mini sim: leadership

"A very favorable situation in which Sharon had very good relations with her employees, and the employees are doing highly structured tasks".

After Sharon talks about her management style, Adam turns to you and says, "I thought I heard something about different styles being effective in different situations. According to Fred Fiedler's Contingency Theory, what situation would be best for Sharon's management style?"

initiating structure

Those researchers would classify Sharon's behavior as:

I would say, "This situation is a problem for someone with Sharon's leadership style. Sharon's team has been on the job for a while, and that gives them expertise, which is a substitute for leadership. In addition, the team is cohesive, which neutralizes leadership attempts. I think I'd try to develop relationships with people on the team, rather than telling them how to do their work."

What impact does Sharon's situation have on the style of leadership she should use?