way to make a decisions. The optimal course of action is dependent upon internal and external situation-

• Contingency Theory

• Transactional Theory

• Authentic Leadership

• Great Man Theory

An approach to leadership in which the leader's behavior is first categorized on a scale from task orientation to people orientation, and efforts are made to find a work situation to which that particular style is best suited is called:

• Hersey-Blanchard theory.
• Vroom-Jago model.
• Vroom-Jago model.
  c. Fielder's LPC theory.
  path goal theory.
• Fielder's LPC theory.

The major limitation of contingency approach is that it sometimes ignore differences among people and situations.

• TRUE

• FALSE

To use the contingency approach to management, a manager must:

• Exercise strong leadership over group

• Believe that Theory X assumptions are valid

• Diagnose the influential variable in a situation

• Assume that something will go wrong