Fred Fielder Contingency Model

The Contingency Model of Effective Leadership was created by Fred Fielder, and this model states that there is no best style of leadership. Instead, the leader’s effectiveness is based on the situation. This is the result of two factors - leadership style and situational control. Identifying leadership style is the first step in using this contingency model. As a result, a scale (Least – preferred – co – worker) developed by Fielder will be interpreted in the following paragraph. In order to assess the appropriate situation and estimate my situational control for the presented case study, three contributing to situation elements will be identified and interpreted in the 3rd, 4th, & 5th paragraphs. These elements will be based on Leader – Member …show more content…
This is defined as the degree of confidence, trust, and respect subordinates have in their leader, or the level of support the leader feels from his or her team. When evaluating the case study, the information provided states that the moral of the firm is quite good; profits are up and, by large, the workers are satisfied. Though this should not majorly affect my ability to lead the committee, it does provide me with some sort of framework when coordinating the awareness weekend. Since the moral of the firm is quite good, I will make sure to tailor my coordinations toward accepted practices within the firm. With that said, the key attribute when determining the level of Leader-Member Relations is the ability to choose my own committee members. It can be assumed that I would pick members that I have confidence, trust, and respect for. My ability to determine if those direct feelings are mutual would be the direct driving force when choosing my committee members. This by itself will result in excellent interpersonal …show more content…
This element is defined as the degree to which the job assignments are proceduralized. The case study provides some information regarding the tasks of the constructive committee, but doesn't necessarily provide direct information regarding the goal of the awareness weekend. It's known that an awareness weekend is to be organized because the company has recently had an influx of different minority groups, but there's no information provided regarding the specific topics or tasks that the company wants the awareness weekend to address. Obviously, the general idea is to address different minority groups, but what is regarded as the appropriate way to do this? As a result, I will assume that the committee will distinguish which topics and tasks are important to address during the awareness weekend. It would be appropriate to choose committee members that have some kind of experience with topics regarding minority rights. Assuming I don't find the members that have this experience; I would consider the task structure as