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Contingency Leadership Model of Fred Fiedler

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models which can be related not only to sports but to ethics, social responsibility, and indeed to everyday life in general. One of the most interesting of these models,  however, is that of Fred Fiedler. Rather than assuming that there was only one best leadership style, Fiedlers contingency model of leadership postulates that leadership effectiveness is based on  "situational contingency", i.e. that in order to be most effective the situation had to be favorable to the leadership style being utilized (Biographical Dictionary of Management, 2001).  Some authors criticize Fiedlers model which they interpret as not allowing change in the leader himself (Atoine, 2001). This criticism is unjust in  may respects, however. Fiedlers model recognizes, of course, that not all situations will be favorable and either the situation or the leadership style must be changed in order to  correspond with one another (Biographical Dictionary of Management, 2001). In other words, effective leaders have what is termed "situational control", the ability to change the situation according to their  own strengths and weaknesses (Biographical Dictionary of Management, 2001). Such changes could include drastic measures such as changing the organizational hierarchy or simply beefing up the aspects of leadership  which are deficit in a particular situation (Biographical Dictionary of Management, 2001). In essence, Fiedlers model promotes teamwork in all aspects  of life, in the workplace, in sports, and in all other situations which require leadership. When we think of teams we typically think of sports teams. In reality  there are teams in practically ever other component of our lives as well. Fiedlers leadership model applies to one as equally as the other. Take the business environment,