Leadership v management

Question 1

What is leadership

Answer 1

” a relationship through which one person influences the behaviour or actions of other people (Mullins,2002)”

“Leadership is the ability to guide a group toward the attainment of goals” ( Riggio,2013)

“Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (Northouse,2015)

Question 2

What is a manager

Answer 2

Gets things done through other people

Based within an organisational setting

Make key decisions to enhance effectiveness

Activities include: planning, organising,controlling etc

Question 3

Differences between leadership and management (Kotter,1999)

Answer 3

Leadership
Establishing vision
Enabling teamwork
Motivating others

Management
Planning
Organising
Problem solving/controlling

Question 4

What makes good leadership and management

Answer 4

Leadership-effective leadership is that they know who they are and what they stand for

Management-helps the organization consistently achieve short term results and meet stakeholders expectations

Daft,2008 pp19-20

Question 5

It’s where they are

Answer 5

Leaders generate influence from inspiration,vision and personal relationships

Managers primarily generate influence from the role they are in within the organisation

Management is bound to the organisation but leadership is not

Question 6

Yes but

Answer 6

It is one thing for a leader to propound a grand vision, but this is redundant unless the vision is managed into real achievement with real outcomes