Introduction The simple question on the distinction between management and leadership is common‚ yet there are so many different answers that create confusion by academic research. In my research‚ I use Kotter’s definition because I find it clear and consistent with the definition by most researches that I will discuss later in the paper. Management is to provide order‚ consistency and stability so mangers are task oriented. On the other hand‚ leadership is to produce change and movement‚ seeking adaptive
Premium Leadership Management
means guidance‚ leadership & control of the efforts of the groups towards some common goals”. Whereas‚ management involves conceiving‚ initiating and bringing together the various elements; coordinating‚ actuating‚ integrating the diverse organizational components while sustaining the viability of the organization towards some pre-determined goals. In other words‚ it is an art of getting things done through & with the people in formally organized groups. The difference between Management and Administration
Premium Management
The difference between Management and Governance: Analysis in the context of Small and Medium Enterprises –SMEs. By Callixte NYILINDEKWE I. Introduction: Traditionally‚ corporate governance has evolved around the contract theory and agency problem based on separation of ownership and management (Dube‚ 2011). The benefits of this separation derive from the monitoring by the board of the CEO activity in the interest of shareholders‚ and generally in the interest of all stakeholders
Premium Corporate governance Management Board of directors
Understand the relationship between strategic management and leadership Strategic management refers to the coordination of material‚ human‚ financial and technological resources of an organisation to enable it and all its stakeholders to achieve their stipulated goals in an effectively and efficiently. Leadership is the process of organising‚ supporting and directing the individuals in an organisation with the aim of influencing them to work in pursuit of the goals and missions of an organisation
Premium Leadership Management Strategic management
This report aims to describe a leadership style that enables and helps contain employee work activity. Boundaries set by leaders help them provide guidance and direction‚ motivate action and creativity‚ stimulate individuality and ideas‚ and protect and nurture a space for employees to perform in. Leadership prescriptions have gone through many phases. While the consultative leadership was considerate‚ it was soft‚ and too idealistic. Authoritarian and directive leadership on the other hand were strict
Premium Leadership
Introduction It has been argued before that there is really a thin line between administration and management. Indeed both terminologies have been used in many occasions interchangeably. Our mandate in this paper therefore is to outline the existing differences between administration and management. Rosenbloom (1986) focuses at public forums to bring out the meaning of administration. He argues that‚ public administration is the use of management processes‚ theories and practices to fulfill a given mandate
Premium Management
It was mentioned that hands on leadership as much more appreciated in rural areas as opposed to the urban areas. Leaders were perceived to perform the entire task that is expected to be performed by the staff or consumers. Hence leaders needed to be in leading from the centre and not from the front line. Emotional intelligence was considered as another area where urban and rural leadership differed. In the rural area‚ leaders were expected to address all the emotional issues of the staff along with
Premium City Urban area Developed environments
The difference between combat and garrison leadership is a hard question to answer‚ as one may not be familiar with a combat environment. But it could be told as who knows how to be a soldier and who knows how to conduct him/herself as a soldier. A soldier with combat leadership experience would know how to maneuver and maintain others in a tactical environment a lot better than a soldier more versed in garrison leadership. The two leadership environments are very much different from each other and
Premium Management Leadership Fiedler contingency model
Recently‚ there is a heated discussion over the difference between Chinese leaders and Western leaders. As for this topic‚ I will also talk something about it from two perspectives: religion and lifestyle. As we all know‚ religion is a part of the culture‚ which plays a vital role in people’s daily life. The majority of Westerners believe in Christianity. That is because Christian culture constitutes a Western cultural background. Thus it makes any part of Western culture are more or less with a
Premium Han Dynasty Han Chinese Emperor of China
demonstrate how a good manager _can_ often be a good leader‚ but why I also believe that explicit differences in characteristics; attitudes and methods prove them to be unique. I will do this by firstly‚ defining what I feel a good manager is‚ and what I feel a good leader is. In doing this‚ I will compare and contrast the two concepts in order to finally draw conclusive similarities and distinctions between the two. American philosopher James Burnham (1941)� christened the post-"industrial revolution"
Premium Management