{"id":429725,"date":"2018-03-06T21:04:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essaypaper.org\/week-3-discussion-1-situational-variables\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:03:15","slug":"week-3-discussion-1-situational-variables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/week-3-discussion-1-situational-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 Discussion 1 Situational Variables"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Week 3 Discussion 1 Situational Variables<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explain what\/how situational variables affect task motivated and relationship-motivated leaders. Apply these factors to a work situation in which you were involved as a worker or a leader. \u00a0Which of the 3 factors had the greatest impact on your situation and why? What octant on the LPC scale does this situation fall into? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Week three lecture<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s start with Chapter 6, Contingency Theory. According to our text book, \u201ccontingency theory is a leader matched theory, which means it tries to match leaders to appropriate situations. It is called contingency because it suggests that a leader\u2019s effectiveness depends on how well the leader\u2019s style fits the context\u201d (Northouse, 2013, p. 123). Another description that might be easier to understand is; \u201cContingency theories hold that leadership effectiveness is related to the interplay of a leader’s traits or behaviors and situational factors\u201d (Seyranian, 2012, para1). Some may recall Cliff Notes, which basically provides an overview of what a book or topic was about. Similar to what Wikipedia does today, with the exception that Cliff Notes were published, whereas anyone can go online and update Wikipedia. The Cliff Note on Contingency theory is as follows; \u201cContingency theory proposes that for learning to take place, a stimulus must provide the subject information about the likelihood that certain events will occur\u201d (Cliff Notes, 2013, para1). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Now that we have identified what Contingency Theory stands for, let\u2019s dive a little deeper and look at the situational variables that impact this theory. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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According to our text book, there are three main factors; Leader-member relations, task structure and position power (Northouse, 2013). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Leader member relations is when there is a group of followers that have emotions for their leader (Northouse, 2013). \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Task structure is when there is a level of requirements of a task that are clearly provided (2013). \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Position power is the level of authority a leader has to either reward or punish followers (2013). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Chapter 7 focused on Path-Goal Theory. This theory is really about how a leader motivates followers to accomplish goals (Northouse, 2013). For those of you that follow the term empowerment, this is a leadership style that is often found. How many of you work with leaders that truly motivate you to want to do your job or want to do it better? How many of you are excited to go to work to see what your leader will challenge you with today? This is what a Path-Goal Leader works to achieve. It is recommended that you review Table 7.1: Path Goal Theory; How it Works in the required text. This table provides a very clear outline of the behaviors of the leader, the characteristics of the subordinates and the task characteristics. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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