Leadership Versus Managementdoc

=== Leadership versus management ===

ACADEMY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES – BUCHAREST

FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS

LEADERSHIP VERSUS MANAGEMENT

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR:

GRADUATE:

BUCHAREST

2016

CONTENTS

Table 1 Management versus Leadership 7

INTRODUCTION

This paper is a comparative presentation between management and leadership. I conducted this work with the help of specialized bibliography and knowledge gained in management. Such work was based on literature and specialized studies on leadership and management. Making this work will help me to better deepen knowledge in assimilating the information needed and will help me make the distinction between management and leadership to not confuse the two terms.

Aim of the study is to highlight the theoretical and practical aspects on the implementation of management and leadership in a company.

Outlining the work started the following questions:

1. What is leadership?

2. What are the differences between leadership and management?

3. How can we distinguish a leader from a manager?

4. What are the essential qualities of a successful leader?

5. What are the qualities of a successful manager?

Based on this set of questions we developed objectives underlying this dissertation:

Objective I: definitions of leadership and management;

Objective II: identifying differences between leadership and management;

Objective III: identifying the role of leaders and managers within a company and the necessary qualities to be a leader and a successful manager;

Chapter 1 entitled ,,Leadership and management within a company” is a conceptual Submitting the two terms of the underlying work (management and leadership) and shows the relationships between leadership and management and that of leader and manager. This chapter covers the concepts of leadership, management, leadership and manager of theoretically.

Chapter 2, entitled „Leadership and the role of the Business” is an overview of the types of leadership and leadership styles. To better understand leadership, I presented at the end of this chapter leader role within a company.

Chapter 3 is entitled „The role and importance of management” and shows the theoretical aspects of management. This chapter complements the previous chapter to help us better understand the two concepts. Such mass confusion will disappear with vrivire these terms.

The paper ends with conclusions and proposals on the research performed.

Some believe that managers and leaders are terms that have the same definition, but the definition of both manager and leader for leadership and management and dress sizes. It is an advantage for the company if a manager has the skills and can become a leader or vice versa. Such a leader can become the leader (manager) of a company. A manager who is responsible for identifying the leadership skills they can use in the practice of leadership.

The manager is the person who leads. He has a decision for the position, the tool has assumed responsibilities and obligations to be fulfilled by his collaborators. Manager is responsible for the decision. It is responsible for the use of subordinate staff, and has the necessary financial and material resources. He evaluates the actions by and makes control. Managers have power and that power is legitimized by the function that handles appointment to this tree.

Manager features are:

It is a multi-professional, so in addition to specialized training and more knowledge and skills in management, communication

Making powers. The manager often face immediate situations often foreign

Manager operates through recognized functions: foresight, organization, leadership, coordination, evaluation and control.

The leader is the person who exercises power through social groups. He holds power through the power of his followers. A leader can track goals of the organization, institution, aiming to achieve these objectives, and can initiate change at any time but can be the initiator of change under changing social environment. The leader usually has the confidence of the group is seeking innovative ideas and developing these ideas with the group.

Leadership is a process in which influence a leader has on people in the group through his role model, but also through communication and interpersonal relationships beneficial to achieving the group's goals go, but and personal. We could say that leadership involves conduct that adapts to certain situations. Leadership is a process based on the knowledge needs of the fellows on good communication and establishing interpersonal relationships beneficial.

Management is the process of achieving goals, working through people and making resources.

Management functions are:

Forecast

Organization

Driving

Coordination

Training

Evaluation and control.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN THE COMPANY

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN CONCEPTUAL TERMS

The relationship between leadership and management has aroused considerable interest in the literature about leadership. There is a lot of confusion about these terms. The terms leadership and management are considered very different and similar at the same time. Some people see these terms as synonyms and use them frequently replacing them in phrases and sentences. Others consider them extremely opposite; so extreme that they might argue that you cannot be a good manager and a good leader, at the same time. Although there is a difference between leadership and management, with the necessary knowledge a person can be successful a good manager and a good leader.

Leadership is influence that some people exert on others in order to achieve objectives in an organizational context.

Organizations today need both leaders and managers as effective to carry out a successful operation. Although the similarities are obvious, they can be found a few differences like the fact that management is oriented towards the fulfillment of tasks and is often considered inspirational leadership.

The first term leadership is a process by which a person influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. There are a variety of definitions of leadership but each are composed of specific elements that are essential and common to all definitions, namely that leadership is a process, involving influence and is present in the context of a group (you need at least 2 people).

Etymological root of the word „leader” is the term Anglo-Saxon "lead" which means path or way. The verb „leaden” means to travel. This etymological origin suggests an orientation much broader and more sustainable than horses teach them how to behave.

Leadership is one of those qualities that stands out. There are many definitions about leadership. A synthesis of these would include four things. First, the notion of leadership involves influencing people around leader through guidance, motivation or taking important decisions. Secondly, where there is a leader, there must be people who looked upon it as such; I recognized authority qualities especially in the field. Then, thirdly, times when a leader shows its true value or are those watershed moments of crisis in which someone must take control and make a decision. Fourth but not least, leaders are people who have a clear idea about what they want to achieve and why.

Peter Guy defined leadership in his „Leadership: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition” as „a process in which an individual influences a group to achieve common goals.”

