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Consider Tannenbaum & Schmidt's Model of Leadership Styles and discuss its possible relevance to the later contingency theories of management.
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Consider Tannenbaum & Schmidt's Model of Leadership Styles and discuss its possible relevance to the later contingency theories of management. A Contingency theory is "a theoretical perspective of organizational behaviour that emphasizes how contingent factors such as technology and the task environment affected the design and functioning of the organizations." Examples of contingency variables include organisation size, task complexity, environmental uncertainty, and individual differences. The Tannenbaum and Schmidt Continuum is a simple model, which shows the relationship between the level of freedom that a manager chooses to give to a team, and the level of authority used by the manager. As the team's freedom is increased, so the manager's authority decreases. This is a good way in which both teams and managers develop. The Tannenbaum and Schmidt Continuum is often shown as a simple graph: When applying the Tannenbaum and Schmidt principles to a business, it's extremely...
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