Contingency Approach to Management

Encyclopedia of Management › A-Z (2006)

Author: Durward Hofler, Tim Barnett

Pages: 125-126

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Contingency Approach to Management

The contingency approach to management is based on the idea that there is no one best way to manage and that to be effective, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling must be tailored to the particular circumstances faced by an organization. Managers have always asked questions such as "What is the right thing to do? Should we have a mechanistic or an organic s...

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