But the foregoing does still not address these unique situations, which is the thrust of this paper. The solution
lies in flexibility, contingency and situational management and commonsense. But this does not mean a total
abandonment of the principles of management. For if results are to be sound, the principles underlying effective
managerial behaviour must be adhered to. One cannot, and does not, in whatever field of human endeavour,suddenly abandon principles because one is faced with a new and unique situation. What it does mean is that
the approaches of flexibility, contingency and situational management can form a basis for comparing and
contrasting them with a sound theory based on principles that are applied according to the needs of a situation