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Which of the following correctly matches the scholar with their key focus and situational variables in their contingency model?

AFred Fiedler – Focus on leadership effectiveness; situational variables include leader-member relations, task structure, and position power

BJoan Woodward – Focus on department differentiation; situational variables include market uncertainty, technological complexity, environmental stability

CPaul Lawrence & Jay Lorsch – Focus on organizational structure based on technology only

DFred Fiedler – Focus on organizational structure and technology fit

Answer:

A. Fred Fiedler – Focus on leadership effectiveness; situational variables include leader-member relations, task structure, and position power

Read Explanation:

  • Fred Fiedler’s model centers on leadership effectiveness, proposing that success depends on matching leadership style (task-oriented or relationship-oriented) with situational favorableness, determined by leader-member relations, task structure, and position power.

  • Joan Woodward focused on how technology type determines organizational structure, classified as unit/small batch, mass production, or continuous flow.

  • Paul Lawrence & Jay Lorsch emphasized the balancing of differentiation (specialization) and integration (coordination) within departments based on environmental conditions such as market uncertainty, technological complexity, and environmental stability.

Related Questions:

Which of the following statements about Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick’s POSDCORB framework are correct?

  1. POSDCORB emphasizes functions like Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting.

  2. It implies the principle of Unity of Command, ensuring each employee reports to only one supervisor.

  3. It focuses exclusively on the human element and employee motivation in organizations.

Consider the following statements regarding Public and Private Administration:

  1. Public administration involves policies and actions of immense complexity, requiring diverse expertise.

  2. Private administration is subject to external financial control by legislative bodies.

  3. Public administration is inherently political, responding to the public interest.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements.
Assertion (A): Private administration focuses on profit as its primary objective.
Reason (R): Public administration’s objectives are often measurable in monetary terms and checked by accountancy methods.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) and (R) are false.

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
i. Ordway Tead: Administration is the central powerhouse of motivational impulsion.
ii. Herbert A. Simon: Administration involves the systematic ordering of affairs.
iii. Felix A. Nigro: Administration is the organisation and use of men and materials to accomplish a purpose.
iv. Brooks Adams: Administration is the coordination of conflicting social energies into a unity.

According to Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch’s Contingency Model, effective organizational management depends primarily on: