3 pages

Focus on Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership model from Avery (2011). Make sure you are familiar with the four leadership styles covered in the situational approach (Directing, Coaching, Supporting, and Delegating) and situations where you are supposed to use these four styles.

Case Assignment

A. You are in charge of a fast-food restaurant. The employees are all teenagers who have not yet graduated from high school, and this is the first job for most of them.

write a 3 full-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) to include 3 scholarly sources from the uploaded references:

1. What is the Situational Leadership Model, and how can it be used to improve your selected scenario?

2. The Situational Leadership Model involves both “inputs” and “outputs” by taking employee commitment and competency as inputs and then, based on the employee information, selects one of the four Directing, Coaching, Supporting, or Delegating as an output. Create a table comparing and contrasting the four leadership styles (Directing, Coaching, Supporting, or Delegating) in terms of inputs and outputs, and include a 1 or 2 paragraph discussion of your table.

3. Based on your table and the readings, which of the four leadership styles do you think is most useful to the scenario and why?

References:

Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2012).  Chapter 12.4: What is the role of the context? Contingency approaches to leadership . In Organizational behavior. Saylor Academy.

Evans, M. G. (2002). Chapter 4: Path-Goal theory of leadership. In L. L. Neider, & C. A. Schriesheim (Eds.), Leadership.

Ayman, R. (2002). Chapter 7: Contingency model of leadership effectiveness: Challenges and achievements. In L. L. Neider, & C. A. Schriesheim (Eds.), Leadership.