Leadership: Relationship vs. Task
When trying to get work done there can be many ways to examine the needed leadership. Two general leadership orientations using contingency models (Tucker 228) are the relationship oriented leaders and the task oriented leaders. The relationship oriented leader focuses on forming and maintaining good work relationships with their subordinates in order to get things done. The task oriented leader focuses on the work to get done and does not focus on the relationship building. Generally, it is thought that relationship oriented leaders do best in situations that are either very difficult or very easy.
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