LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Distinctions between leadership and management

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Management and Leadership4

Link between Strategic Management & Leadership4

Difference between Management and leadership5

Leadership without Management5

Management without leadership6

Is It Possible For All Managers to Become Leaders?6

Manager6

Leader7

Comparisons8

Roles and Responsibilities of Leaders10

Creating the Vision and Leading by Example10

Empowering, Inspiring and Energizing People11

Building and Leading the Team11

Management and Leadership in Employment11

Impact of Management and Leadership styles on strategic decisions13

Autocratic or authoritarian style13

Participative or democratic style14

Laissez-faire or free rein style14

Recommendations14

Conclusion15

Distinctions between Leadership and Management

Introduction

What is the difference between management and leadership? It is a question which will be asked every now and then each person would have his own view. The biggest difference between managers and leaders is leaders know how to motivate people who work or follow, and this sets the standard for most other aspects of what they do. Leadership is also a part of management but, only management cannot be used to win hearts; leaders win hearts of their followers and make them do what they desire (Whalley, 2008).

Leadership and management plays a very important role in making the business reaches its milestone. Leadership and management role which are very important, includes formulating strategies, making business processes efficient, understanding the expectations of employees, making necessary changes before something negative occurs which hampers organizational success. In an organization which has believed in the ability of formal leaders, employees sense a relation and look towards the leaders for myriad things. During times when the firm undergoes drastic change, employees normally expect effective and efficient, trust, planning and decision-making that is effective and regular complements and communication which is proper and relevant. Also during these times when there is change, employees perceive leadership as a platform for concern, support, and commitment to their well-being and efficient working. The best way in which it can be summarize is that there is trust and firm believes between the leader and the rest of the existing team. The prevalence of this belief and trust brings hope for better performance in the future, making adaptation to drastic changes much easier (Siraj, 2007).

Management and Leadership

For many individuals, managers and leaders are terms often used in the same context, but unfortunately, they are not synonymous. For the purpose and objective of greatly and significantly understanding the accounts of management and leadership simultaneously and the synergetic outcomes it has, we shall discuss the entire phenomenon of the relationship that exists between the two major heads of the most widely practiced discipline around the globe.

With the evolution, of management and leadership that we see fit today, individuals and leading organizations look forward for organizations and their employees to come on both integrative bargaining, that is, a win-win situation. This situation comes where both the employee and the overall organization need to work hand in hand for the purpose and objective of understanding and portraying individuals and their respective skills and abilities to mould themselves in the environment. Since the reason of existence and accountability of individuals are significantly and distinctly from one another, therefore, the leadership styles ...