The Role of Management and Leadership in Achieving Business Objectives
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INTRODUCTIONThe management can be defined as process of dealing with or controlling things or people.All the functions of management are emphasized on attaining the task in a enterprise. In thisreport,various aspects of management and operations will be studied in the context of Accenture. Inthis report, difference between leadership and management will be provided. Thereafter, analysis ofmanagement by objective process will be given. Thereafter, leadership trait theory and style ofleadership will be discussed (Audi, 2012). TASK 1.The term management can be defined as method involving planning, organizing, staffing,directing and controlling the efforts of employees to attain the defined objectives in company. Themanagement play important role in Accenture as it assist in completion of important task (Andersonand Anderson, 2010).. On the other side, leadership is the efficiency of a organization managementto make effective decisions and encourage other to get best performance. Since, leadership help inthe accomplishment of the goals of company it is very important. 2.There is significant amount of difference between leadership and management functions.The description of which is as follows:LeadershipManagement The leadership is focused more on coping withcomplexities. The management is emphasized on copingwithcomplexities and assu ring stability. Leadership is ability of leading others byexamples (Bush and Middlewood, 2013)..The management is the art of systematicarrangement and coordination of things in bestpossible mannerThe leadership emphasis on inspiringindividualsThe management is more concerned onmanaging functions.The leadership strategy are proactiveThe management is more reactiveThe leadership help in improving thecommitment among employeesThe management functions assure there isproper compliance of laid down rule, regulationsand organizational policies (Audi, 2012). 3.Management by objectives can be defined by the peter Ducker is a planning system that3
needs each executive to participate in the total planning procedure by involving in developing theobjectives for its own division and for higher levels in the company. Since, it enable the employeeand executives to have proper discussion and reach accord on performance objectives it resultsinto improvement in overall communication process. The MBO process emphasis more on actualresults. Goal specificity, action planning, self control and periodic review etc. are main elements ofthe MBO program. 4.In accordance with the theory provided by Mintzberg, there are three major roles that areperformed by the managers. They are further discussed as follows:Interpersonal roles: The manager play important role in leading by motivating employees,working as figurehead and liaison officer (Cadbury, 2006). Informational Roles: The manager help in administrations by scanning the workenvironment, disseminating information and being spokesman. Decisional roles: The manager assist in taking effective business decisions. It further assureproper resolution of conflict, allocation of resource, entrepreneur and negotiator. 5.Leadership traits means presence of certain characteristics that help a individual inbecoming excellent leader. Such as, self confidence, active listening skills, good communicationskills, vision and positive attitude etc. The leadership styles are Directing leader: It is kind of leader that develop goals, ascertain the issues, providesolutions, divide work and provide clear direction. In addition to this, it have closemonitoring on the work performed by employee for further evaluation ( Chell and et.al,2014). Supporting leader: It is leader which emphasis on the participation of employees inresolution of issues and goal setting. It assure proper support is provided along withnecessary resources and guidance to facilitate the members in performing the allocated taskeffectively (Ciulla, 2013).6.There are two types of leadership skills, hard and soft. Hard skills Soft skills It determine the IQ level of cadidate It consider the emotional intelligence of theindividual (Audi, 2012).Example, technicaland functional skills Example,intterprsonal skills such as,4
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