The second term, management, is defined differently by leadership because it is a different process but this does not mean that a person cannot hold the position of manager and leader simultaneously, but management is considered a separate term of leadership. Definition of management is to exercise executive direction, management and supervision of a group or organization.

The concept of manager is rooted in the Latin word „manus”, meaning hand. From this root were more branched words, the Italian „maneggiare” and the old French word „Manege” which means taming their horses and walk through a riding school, a riding school.

Leadership and management have many similarities. Both involve the influence, working with people and effectively to an end. However, they can be considered as very different. According to John Kotter, leadership can be considered an old concept that has been around for centuries, while management is a concept developed in the last 100 years, in part due to the emergence of the industrial revolution.

Some specialists as Bennis and Nanus entitle him Kotter in differentiating between management and leadership: Bennis and Nanus define management as management activities to be performed and powers set routine; being a leader means you use the means by which to influence others and create the vision of change. Rost said that leadership is a relationship involving multidirectional influence; management authority is a one-way relationship.

Warren Bennis makes the difference between leadership and management in a very comic way. He says that is „the distinction between doing the right things and doing things right.” Others say it is the distinction between driving things and lead people.

Because management responsibilities are generally geared towards fulfilling the tasks, an important way to develop effective management is to identify skills. Skills are different traits or characteristics, this involves the ability to use knowledge and skills acquired to achieve a set of objectives. Effective management depends on three sets of personal skills: technical, human and conceptual.

Table 1 Management versus Leadership

Source: Peter Guy, Northouse, Leadership: Theory and practice, 7th edition, Sage Publications, USA 2016, page 14, adapted from „A force for Change: How Leadership Differs From Management” (pages 3-8), by John Philip Kotter, New York: Free press 1990

At the core leadership team spirit is defined as status reflects people's desire to think, feel and behave harmonized to achieve a common goal. Team spirit is the result of integrating the four processes:

Building trust between the people involved;

Establishing a mission and clear goals at the acceding people;

Initiate participatory decision-making processes;

Strong motivation, individual and group, to help achieve common goals. Without teamwork, leadership cannot exist.

In the process of achieving the goal leader is followed by others in terms of close involvement competent, emotional and action, which determine in fact achieving the intended results.

Addressing leadership changed much over time. In the first half of the twentieth century it is considered that only people who possess leadership were born to him and have such skills as leadership is considered an art. In this era it was associated Leadership great personalities. Pragmatic conclusion was daunting: if you are born with leadership talent you have no chance to become leader.

After 1950 theoretical concepts and pragmatic approaches in this regard have changed a lot. It considers that even assume leadership qualities native, through adequate preparation can ensure the realization of a competent leadership. Pragmatic conclusion is noticeably more optimistic: through a proper training anyone possessing a minimum of qualities, can reach in a position to exercise effective management. Professor Warren Bennis, president of the Institute of Leadership Southern California who in his „Becoming Leader”, said „leaders are made, not born.”

In theory, any member of the organization can exert influence on others. In practice, only some can be leaders. People with titles like manager, executive, foreman or department head's worth of formal or designated leaders. With these functions they are expected to influence others, with the authority necessary to direct subordinates. Appointment of a formal leadership role is not a guarantee that there is leadership.

Leadership means to go beyond the formal requirements of her role to influence others. Quality manager does not automatically confer the status of leader, as quality leadership and ownership do not necessarily imply management functions. John P. Kotter in „What Leaders Really Do” shows that „the concept of leadership is different from management, but not in the way most people think. The concept of leadership is neither mystical nor mysterious, it has nothing to do with charisma or other exotic personality traits, there is a space reserved for the chosen, there is no more important than management or a replacement.”

Leadership and management of the action are two distinct and complementary systems, each with its own function and characteristic activities. Both are necessary for success in a business environment increasingly volatile and complex. Most companies today are more managed (managed) and less driven (lead). They need to develop the capacity to exercise leadership. Successful companies do not wait for leaders to come to them. They actively seek people with the potential to become leaders and, during their careers put those in situations designed to develop their potential. While they improved their ability to lead, companies should not lose sight of the fact that a situation of strong leadership and weak management is worse than the reverse.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERS AND MANAGERS

LEADERSHIP AND ITS ROLE OF BUSINESS

TYPES OF LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP STYLES

LEADERS AND THEIR ROLE WITHIN THE COMPANY

ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT

TYPES OF MANAGEMENT

MANAGERIAL STYLES

MANAGERS AND THEIR ROLE WITHIN THE COMPANY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS, WORKS, MAGAZINES

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Daniela Iulia Fodor, Emotional intelligence and leadership styles, Lumen Publishing House, Iasi 2009

Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman, Manager upstream. What I'm doing great managers, different than the others, ALL Publishing House, Bucharest 2014

Peter Guy, Northouse, Leadership: Theory and practice, 7th edition, Sage Publications, USA 2016

John Philip Kotter, A force for Change: How Leadership Differs From Management, New York: Free press, New York 1990

Herbert S. White, Librarianship-Quo vadis? Opportunities and Dangers As We Face the New Millennium, Libraries Unlimited, USA 2000

Warren Bennis, On becoming a leader. The leadership classic. Revised and updated, Basic Books, USA, First edition 1989, Revised 2009

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