The Contingency Approach Contingency Approach Defined >Also sometimes called the situational approach. >There is no one universally applicable set of management principles (rules)by which to manage organizations. >Organizations are individually different,face different situations(contingency variables),and require different ways of managing. 2007 Prentice Hall,Inc.All rights reserved. 2-22 The Contin The Conting y pp ency Approach • Contingency Approach Defined ¾Also sometimes called the situational approach. ¾There is no one universally pp a licable set of management principles (rules) by which to manage organizations. ¾Organizations are individually different, face different situations (contingency variables), and require different ways of managing. © 2007 Prentice Hall, Inc. All rights reserved. 2–22