MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Management and Leadership

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Management and Leadership

Q1. How far do you agree with the statement: "There is no difference between Management and Leadership, they are both the same thing".

Effective leadership can be measured many different ways and there are many factors to consider. A leader in a large organization normally has many subordinates, peers, and/or superiors. To properly judge if a manager is an effective leader the dynamics of all relationships in the organization have to be considered, weighed, and measured without using subjective judgments. There are very many traits, outcomes, behaviors, and perceptions that are used to judge if someone is a great leader: profits, goal attainment, influence, self-confidence, integrity, respect etc. Not only is it extremely difficult to properly measure a leader's effectiveness, it is also difficult to determine and measure all the criteria. It is possible and beneficial for leaders and managers to be one in the same.

Some managers are effective leaders, but many are not. Just because a manger has authority over subordinates that does not make them a leader. A leader must have employees, associates, co-workers etc. that put their trust in them and are willing to follow because they know their own best interests are considered. Great leaders have many qualities not always found in managers, such as: influence, self-confidence, integrity, respect and many others.

This discussion has shown many differences in methodology between management and leadership. There were many criterions used to describe how managers can be effective leaders and we determined that many managers should not be considered leaders. Leadership teams were found to effectively manage policy and lead organizations, but not everyone in a senior leadership group is always an independent organizational leader. We know there are differences between managers and leaders that are often difficult to comprehend and describe.

I also believe that just because someone is a manager that does not mean they are an effective leader and vice versa. Management is about coping with complexity whereas leadership is about coping with change. Managers maintain, while leaders develop. Leaders are considered to be visionary and future-oriented, whereas managers focus on day-to-day routine activities. Leaders are vision process-oriented, where managers are organizational-oriented. Both leaders and managers focus on people, but managers also focus on systems and structures. Leaders are decision makers along with managers, but managers may take longer to make decisions because they need to be aware of the organizational visions and goals. Where managers deal with conflict, leaders seem to be involved with conflict- meaning a manager accepts the status quo, where the leader challenges it. The manager is also managed, where the leader is his or her own person. A leader focuses on output, managers' focus on processes that achieve the maximum output by utilization of minimum resources and reductions in processes of the organization. The manager administers; the leader innovates.

Q2. People are the most expensive asset in any company, and are the most difficult to manage. Do you agree?

In the Endeavour of maintaining a healthy organizational culture, managers ...