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Introduction
Organisations do not run alone to gain success in business, but they run with the help of employees, who help to make a business a success. These employees are given a remuneration on the jobs done by them. A success in an organization is seen only if the employees are happy on various factors, like environment, facilities, pay package, overtime etc. But the most important factor is to have the right boss or manager, who has the right leadership qualities to support and help employees to perform and succeed.
Leadership
Leadership means a person who helps a team to see their future goals and vision of the organization. A leader is a person who has the dynamics of a manager and sees to that he directs or leads his employee for the benefit of the organization. The manager leading a group has to have cooperation from the employees and he should be able to control the performance of the employees. There are different types of leaders, some who have a loud voice and are rude, some who persuade employees and some who encourage their employees to take the right decision.
Managers and Leaders are seen as a whole or interchangeable. Here managers see to the planning, organizing, coordinating, contolling and are mainly concerned with the logic, structure and control. While leadership is the involvement of the different function where by as a leader the tools such as vision, communicating the vision, inspiring, motivating, creating different positive culture to support and achive the set goal is looked into. Hence the managers are people who just do their work, while as leaders make changes, see to the future, exceeds expectations and unlocks potential of employees. Brook Manville and Josiah Ober (2003)
Motivation
Motivation is linked with leadership and performance of employee. If a manager is rude and abuses
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