Association of Social Work Boards Masters (ASWB MSW) Practice Exam

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What does the contingency or situational approach recognize?

The need for a single, unchanging organizational system
The importance of maintaining organizational hierarchy
That different environments require different organizational systems
The irrelevance of an organization's environment

The correct answer is: That different environments require different organizational systems

The contingency or situational approach recognizes that different environments require different organizational systems, as opposed to the other options which suggest a more rigid or irrelevant approach to organizational systems. Option A suggests that there is only one correct way to organize regardless of the environment, while option B implies a strict adherence to hierarchy even if it is not suitable for a particular environment. Option D, on the other hand, suggests that the environment has no impact on the organization's systems, which goes against the contingency approach's belief that organizations need to adapt to their surroundings to be successful.