Article Title: Management and Leadership The distinction between management and leadership it is very important. There are many differences between management and leadership. Basically, the difference is really the ultimate goal of the two processes. Management is more about stability, efficiency and homeostasis within the organization. For leadership all of these objectives are secondary, sometimes even eliminated. True leaders are essential in times of social and / or economic change. Leaders have the talent and courage to go ahead others and guide them to achieve targets. One of the biggest problems that the humanity has at this moment is the very small number of true leaders. It doesn’t matter if it is about his family, or business, or the community we live, country or planet - all these levels requires effective and true leaders. At the same time the concept of leadership is fairly controversial and misunderstood by most of us. Many believe that leadership skills are innate; others strongly believe that they can be acquired and developed throughout life. So it is something innate, a special talent or it can be educated? At the surface, a leader has certain characteristics, traits. In most cases it is hard to develop our selves as leaders, just by knowing what leaders’ behaviors and attitudes are. The behaviors, skills and attitude of a leader are composed of a wide range of items to be studied in detail. What is seen outside (behavior, attitude) is only a “map: of our own perception about what is a leader.” The territory is often totally different from what we perceive as our map. Leaders may be recognized for their vision, ability to move people and whole communities to a goal set for them. Wilson Learning brings together two leading practices, leadership and management, choosing the integrated leadership and management” model. Leadership: - encourages people to grow and to highlight their potential; - help people make connections between their responsibilities inside the company and the general goal, contributing to whose through their work; - inspire people to see opportunities and possibilities that come along with the change. But management creates the environment for performance: - establishes procedures and systems to facilitate the work; - provides specific rules for achieving the objectives; - allocate resources taking into account the efficiency of costs. Now imagine a pendulum oscillating between the two columns of the table above. Let the pendulum to stop on the management and think the effects it would have on the organization using strict management practices. Then imagine the pendulum staying at the leadership column. If we let the pendulum to oscillate between management and leadership, then we will have the image of an organization with an integrated approach of leadership and management practices. What would be the consequences of this approach for organization? Focusing solely on leadership, only on management or leadership, or just on integrated management we can change the life of an organization. The practice of leadership and integrated management is essential for companies that are at the end the second stage of growth Anyway the role of leadership and management are two of the most important things in an organization, it depends on their actions and activity inside and / or out the organization what we get in the end – success or failure. In other words it is after them to make the right choice. The essential part of their activity is in the decision making process. For better understanding the role of managers and leaders, or how their decision influence company development and growth, let’s take for instance the all known General Motors Company.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:36:18 +0000
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