Question

Using your own words, please explain the main assumption of situational theories of leadership. Give examples to back up your explanations.

Answer 1

The situational theories of leadership define the leadership in the way that makes decisions basis the situation prevailing at the moment:

Basis the various situational leadership theories such as Hersey and Blanchard, Goleman, Normative theory, below are the main assumption of situational theories of leadership:

1- Leaders use the leadership style basis the situation and that depends on the matureness of the leader. Example- A calm minded person (leader) will not lose patience even if the situation is worst like business making losses or sports team losing the game.

2- The decision making under situational leadership depend on the factors like how prepared a leader is and how much determination he/she holds to tackle the situation. Example- Canadian Prime minister announced the remedies and actions to tackle the COVID-19 situation for not only Canadians but for every resident.

3- Situational leadership makes the base strong the leader-follower relationship to make cohesive team efforts. Example- A senior manager inviting an intern to speak up on team meeting event and supporting on his speech delivery

4- Leadership under situational theories is not supposed to be autocratic and rather believe in the logic of fact and circumstance-based evidencing. Example- A leader discusses a task with the person he/she will assign the task to. This is to get the job-doer be prepared.