Leadership and Management: Achieving Goals and Objectives

This topic covers the importance of leadership and management in achieving desired goals and objectives effectively. It discusses different leadership styles, their impact on organizational success, and the roles and responsibilities of leaders and managers. The article also highlights the differences between leadership and management. Suitable for subjects related to business, management, and leadership.

Developing Leadership
and Management
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Executive summary
This topic covers about the leadership and management which help in achieving desire
aims and objectives effectively. Beside this it also covers the different kind of duty of leaders
and management. There are different kind of leadership which is are describe in the detail
manner. Along with this, implementation and evaluation are done to identify the effectiveness of
the company.
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Table of Contents
Executive summary..........................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
SECTION 1......................................................................................................................................4
SECTION 3....................................................................................................................................11
Leadership behaviour:....................................................................................................................11
CONCLCUION.............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
Leadership and management are the vital elements for the company which help in
increasing the efficiency of the firm effectively. Leadership is defined as the potential to the
influence and drive the group efforts towards accomplishing desire goals and aims (Anderee and
chaudhry 2012). This influence may be created from the formal source which aid in providing
right direction to the company. On the other hand, management focus on planning, organising,
directing and controlling the organisations as to fulfil the needs and requirement. Beside this,
manager also develop effective policies which improve the working culture of the company.
Furthermore, this report states about the similarities present in both the aspect and how they are
beneficial for the company. Along with this, the roles and responsibilities are taken into
consideration which aid in achieving desire aims of modern organisations. Although there are
different kind of leadership which are compare based on their skills and position to achieve
desire aims effectively. This is essential for the leaders to have different skills which help them
to succeed in the future market. At last the intervention plays a vital role which help in
understand the market effectively.
SECTION 1
Leadership is the art of motivating the group of people which help people to achieve
common goal in the shorter time span. The use to effectively direct the workers as well as
colleagues with the strategy to meet the company needs effectively. In the organisations there
must be effective leadership which use to create healthy relationship among the workers and
improve the efficiency to deliver high quality. An effective leadership strategy inspires other
people and shows them right path which help in increasing the productivity of the firm.
Management is the process of administrating and controlling the different affairs of the
company irrespective of their nature, type and structure and size. In other words, this is the
process of creating and maintaining such kind of business surrounding where the employees can
accomplish the goal (Garavan, Barnicle, and O’Sullivan, 1999). In the organisations the
management acts as the guiding tool for the employees who are workings in the organisations
and coordinating their effort to achieve desire objectives.
Roles and responsibilities of manager:
The manager is person who is responsible for planning, directing and overseeing the
operations and the fiscal aspect of the business unit along with the division and department.
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However, the manager is responsible for overseeing and monitoring the group of people as to
maintain the working culture effectively. They are also known as the line manager who is
responsible for the overseeing and leading the work of group and different people in the different
circumstances. Here are some roles and duty of the manager in the present organisations:
 The manager of the company is liable for ensuring about the health and safety of the
employees while working in the organisations. The manager must look and provide all
the safety tools and measure for the safety of workers.
 Along with this, they provide personal as well as professional ongoing and self-
development training which help in achieving desire aims and objectives effectively.
 Creating a healthy environment and the culture which emphasises the quality and the
continues improvement which are the key factor for growth and high performance.
Beside this work with the human resource department as to recruit, interview and employ
the number of employees to accomplish desire goal.
 Another responsibility is to coach, mentor and guide different employees which is used to
provide different career and developing planning and opportunities for expansion and
growth effectively.
Roles and responsibilities of Leaders:
Depending on the structure of the organisations team leaders must act and response as to
manage and control specific work effectively. The effective are born not made as they work by
the different group as to guide to fulfil the requirement of the company. An effective leader is
and risk taker which help them to achieve and focus on fulfilling the requirement of the firm.
Here are some job roles of leaders which are explain down below in the detail manner:
 A leader has responsibility to be honest and have integrity to earn trust and respect from
the team by treating them equally to accomplish effectively outcomes. Apart from this is
vital to for the company leader to show proper guidance as this will empower worker to
achieve desire result.
 The leaders have duty to convey clear as well as constructive message which tend to
reduce any kind of miscommunication which reduce the performance of the worker.
Although an effective leader Encourage the team to work together and to benefits the
company to develop a sustainable business model.
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 Another responsibility of leader is to be an effective listener as this will help in devising
the solution effectively. Along with this, it helps in solving the conflict and aid to take
proper feedback to make effective proper planning to reduce conflict and chaos present in
within the organisations.
 Identifying the ineffective method of practises and provide some better suggestion in
order to improve the productivity which improve the revenue for the company. It also
duty of the team leader to identifying the team strength and the weakness which is used to
excel in the tasks to some extent.
Difference between leadership and management:
Leadership Management
 In the context of leadership, the
effective leader creates new vision and
aims for the employees and workers
(Anderson, 2007).
 Establishing the organisational
financial targets which help in company
to operate and earn profit for the longer
time period. At also set some standard
measure in which some reports and
guidance take place.
 Apart from this the major difference
between the leadership and
management is that leader create
hierarchies and work groups which help
in increasing the needs value and
demand for the company effectively.
 The leadership tend to conceive the
new opportunities which help in
increasing the value of the company
effectively. However, the major
differences are that leadership inspire
 On the other hand, management is
liable for implementing the tactical
actions which is used to improve the
organisation working culture.
 Measuring and reporting the
performance is done by the
management and make improvise the
change as to improve the employee’s
capabilities effectively.
 The management tend to imply new
rules and policies for the expansion and
growth of the company (Bush, Bell,
and Middlewood 2019). Also provide
training secession for the employees as
to enhance productivity.
 This is also essential to check and
manage the ethics and morals of the
employees as this avoid the unethical
practises done workers and improve the
image of the company.
 The management work in the specific
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and empower the other people to
accomplish goals.
given rule and whereas leaders use to
make their own rules to meet the
objectives effectively.
SECTION 2:
The great leaders possess high quality of leadership which is essentials to fulfil the
requirement of the firm. As the leader function which is vital for the firm to gain and formulate
different rules and regulation which is used to maintain the task at the different level which tend
to increase the sales and performance of the company (Skalicky and et., al., 2020). The
leadership have become more common in recent years and have largely replaced the
management style of work. As the great leaders has the quality through which they inspire others
to achieve common goal effectively. Here are some leaders example which are describe down
below effectively:
Leaders and the leadership quality Bill and Melinda gates:
Bill gates was born in 1955 and in the early stage bill was familiar with the computers
and began to program the mainframe computers at the early stage. Bill develop his own version
of the Basic programmes and language and started the company Microsoft in the year 1981.
Gates envisioned the scale of the personal computers across the world and build the software
industry to support is growth and become the richest people on planet (Armstrong, 2016). Bill
have authoritarian leadership style which also known as autocratic which depend upon the
situation. However, the leaders have one or two leadership style which is noticeable at different
aspect in the organisation.
Melinda Gates is an American Philanthropist and the formal general manager of
Microsoft. In the year 2000 she founded Bill and Melinda Gates foundation one of worlds largest
charitable foundation as to provide services for those who are needs. Melinda Gates have been
ranked one of the most powerful women by the Forbes as she has all the qualities of leadership.
She has been awarded the Jefferson Awards for the contribution of corporate social
responsibility.
Apart from this bill focus on transformational leadership style because the style came
naturally to him. As gates have ability to desire to inspire personal creativity in oneself and the
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rest of the team. It also supports and encourage and provide support to uplift the employees and
achieve desire aims and objectives effectively. The main reason which makes them successful is
the knowledge which makes Bill different from other. Beside this, gates focus on one thing
which he knows the best which is software. Working hard in the business assist individual to
gain success and achieve desire aims and target in effectual manner.
Gates also have practical approach in developing goals, and it is essential to be visionary
which help in organisation to expand and explore to the larger extent. Instead of staying in the
comfort zone Bill encouraged himself and the people to improve their personal skills which set
apart the firm and become successful in coming future. His leadership style works to empower
the people because the individual perspective help to create new ideas and opportunities to
accomplish desire aims and objectives effectively (Pardey, 2016). Although some people tend to
follow each objective which help in achieving respective outcomes.
