Leadership and decision-making [by] Victor H. Vroom and Philip W. Yetton.
By: Vroom, Victor Harold
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Contributor(s): Yetton, Philip W.
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BookPublisher: [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1976]Description: xiii, 233 p. illus. 24 cm.ISBN: 0822952653.Subject(s): Decision making | Organizational sociology | LeadershipDDC classification: 153.83
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 153.83 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00013208 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It has become a truism that "leadership depends upon the situation," but few behavioral scientists have attempted to go beyond that statement to examine the specific ways in which leaders should and do vary their behavior with situational demands. Vroom and Yetton select a critical aspect of leadership style-the extent to which the leader encourages the participation of his subordinates in decision-making. They describe a normative model which shows the specific leadership style called for in different classes of situations. The model is expressed in terms of a "decision tree" and requires the leader to analyze the dimensions of the particular problem or decision with which he is confronted in order to determine how much and in what way to share his decision-making power with his subordinates.
Other chapters discuss how leaders behave in different situations. They look at differences in leadership styles, and what situations induce people to display autocratic or participative behavior.
Bibliography: p. 221-225.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Victor H. Vroom is Bearing Point Professor of Management & Professor of Psychology at the Yale School of Management.
Phillip W. Yetton is professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales.