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'.