Why people follow Bill gates
People follow Gates as they see hope in him and the company. As Microsoft is consider
as the most valuable present. As computer and technology have reached to every corner of the
company which leads to enhance the productivity, and which have changed the face of doing
business. There are millions of employees who are working for the company and they have hope
through which they can chase their dreams (Bandura, 1977). Filling up the employee’s plates
with share and delegate work will help to increase the resource to mentor and put the position as
to facilities coaching and conversation which is used to build the trust which used to strength the
individual hope. As Bill is consider as the great visionary and help in achieving which allow to
become successful leaders and create big followers as well as hope for the people.
Leaders and the leadership quality of Jacinda Ardern:
Jacinda Ardern was born on 26 July in year 1980 and she is the New Zealand Prime
Minister. Along with this she is the member of parliament and she was the first house of
representative for the general committee. After completion her graduation from the university in
2001 she began his career as the working in the research department in the prime minister office.
And later she worked in UK as the policy advisor to the British prime minister and in 2008 she
was elected president of the International union of socialist (Frunză, 2017). The power of make
her successful and bring the popularity to become prime minister of the nation.
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She has democratic leadership style and most of the people follow and her. She is
considered as the courageous Prime Minister of New Zealand and her remarkable leadership
style tend to reduce the terrorist impact present in the nation. As she delegates the authority and
believe in equality and of rights of individual which help in achieving desire aims and objectives
effectively. Ardern have earn the trust and respect of the people which help in gaining huge
popularity for the people. The good leader care about the team and can show the care to
respective people in the appropriate manner. She have good knowledge that how to manage the
work and apart from this she has knowledge which help her to become effective leader. From the
young age Jacinda Ardern was taleneted and have different skill which help in provo
Why people follow Jacinda Ardern
The people follow Jacinda Ardern as she brings hopes to the various people as she has
developed the image of the courageous prime minister the world have ever seen. Ms. Ardern
displayed so much empathy you’d think she lost members of her own family. In fact, she
displayed all the traits that make up extraordinary leadership quality which she has possess.
Leaders are accountable for taking the action for the beneficial for their people which tend to
increase the following of the company and help in increasing the presence and image in public.
Leaders and the leadership quality Satya Nadella:
Satay Narayana Nadella is an Indian American business executive and he is a chief
executive officer at CEO of Microsoft. Before coming to such position, he was the chief vice
president of cloud and enterprise group. Along with this Nadella is liable for building and
running the company computing platform. He was born in India and later move to America for
the study MBA from the University of Chicago school (Frunză, 2017). At the early stage he
works for the Sun Microsystems as a member of its technology staff prior to joining Microsoft in
1992.
The was consider one of the most effective leadership as under his supervision he had
lead company major project which are related to the cloud computing which lead to creating one
of the largest cloud computing platforms in the world. Apart from this, he has work for the
different level in the company and earn the credibility the effective leadership style present in
him. Satya have authentic leadership style which means being genuine, honest and trustworthy
towards the people and employees. Such kind of leadership help to manage and control all the
risk and uncertainty present and bring out the useful outcomes. One strategy which have become
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more popular with the leaders and the manager which also help in changing the mind set of
people towards the leaders. As the quality which made them successful is position in the
company which provide him power to take decision to take effective decision to focus on the
goal.
Why people follow Satya Nadella
In this case people follow Satya Nadella for the fear as he authentic leadership style
which provide fear in mind of people to cheat or to conduct unethical practise for the people. As
Nadella first bold move to change the computer on every desk and focused to provide more
customer-oriented product which increase the popularity among the company. Through Satya
Nadella vision company have generated huge amount revenue and success for the company.
Different kind of leadership theory:
Trait theory: This is like the Great man theory which is assumes that the people inherit
different qualities and traits which makes them better to be suited for the leadership. Along with
this, it also defines as the individual personality and the behaviour of the person. The leader like
Jacinda Ardern have image of strong leader which possess self-confidence and courage for all
the traits which are linked for the great leader (Bhatti and et., al., 2012). There is other leadership
quality which comes under trait theory which is used to focus on fulfilling the image of the
individual.
