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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
Leader-Member Relations | Task Structure | Leader՚s Position Power | Most Effective Leader |
---|---|---|---|
Good | Structured | Strong | Low LPC |
Good | Structured | Weak | Low LPC |
Good | Unstructured | Strong | Low LPC |
Good | Unstructured | Weak | High LPC |
Poor | Structured | Strong | High LPC |
Poor | Structured | Weak | High LPC |
Poor | Unstructured | Strong | High LPC |
Poor | Unstructured | Weak | Low 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)
✍ Manishika