Assignment LDR300 Wk1
Leadership & Management
LDR/300
6/29/2014
Kelly Terrell
Leadership and Management are two terms that are often used interchangeably, or else used in very close relation with each other. But leadership is something that is difficult to define, because it is a word that can be defined in a number of different ways. Broadly speaking, however, leadership refers to the ability of an individual to influence a group of subordinate individuals to behave according to a certain manner, and the methods used to motivate those individuals to work together in order to attain a particular goal (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2000, p.4). Leaders, in other words, are innovators, they are men and women of vision, who take risks to inspire and to do the right thing. Management, meanwhile, is more concerned with organization, efficiency, oversight of employees - the more day-to-day activities involved in the running of an organization and in making sure that the organization and its employees are doing things right (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2000, p.8)
History has provided us with numerous examples of individuals who were incredibly leaders, but who also were adept at managing their followers and subordinates, with varying degrees of effectiveness and success. Typically, the ones remembered are the ones that were the most successful in this task. One example of such an individual is perhaps remembered as one of the most vile human beings to have ever walked this Earth, a partially-educated failed artist from Austria named Adolf Hitler. Born into a poor family in 1889, Hitler dropped out of school after failing his exams at the age of 15. An aspiring artist, he movied to Vienna at 18 and applied at two art schools, both of which rejected his application. He served in the German Army during World War I, and in 1919 began what would become his career as politics when he made a passionate speech before the anti-Semitic German Workers Party. Two years later, he was its leader,
LDR/300
6/29/2014
Kelly Terrell
Leadership and Management are two terms that are often used interchangeably, or else used in very close relation with each other. But leadership is something that is difficult to define, because it is a word that can be defined in a number of different ways. Broadly speaking, however, leadership refers to the ability of an individual to influence a group of subordinate individuals to behave according to a certain manner, and the methods used to motivate those individuals to work together in order to attain a particular goal (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2000, p.4). Leaders, in other words, are innovators, they are men and women of vision, who take risks to inspire and to do the right thing. Management, meanwhile, is more concerned with organization, efficiency, oversight of employees - the more day-to-day activities involved in the running of an organization and in making sure that the organization and its employees are doing things right (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2000, p.8)
History has provided us with numerous examples of individuals who were incredibly leaders, but who also were adept at managing their followers and subordinates, with varying degrees of effectiveness and success. Typically, the ones remembered are the ones that were the most successful in this task. One example of such an individual is perhaps remembered as one of the most vile human beings to have ever walked this Earth, a partially-educated failed artist from Austria named Adolf Hitler. Born into a poor family in 1889, Hitler dropped out of school after failing his exams at the age of 15. An aspiring artist, he movied to Vienna at 18 and applied at two art schools, both of which rejected his application. He served in the German Army during World War I, and in 1919 began what would become his career as politics when he made a passionate speech before the anti-Semitic German Workers Party. Two years later, he was its leader,
References: History.co.uk. (2014). Biography: Adolf Hitler. Retrieved from http://www.history.co.uk/biographies/adolf-hitler Hughes, R.L., Ginnett, R.C., & Curphy, G.J. (2009). Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of Experience (6th ed.) Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Megargee, G. (2011). BBC History - World Wars: Hitler 's Leadership Style. BBC. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/hitler_commander_01.shtml