There are plenty of group who possess the personality traits connected with leadership,
yet many of these people never seek out positions of leaders. There are also people who lack
some of the key traits often related with the effective leadership trait. Apart from this it also
depends upon the person appearance, weight and height and the demographic which is related to
the age, education and family background and the intelligence which encompasses the judgement
and the knowledge.
Great Man Theory: As per this theory all the leaders are born with just right trait and
ability for leading the greater audience effectively. Apart from this, it also states that the best
leaders are born not made. Great leaders like Bill Gates and Jacinda Ardern are born with the
leadership quality and become the great influencer of all time. With their proper guidance and
right path, they have achieved desire outcomes and portray the great leadership as the heroic
mythic and destined to rise of leadership whenever require. Such kind of leaders are visionary
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and with their skills and ability they have provide effective result to gain success in coming
future.
SECTION 3
To become effective leaders the person must have different kind of skills which tend to
have better impact on the minds of customer effectively. A good leader requires to have good
number of soft skills to help them positively interact with the different numbers of employees or
the team members. Effective leaders can communicate well, motivate their team, handle and
delegate duty, listen to feedback, and have the adaptability to solve difficulty in an ever-changing
workplace. Here are some skills which leader must possess are explained in detail manner:
Communication skills: As this is consider one of the most effective skills that the leader
must possess to increase the specific tasks. Apart from this, it also increases the bonding and the
relationship among the people by having effective leadership quality. Leaders must follow all the
process of communication which include phone and emails. Therefore, leaders should establish
a steady flow of connection between themselves and other people.
Motivation: Leaders have ability to inspire others as to accomplish the desire outcomes
effectively. There is different factor for motivation which must be followed to leaders like Bill
gates and Satya Nadella are ability to inspire other people which help in building the brand
reputation and make popularity in the organisation. This help in convening and mentoring to
workers which increase the productivity of the firm.
Delegating: As to become effective leader it is essential to transfer the authority to other
people as this gain the trust and image for the company. Leader like Satya have ability to
delegate the authority and evaluate the employee performance to make changes to accomplish
desire outcomes. By delegating tasks to staff members, you can focus on other important tasks.
Leadership behaviour:
The leader may not bear in that way, but the behaviour makes them to become successful
leader and to succeed in future. This plays a vital role in accomplishing to outcomes which are
beneficial for the firm to manage and control the actionable work in the well define manner. For
the leaders it is vital for the company to have effective leaders and this can be achieved by
improvising behaviour effectively. Here are some behaviours which are explained below:
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Ethics and integrity: Both are important for the leaders to become more successful and
this is vital to conduct right things without any bias. There must be proper integrity in leaders’
behaviours as this reflect the personality.
Building trust: This is vital for the leader to create trust among the people because it
increases the presence effectively. It can be achieved by proper communication and take
feedback to accomplish desire outcomes.
Take effective decision: It take great leader to make hard decision which are important
for every person in organisation. Success here comes from balancing emotion with reason,
enlisting input from others to ensure the move forward is well-informed yet acting with
authority.
Communication skill comes under specified intervention as this consist of group and
team development where the communication plays a vital to transfer the information from one
person to another. Along with this it also covers inter group learning which allow to interact with
different other people to accomplish desire aims and objectives effectively. Whereas building
trust comes under concentration as this covers different training events and courses, so this is
vital to build to healthy relation which allow them to bring out effective decision. There are
different kind of competences and typology is used while developing trust as it used to fulfil the
need and requirement.
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CONCLCUION
From the above stated report this has been analysed that leadership and management are
essentials for the organisation as to achieving success in the business. There are different roles
and responsibility of leaders and managers which must be actively fulfilled to create a better
impact on the minds of people. There are great leaders like Bill Gates, Satya Nadella and Jacinda
Ardern which have some unique quality which bring make successful leaders for the upcoming
generation. At last there are different intervention which is used to identify the skills and
behaviours effectively.
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