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Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory with House's path-goal theory.

As noted in Robbins, Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership is a contingency theory that focuses on the followers and the readiness to which people have the ability and the willingness to accomplish a specific task. House's path-goal theory focuses on the responsibility of the leader to provide followers with information, support, or other resources necessary for them to achieve their goals (Robbins, 2007).

In order to establish the level of adaptability required of leaders to achieve the organization's goals. Leaders need to understand and consider their relationship with their employees, or followers, as well as the structure of the tasks that are either ongoing or that will be required (Silverthorne & Wang, 2001). Organizations should direct their objectives on employees to help them to improve their leadership skills, because there is no leadership without someone to follow. Management must recognize each employee's knowledge, experience, and skills that they contribute to a specific task. It is important that the right person has the skills in ...

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