The nurse manager is planning the holiday schedule for the staff on the oncology unit. The staff is highly experienced and has worked well together for over five years
Using situational leadership theory, which is the most effective leadership style for this management decision? 1. Telling
2. Selling
3. Participating
4. Delegating
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Explanation: 1. The nurse manager could ask the staff for input and assistance in making the holiday schedule,
keeping the final implementation to himself. The task is relatively low-end and the
relationship is high-end supportive. The staff may not react well to a schedule presented with
a telling style. A selling style may need to be used if the manager makes and implements an
unpopular schedule. Delegating the holiday schedule could be a risky choice. The manager
would be leaving responsibility for the decision and the implementation up to the staff.
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