“DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP? AND HOW THEY WORK”
What is management? What is leadership? Are they both same thing? What is the difference between both of them? What roles do they play in an organizational working? How do they both differ? These questions come in every person’s mind. These questions need answers. Many theorists have presented different theories and statement regarding management and leadership. Let’s check out how these two differ from each and how they work for an organization to achieve their goals effectively and efficiently.
Leadership is basically influencing and motivating a group of people or group of entities to perform their work in such a way to achieve organizational goals and objectives. Whereas management is managing or controlling a group of people to perform the desired task correctly in order to achieve the major objective or a goal.
Peter Ducker quoted that
~“Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing right things”.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
· Definition
· Key differences
· Conclusion
DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP
Leadership is enabling and motivating the workers to out-perform their role. The skill of leading a group of people and motivating them towards the right direction is called leadership. It is an inter-personal process which ensures to achieve the desired goal enthusiastically.
Leaderships requires a good vision of thinking. In order to become a leader, you must maintain and pose an influencing personality. Leadership has nothing to do with titles, management and position rather a leader is someone who takes proper initiatives and invest his own time and energy to attain company’s vision.
John. C Maxwell quoted that:
~ “A leader is the one; who knows the way, shows the way and goes the way”.
DEFINITION OF MANAGEMENT:
The word management comprises of four words that is “man, age, men, and T”. Here T stands for technique. So, we can say that management is a technique used by men for dealing and managing a group of people to achieve a common goal.
The person who is in charge of the management operations is called manager.
Management always starts from home for example, we have seen our mothers taking care of different stuff that includes decision-making, grocery management, cleaning, ironing and cooking. That’s all management there are four functions of management they are planning, leading, organizing and controlling. Managers can only become leaders if they properly carry out responsibilities of leadership, they represent such influencing personality that motivates others also.
Warren Bennis, American scholar stated that
~ “The manager accepts the status quo; the leadership challenges it”.
LEADERSHIP VS MANAGEMENT:
LEADERSHIP
· Leadership is a skill of leading people through influencing and motivating
· Management is a skill of managing the organizational activities.
· Leadership requires trust of its followers
MANAGEMENT
· Management needs control of its managers over its subordinates.
· Asks “what” and “why”
· Asks “how” and “when”
· They provide direction
· They provide tasks
· They bring change
· They create stability
CONCLUSION
Leadership and management are two different things but they cannot be separated. If there is leadership then there must be management. In fact, the manager also sometimes requires leadership skills to inspire his team to work on the desired goals. There is a manger in a department and number of leaders to assist the team to out-perform and accomplish their goals. So, they both go side-by-side. An organization needs both for their growth and survival. Management is all about management, strategies and planning. Leadership is all about influencing, motivating and guiding people.
