Question:Which leadership approach sees the leadership process in a context made up of three interrelated variables: task needs, the individual needs of group members and the needs of the group as a whole?
  A. The managerial grid
  B. Dispersed leadership
  C. Contingency theory
  D. Action-centred leadership
  The correct answer is:Action-centred leadership
  Rationale:This is a description of John Adair's action-centred leadership model.
  Contingency theory is more general: indeed, Adair's model is within the contingency school of thought.
  The managerial grid is based on two dimensions: concern for task and concern for people.
  Dispersed leadership (Heifetz) is the idea that individuals at all organisational levels can exert a 'leadership influence'.