Contingency Approach Quiz

What does the contingency approach assert about management styles?

• There is one perfect management style for all organizations.

• All organizations should follow classical management theories.

• Each organization must find what suits them best.

• Management styles are fixed and unchanging.

Who developed the Contingency Theory of Leadership?

• Max Weber

• Fred Fiedler

• Paul Hersey

• Gareth Morgan

What does the LPC scale measure?

• Leader's effectiveness based on their style and situation

• Leader's task completion rate

• Organizational structure

• Team members' satisfaction

According to Fiedler, what is a favorable leader-member relation?

• High trust and confidence from team members

• Low LPC score

• High task structure

• Low leader's position power

What criticism has been directed at Fiedler's Contingency Theory?

• It is too flexible.

• It lacks empirical support.

• It suggests leaders cannot change their style.

• It is universally applicable.

What did Gareth Morgan's book 'Images of Organization' explore?

• The effectiveness of task-oriented leaders

• Different organizational systems and their environments

• The history of management theories

• The LPC scale in detail

What was a key finding in the case study of military squads?

• High LPC leaders always perform better.

• Low LPC leaders perform better in competition conditions.

• Group LPC is unaffected by leader LPC.

• Task structure is irrelevant to performance.

What is a characteristic of low LPC leaders?

• They focus on building relationships.

• They are more effective at completing tasks.

• They avoid conflict at all costs.

• They have high position power.

What does the term 'situationalism' refer to in leadership research?

• The belief that leadership styles are fixed.

• The rejection of all classical management theories.

• The idea that management should adapt to situational factors.

• A focus on bureaucratic management.

What did Frederick Taylor's theory of scientific management emphasize?

• Flexibility in management styles.

• Task specialization and efficiency.

• The need for situational leadership.

• The importance of interpersonal relationships.