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A 7 page paper discussing two work situations and fitting them to management theory. There are several leadership theories, most of which are most applicable to differing environments and situations. The purpose here is to examine two verbal exchanges with a manager and assess it in terms of one theory of leadership. The two theories used are Situational Leadership and Contingency Theory. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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are several leadership theories, most of which are most applicable to differing environments and situations. The purpose here is to examine two verbal exchanges with a manager and assess
it in terms of one theory of leadership. The two theories used are Situational Leadership and Contingency Theory. Exchange 1: Negative
I work for a young, entrepreneurial company where "channels" exist but any individual is free to exercise whatever means s/he feels is necessary and appropriate to preserve the flow of
work that is seasonal, cyclical and crushingly heavy during the busy seasons. The workforce is comprised of professional business people escaping corporate life, retired teachers, burned out marketers and
those who have made mid-career changes originating in a variety of backgrounds. There is little internal accountability other than producing the documents that we provide on a contract basis.
As a senior member of the group, I frequently am charged with assisting new contractors learn required survival techniques and helping with their
work. Stress runs high during the busy season, and recently my manager decided we should have a talk about my lack of productivity. Fortunately, I had been concerned
about the same thing for some time and several weeks before began keeping a time log categorized according to project number. What it revealed was that I have been
spending as much as 30 percent of my 100-hour weeks coaching and tutoring others. My manager was uncharacteristically aggressive in this short-term climate
of high stress, and I was uncharacteristically quick to respond with the second thing that came to mind (the first was that he could have it all, Id simply move
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