Contingency Theory

“The Contingency Theory is a theory of leadership that

assumes the degree of success of any leader is contingent on the situational demands as to

whether the leader should have a task or employee focus and the amount of influence and

control the leader has over the situation.”

-Contemporary Communication Theory

That means…

Leaders have to focus on either accomplishing

tasks or working with their

employees&the more control of a situation a leader has, the more they can accomplish.

utilize this theory

Mass Communicationand

Organizational Communication

can both

This effects

all of us

Because at some point in time, we will all have an employer.

and how they implement this theory will effect

our jobs

&our lives

HOWEVER

leaning solely to one side may damage a company, and critics argue a company should conduct itself with a more balanced emphasis.

Leadership

is developed and improved through the use of this theory,

because it allows leaders to take the reins in a situation

the end

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