Strengths of Situational Approach

Northouse (2007, p.110) highlights four major strengths of the situational approach:

  • It is well known and frequently used for training leaders
  • It is a practical approach that is easy to understand and apply across a variety of settings
  • It is prescriptive and shows how leaders should act to achieve leadership effectiveness
  • It emphasizes leader flexibility - there is not one best style of leadership, several styles are needed which depend on the requirements of the situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sirje Virkus, Tallinn University, 2009