1. Definition to Leadership
Leadership is a
process of visioning in to the future and exercising influence in
transforming the behavior of the followers towards the vision ,through goal
setting ,guiding and motivating the followers.
Many people have been defined the Leadership in different
ways. According to Yukl, (2006) the leadership
is a process of influencing other people to understand and agree about what all
of them are needs to be done and how to do it and the process of facilitating
individuals and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives. Ward,
(2017) said that leadership is an art of motivating a group of people to achieving
a common goal.
2. Definition to Management
Management is now defined as a leadership role that
provides overall leadership to achieve goals of an organization. Actually
management is the process by which the execution of a given purpose is put into
operation and supervision.
According to Kotter (2001, p.4) Management is about
coping with complexity and good management brings a degree of order and
consistency to key dimensions like quality and profitability of products.
2.1 Functions of Management
Planning - Planning is all about identifying and
setting goals, deciding on how to achieve them and in what time frame.
Organizing - Organizing is sourcing and arranging of
resources, activity ad authority in order to achieve organizational objectives.
Staffing - Staffing refers to having a quality work
force that will help achieve the goals and the objectives of the company.
Directing - Directing and Leading the members of the
organization to move in the direction that will achieve the objectives of the organization.
Controlling - The management function concerned with
monitoring activities of employees, keeping the organization on track ad making
correction.
3.
Difference between Managers and Leaders
Leadership is different from management, whereas the
study of leadership can be traced back to Aristotle, Management emerged around
the turn of the 20th century with the advent of our industrialized society.(Northhouse,
2015)
As Kotter (2001, p. 4) describes, Management ensures
plan achievement by controlling and problem solving, but for leadership,
achieving a vision requires motivating and inspiring – keeping people moving in
the right direction.
Manager
|
Leader
|
Pushes
the employees towards goals
|
Pulls
towards goals
|
Doing
things right
|
Doing
the right things
|
Avoids
risk
|
Willing
to take risks
|
Concerned
with efficiency
|
Concerned
with effectiveness
|
Acting
to limit choices
|
Innovates
with fresh approaches to long standing problems.
|
Orderly,
stagnant work environment
|
Vibrant,
enjoyable work environment
|
Refers to the above table, we can understand the
major differences between leadership and the management.
References :
- Northhouse(2015, p.39) – “ Adapted from a Force for change: How leadership differs from Management (pp. 3-8), by J.P.Kotter, 1990, NewyorkFree Press”
- Kotter, J. (2001) ‘What Leaders Really Do’, Harvard Business Reviews, pp. 3-4.
