Leadership Methods and Skills Research Proposal

Leadership Methods and Skills - Research aim ExampleThe appropriate drawship style applied to a specific situation and issue may help in understanding the participative decision-making and the motivations that induce such participation. Functional participation (Yukl, 1981)2 is present when a leader has the authority to make a decision, the decision is made without stringent time limitation, subordinates have the relevant intimacy to discuss and implement the decision, subordinates characteristics (values, attitudes, needs) are congruent with the decision to participate, and the leader is skilled in the use of participative techniques. roar & Yetton (1973) developed a normative sit of leadership decision-making based on Maiers (1963) classification3. The Vroom-Yetton mold is one of a number of contingency models designed to provide guidance for managers concerning when and how much subordinate participation should be used. The model focuses attention on the nature of decisions and attempts to designate conditions under which participation will be most successful. The Vroom-Yetton model might appropriately be classified as hierarchical control models that derive their principal effrontery from the rational design view of organizations.