Contingency Theory of Leadership

Associate Level Material
Appendix D

Contingency Theory of Leadership

|Description of work environment | |
| |Describe the work environment you intend to review for this assignment. |
| |The work environment I am reviewing is a Steel Mill which involves construction. |
| |Where safety was a very important aspect of the job. |
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In the table below, categorize different leadership approaches that could be used in the work environment you have described. Provide different suggestions for each of the four approaches to leadership.

|Directive approach |Supportive approach |
|This is a very important step due to the fact that everyone needs|This is where everyone was treated as a equal as long as they |
|proper safety training. Developing safety procedures and work |could pull their own weight so to say. This is also where the |
|rules is also a must in this line of work. |safety of each employee is important. |
|Participative approach |Achievement-oriented approach |
|At the steel mill every employee had the right to say their ideas|This is where there was safety incentive set in place for |
|that might have made the job safer or easier to complete. There |employees went for a month