Leadership and Management: Roles, Responsibilities, and Qualities

Developing
Leadership and
Management

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.................................................................................................................................................3
Section 1..................................................................................................................................................3
Section 2..................................................................................................................................................6
Section 3..................................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Leadership refers to getting people in an organization to believe in the vision which is set
for the company by the leader (Anderson and Sun, 2017). In it, leader needs to act as a role-
model for the rest of the organization. Management is more about administration of different
tasks and activities in the company so as to ensure that they are happening as they should. While
management makes its focus on planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling
leadership is mainly about directing function. Both are necessary for an enterprise as a
combination of both of them is required to facilitate achievement of goals, targets and objectives.
In this report, specific analysis will be made on definitions of leadership and management,
assessment of qualities and skills which make leaders so successful. Additionally, focus will be
made on skills and behavior of a successful leader.
MAIN BODY
Section 1
Leadership- Leadership refers to a skill acquired to guide an individual, a group, a team
or an entire organization. It is essentially the ability to make people in an organization to follow
instructions. A leader is a person who is visionary in nature and sets vision for the entire
company to follow.
Management- It refers to administration of different functions within an organization
such as planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling (Bhatnagar, 2017). It is quite
necessary is a business needs to achieve its short-term and long-term goals, targets and
objectives in the future. A manager is a person who handles day-to-day activities of an enterprise
and ensures that the work goes on smoothly without any hindrance.
Roles and responsibilities of a leader-
 Required at all levels- Leadership is a skill which is very essential for the success of an
organization and is required at all levels of management whether top middle or lower.
Thus a leader’s duty is to be present at all levels of management whenever required to do
so.
 To act as representative of organization- A leader acts like a representative of the
organization. Thus the responsibility is there to represent the company whenever required
to do so and display effective skills and qualities while representing it.
 Integration of goals and objectives- It is the responsibility of a leader to integrate the
goals and objectives of individuals with organizational ones. This will ensure
coordination of efforts of different individuals in achieving common goals and targets.

 Providing support- A leader must provide support so that cooperation and coordination
between subordinates can be ensured. Suggestions must also be taken and implemented
into plans and programmes. By providing of support, it can be also ensured that the
grievances, problems and issues of employees are taken care of.
 Delegation of authority- Authority flows like a chain from top to bottom (Bishop and
et.al., 2018). As leaders are on the top in the organizational hierarchy delegation of
authority should be done by them effectively and efficiently so that subordinates are
given tasks for achievement of goals and objectives of organization.
 Assigning of responsibility- Responsibility flows from bottom to top in organizational
hierarchy. It is the task of leaders to create and assign responsibility for the work done by
subordinates.
 Fixing of accountability- Accountability also flows from bottom to top in the
organizational hierarchy. The leaders need to fix accountability for the work done by
subordinates so that they understand the gravity of their errors and mistakes and the
impact which they can create so as to not to repeat them in the future.
Roles and responsibilities of a manager-
 Identification of goals- A manager needs to identify the goals which are required to be
achieved by an organization in order to achieve sustainable success in the future.
 Improving efficiency- A manager needs to improve the overall efficiency of processes in
the enterprise so that profits can be maximized.
 Improving effectiveness- A manager needs to improve the effectiveness of plans so that
goals and objectives can be realized.
 Improving productivity- Managers need to improve the productivity of different
workers in the organization so that they face no problems and issues in doing the tasks
delegated to them.
 Management of daily operations- Managers need to manage the daily operations of a
business so as to ensure that they are going on smoothly without any problems. This will
lead to smoothness in the functioning of the entire organization.
 Performing of managerial functions- A manager needs to perform the managerial
functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling effectively and
efficiently (Bolden, 2016). This will ensure that the processes go on without any
problems and issues.
 Preparation of a roadmap- A good manager is the one who prepares the roadmap for
the entire organization to follow in the future. This also enhances the ability of
individuals in an organization to achieve long-term goals and objectives.
Similarities between leadership and management-
 Working for the people- In both leadership and management, work is done for people
only as their issues and concerns are immediately dealt with. Thus, both ensure close
coordination and cooperation within the people working in an organization.