Frank Manages 25 Employees in a Small Manufacturing Business

Frank manages 25 employees in a small manufacturing business.He has discovered that he needs to be flexible because sometimes supplies are not immediately available,and because sometimes he cannot get the final product out due to transportation problems.Frank also does the shift scheduling for when the employees work.He has found that although he needs to be flexible around some of the employees' schedules because they are students,he also needs to be firm in order to control the process.Using the ________ Frank needs to be ________.

A) Competing Values Framework;flexible and in control
B) Competing Values Framework;flexible,in control,and externally focused
C) contingency approach;flexible,in control,and externally and internally focused
D) contingency approach;flexible and in control
E) Competing Values Framework;flexible,in control,and externally and internally focused