Hcs 514 Management And Leadership Research Paper

Management verses Leadership
Tressa Thomas
HCS 514
November 3, 2014
Vinnette Batiste

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Subject: Management vs. Leadership There has been some confusion among several individuals about the roles and responsibilities of a managers verses a leader. Managers and leaders have many common characteristics and traits, the responsibility and roles in an organization vary. The purpose of this email is to clarify the different roles and responsibilities in detail in a group. Examples will be provided to clarify any discrepancies about the difference between the two. Leadership is the method of influencing individuals toward achieving a goal in an organization. A manager controls the direction of the business to accomplish a goal through planning and making decisions based on company policy. A leader and a manager have complimentary roles. A leader has a
long-term goal and focuses on broader goals for the future. A manager is task oriented to focus on a short-term range of goals. A manager may meet with a group of individuals and provide an educational lecture to a group of employees while a leader will enforce the contents of the lecture by using their influence and desire to lead. The differences of a leader versus a manager in an organization will be examined according to the communication, responsibilities and character traits. Communication in leadership and management positions vary in several ways. A manager communicates with cooperate professionals on an ordinary basis about the status of objectives and goals for the organization usually through email or reports. It is also the manager who communicates the concerns for improvement in carrying out the direction for the organization. For example, the company wants to use only so many employees to accomplish a task by a certain deadline, but as the deadline approaches the task is lagging in completion. This information allows the manager to make adjustments to the business goal based on the information given. The key to superior management is to react to changes in any proposed plan (Kapos, 2014). Management is also responsible for gaps in communication, and there must be a constant flow of communication to higher company officials about the progress of a goal or changes that may affect the organization. A leader communicates to employees directly the expectation of the job and the time line scheduled for a particular task. A leader will use verbal communication to relay information to employees and rarely comes in contact with cooperate officials. For instance, an employee is unsure of the expectations in his/her assignment they consult the leader for clarification, and the leader provides insight on how to complete the task. The leader is responsible for communicating company goals and ensures that this direction is understood by every individual. Once a company’s plan of action is established the manager clearly explains everyone’s work role, expectations of the company and accountability measures. Responsibilities of management compared to a leader are diverse. The leader is responsible for training and mentoring of employees. It is the manager’s duty to supervise the work activities of the employees and to reduce conflict within the workplace. This responsibility includes written warning, suspension even leading up to termination. An illustration of this would be sexual harassment in the work environment, which is a serious offense and requires immediate action. The manager is also responsible for ensuring that the group of employees as a whole are on task with the schedule of the business goal. A leader will inspire and motivate employees to reach their goals while building a trusting relationship (Kapos, 2014).The manager is responsible for providing ongoing support and collecting feedback from all employees. An effective leader’s responsibility is to acquire in-depth business knowledge in order to make knowledgeable decisions and understand the results from those decisions. The character traits an individual must possess in management versus leadership is quite different. A leader must have ambition and desire to lead their workers. The effort level must be high to have influence and lead others. They must also maintain honesty and self-confidence, and leaders must build a trusting relationship with workers. For example, if a leader tells their employees to complete a task a certain way, but the leader takes short cuts and is deceitful. The behavior destroys trust and does not show consistency between your word and deed (Liebler, J. G. & McConnell, 2008). The manager, on the other hand, has to have exceptional organizational and decision-making skills. Several key decisions must be made by the manager to arrange the steps involved in reaching a company goal. For example, the staffing need for a task is the manager 's responsibility. This individual must decide how many people are needed to meet the company’s needs and arrange them accordingly. Planning is another essential trait a manager must acquire, because they have to plan and assign tasks to individuals in an organization to meet business goals. In summary, there are countless variations between leadership and management.
The way they communicate, their responsibilities and character traits are complimentary but not the same. Communication in management is among high corporate officials which include decision-making qualities and the responsibility of accessing employee performance. A leader communicates with employees to influence their job performance by using their ambition to get tasks completed. They are responsible for training workers and mentoring employees. The term management involves continued efficient operations of an organization that rarely changes, leadership in contrast is always changing. Leaders are innovators, and managers are administrators. For instance, managers always follow an explicit company policy at all times, while leaders have original thoughts on how to motivate a worker based on their individual personality. Excellent management requires good leadership when change is present, and exceptional leadership calls for great management as an environmental change takes
place.

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