Situational approach or contingency approach is a concept in management, which states that there is no set of management principles that are applicable universally to management an organization. Every other organization face different situations, and need different way of handling the situation. Contingency approach of leadership less common that change management approach. The contingency approach management is an opinion that an organization recognize and respond to different situation as they occur. The interaction of features of situation and leaders are examined by contingency theory, which states that it is the proper match between the two on which effective leadership depends. It is called as contingent as it advocates that leader’s effectiveness is dependent how their leadership style fits well in situation. This method conveys that a leader, or their style leads a team or organization is different from another. This theory of contingency was elaborated by Fred Fiedler. A sample of 209 respondents were considered for this study from leaders and employees of different organization to know the effectiveness of contingency theory in controlling the situation.

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