a)What is contingency perspective, and how is it used to describe what managers do?

Answer 1

Contingency perspective basically is being prepared that your standard management way of doing things does not work for every possible situation and you must be prepared to do things differently to achieve positive results.

It's a constant re-evaluation of priorities and looking at how to deal with change. Good managers know how to hire a good mix of people who can "look outside the box" for different situations.

Answer 2

a contingency is just a way of people getting out cleanly w/o say a problem or others depending what that contingency is..