Situational Leadership Theory was used to design and conduct two training
courses for managers. Appropriate Situational Leadership styles were varied
during the course, according to students' task maturity. When final examina
tion scores for these groups were compared with scores obtained by managers
in two control groups-receiving identicaL content, but not Situational Leader
ship-based training-the managers in the experimental groups were found
to have scored significantly higher. It is suggested that Situational Leadership
Theory may be productively applied in training and educational as well as
typical management situations.
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