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Contingency and Situational Leadership Models

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Contingency and Situational Leadership Models

Introduction

This essay compares and distinguishes between Fred Edward Fiedler 's contingency model of leadership and Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard 's situational model of leadership . The two models are explained and compared with reference to the leadership styles and situations . The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is also evaluated to recognize which leadership style is most applicable in the department . Fiedler 's model explains

the effectiveness of a leader based on the style of leadership and control of the situation . The Hersey and Blanchard theory is based on the level of readiness and willingness of the workers and the amount of control and support a leader provides to the followers

Evaluation of the Leadership Models

The two models of leaderships analyze leaders in different ways Fiedler 's model discusses leadership style through a Least Coworker-LPC scale of 1 to 8 . The tests taken are scaled from 1 to 8 and the average is taken from the results of these to arrive at a conclusion whether a leader is task oriented or relationship oriented . The individual with a lower LPC score is task oriented and describes the least worker in a negative way while an individual with a high LPC score is relationship oriented and describes the least worker in a positive way . The Hersey Blanchard model describes styles of leadership with reference to a leader...