Management and Leadership
Week 5
Definition of management - The act or skill of controlling and making decisions about a business, department, sports team, etc. the people who make decisions about a business, department, sports team, etc. the act or process of deciding how to use something.
Definition of leadership - A position as a leader of a
group, organization, etc. the time when a person holds the position of leader the
power or ability to lead other people. "Leadership." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 2 June 2016.
Leadership is doing the right things and it is
deciding the best course of action to take. What are the things we should be
doing to get us to where we want to go? What direction or course of action
should we take? Where do we want to be in the end? The act of management must
then follow the act of leadership. Once the best course or direction has been
decided, management doing things right picks up the ball, looks at the
objectives established by leadership and says, Okay, here’s the best way to get
there. I would say Leaders must use some management skills and managers must
use some leadership skills. But then understanding the differences and working
within their basic framework can make the workplace a whole lot more
productive.
I don't think you can have one without the other. I would have to say though that management is important than leadership.Without leadership, teams and organizations slowly die as they
become increasingly irrelevant in a changing world. But without management,
teams and organizations collapse in a matter of days, because nothing is being
delivered right now.
I agree with your statement, that you cant have one without the other. Some people even use these words as being synonymous, but they are notable differences. Sometime, more often in smaller organization, the leader and manager is the same person. Even in larger organizations, where the roles are usually separated, you will find that an overlap occurs(depending on the situation). Manager may perform some leadership functions and vice versa. An organizations success is dependent on both management and leadership. None is more important than the other, they are linked.
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