Bus/210 Appendix D

Axia College Material
Appendix D

Contingency Theory of Leadership

|Description of work environment | |
| |Working on a construction crew can be a rough atmosphere. To accomplish things the |
| |crew needs to work together and have good communication. Not just within the crew |
| |but between the crew and the crew leader, and also between the crew leader and the |
| |supervisor. Without open lines of communication, devoid of fear of reprisals, the |
| |job site productivity can suffer. Productivity can go down without open lines of |
| |communication and if productivity goes down too much there is a good chance of |
| |losing the job altogether. |
| | |

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 |
|The crew lead meets the crew as we show up for work on Monday. He|The crew lead meets us at the job site but tells us to get back |
|walks us through the job site and shows us the work area and the |in our cars; he is taking us out for breakfast. When we get to |
|fabrication shop. He shows us the material shed where all of the |the restaurant he gives us a