ADAIR MODEL WORK

Slide 1

• Comparison between the Fielder Contingency model and John Adairs action-centered leadership.
• Firstly, these two different models have an entirely different look on how leadership is best achieved, the Fielder model states that there is no "best style of leadership but only the leaders effectiveness based on the situation and their situational favorableness" this contrasts with John Adair's philosophy. Adair suggests that leadership is based on 3 overlapping circles, they can be seen above.
• The biggest way Fielder's model differs to Adair's is the LPC model, I mentioned this earlier, this test determines whether you're a relationship orientated leader or a task orientated leader. Fielders model offers a more in depth approach to leadership than Adair, however that doesn't suggest that Fielder's model is supior. Adair's model is far more simplified and easy to understand.
• pros of the fielder model:
• The theory is very well researched, given the stated parameters
• For a "thumb in the wind" approach to identifying leaders, Fielder's model can help enormously
• For impersonal leaders, they are placed in a well structured enviroment
• leaders with good personal relations are matched to a poorly structured work enviroment
• Cons of the Fielder Model
• The LPC scale is subjective
• The LPC score is only valid for groups that are closely supervised
• the model is not valid in all situations
• lack of flexibility
• Pros of the Adair model
• It covers all the individuals and the team needs
• It goes straight to the point of focusing on the teams goals and hitting the targets
• It helps build the team as well as developing the individuals
• Cons of the Adair model
• Not every leader can work specific to the criteria
• Its a long process to build the team and developing individual talent within it.
• It needs a lot of training to to utilise it in the right way.