Leadership and Management

Introduction

I s the leadership and management is same? Or is there are any differences?  This research helps to identify similarities and differences about leadership and management.

Both leadership and management are help to an organization reach set targets and goals. Combination of balance leadership and management helps to run a company or an organization effectively and efficiently rather than having one is weaker or strong than to the other. (Kotter, 2001).

Leadership and management are involved with people and both influence people to reach goals, objectives.  

Leadership

Leadership is a process, its involving influencing group of people to achieve common goal (Northhouse, 2016)

According to Northhouse (2016), can not come up with common definition about leadership since generation changers and differences, international influences will continue to have difference meaning of leadership 

Leadership involves motivation and inspiring people or subordinate to drive for common objective. Interaction between leader and subordinate will effect to archive set task.

Management

Management is using human skills, conceptual and technical skills to perform management functions, such as Planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Management is hierarchical level and commonly they works in different department different level of authority and responsibility to achieving high performance (Daft, 2010)

Management function and responsibilities defers base on their hierarchical level

Top Management – (Chairman/President, Chief Executive Officer) 

Top managers are responsible for setting strategic plan to reach organization objectives and providing required environment to perform well. Mostly top managers’ look long-term future and look for overall success of the company/organization  

Middle Management –(Head of Sales, Head of HR, Head of Finance)

Middle managers a responsible to implement top management strategies defined by the top management. Their general concern with near future rather than with long-term 

Front Line Management – (Territory Manager, Unit Manager, Branch manager)

Front line managers are directly responsible with production or with performance. Their main concerns are application of organizational rules and procedure, providing necessary technical support, motivate subordinate for effective results. They concern about short term planning and strategies.

(Daft, 2010)

Conclusion

Above research indicates both leaders and Managers drive or influence people/subordinate to reach organizational objectives effectively and efficiently. Combination of good leadership and good management leads best performance. 

References

Daft, R. L. (2010). Management (9 ed.). Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning.

Kotter, J. P. (2001). What Leaders Really Do. Harvard Business Review .

Northhouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership Theory and Practice (7 ed.). California, United States of America: SAGE Publications, Inc.