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Fiedler Contingency Model Education

Introduction

  • Father of Contingency Theory of Leadership: Fred Fiedler
  • The theory is the result of two factors:
    • Leadership Style
    • Situational Favorableness/variable

Leadership Style

  • Fiedler believed that leadership style is fixed, and it can be measured using a scale he developed called Least Preferred Co-worker (LPC) Scale.
  • Higher LPC leader has more relationship-oriented style.
  • Lower LPC leader has more likely to be task-oriented style of leadership

Situational Variable

  • Leader-member Relationship
    • Task- structure
    • Position power

Applying the Fiedler Contingency Model

  • Step 1: Identify your leadership style
  • Step 2: Identify your situation
  • Step 3: Determine the most effective leadership style
Applying the Fiedler Contingency ModelApplying the Fiedler Contingency Model
Leader-Member RelationsTask StructureLeader՚s Position PowerMost Effective Leader
GoodStructuredStrongLow LPC
GoodStructuredWeakLow LPC
GoodUnstructuredStrongLow LPC
GoodUnstructuredWeakHigh LPC
PoorStructuredStrongHigh LPC
PoorStructuredWeakHigh LPC
PoorUnstructuredStrongHigh LPC
PoorUnstructuredWeakLow LPC

MCQs

Ques. What does LPC stands for in Fiedler՚s Contingency Theory:

(a) Low Performance Context

(b) Least Preferred Co-worker

(c) Low Power Context

(d) Least Performing Co-worker

Answer: (b)

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