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Fiedler - Hershey - Blanchard Theories

Fred Fiedler developed the contingency model of leadership which states that there is no single best leadership style and that the most effective style depends on the situation. The model involves first determining a leader's style as either task-oriented or relationship-oriented using a scale. It then assesses three factors of the situation - leader-member relations, task structure, and position power - to determine how favorable the situation is. The model proposes that leadership effectiveness depends on matching a leader's style to how favorable or unfavorable the situation is.

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Fiedler - Hershey - Blanchard Theories

Fred Fiedler developed the contingency model of leadership which states that there is no single best leadership style and that the most effective style depends on the situation. The model involves first determining a leader's style as either task-oriented or relationship-oriented using a scale. It then assesses three factors of the situation - leader-member relations, task structure, and position power - to determine how favorable the situation is. The model proposes that leadership effectiveness depends on matching a leader's style to how favorable or unfavorable the situation is.

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FIEDLER’S

CONTINGENCY MODEL
OF LEADERSHIP

SOURCE: https://expertprogrammanagement.com/2018/11/fiedler-contingency-theory/
• American psychologist •Source:
Fred Fiedler originating from Austria. https://www.leadershipaho
• He headed organizational y.com/fiedlers-contingency-
model-of-leadership-what-
research at the University of
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Washington for more than
twenty years until he left in
1992.
• Fiedler combined several
previous studies’ results and
came up with a formula
known as Fiedler’s Situation
Leadership Model or
Fiedler’s Contingency Model
of Leadership.
States that there is no one best
way to lead your team. The best
way to lead your team will instead
Fiedler’s be determined by the situation.
Contingency
Theory (mid Leadership style is fixed. You
1960s) cannot change your style to suit
the situation. Instead, you must
put leaders into situations that
match their style.
• Leadership Style
• Fiedler developed a scale called the Least
First Step: Preferred Coworker (LPC).
• To score yourself on this scale you have
Determine to describe the coworker with whom you
your least prefer to work.
• What do you think about those people
Leadership you least prefer working with?
• High LPC = Relationship-oriented leader.
Style Low LPC = Task-oriented leader.
Determining situational favorableness is done by
examining the following three factors:
a. Leader-Member Relations
This factor measures how much your team trusts
you.
2 Step:
nd

Assess b. Task Structure


This factor measures the tasks that need to be
situation performed. Are they clear and precise or vague?

favorableness Vague tasks decrease the favorableness of the


situation and concrete and clear tasks increase it.

c. Position Power
This is determined by your authority, meaning the
power you have to reward or punish your
subordinates. As you might expect, having more
power increases the situational favorableness.
Match the style
If there is a mismatch

Change leader

Change the
situation
Situational Leadership Theory

Developed by Paul Focuses on the ability


Hersey and Kenneth and willingness of
Blanchard individual employees

Also known as the


Situational
Leadership Model.
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/careers/soft-skills/hersey-blanchard-model/

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