Leadership and Management: Roles, Skills, and Development Report

This report delves into the critical aspects of leadership and management, offering a comprehensive overview of their roles and significance within an organizational context. It explores the key skills required for effective leadership, such as the ability to connect with others, show resilience under pressure, maintain integrity, and inspire motivation. The report also examines the development of leadership qualities, discussing techniques to enhance integrity, prioritize tasks, and foster communication. Furthermore, it distinguishes leadership from management, highlighting the importance of both in achieving organizational goals. The report provides practical insights into the art and science of leadership, emphasizing its impact on team dynamics, strategic planning, and overall organizational success.

Leadership and
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
What is involved in being a successful leader?...........................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
Can good leadership be developed..............................................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
What distinguishes leadership from management?.....................................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
Self reflection or evaluation upon leadership..............................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Leadership and management are considered as two different things but their roles and
importance are considered to be equal in organisational context (Kim, Kumar and Kumar, 2012).
This project defines the meaning of leadership and management scope as well as their value in
organisational structure. There is a practical overview and experiences are described in this
context. There is separate descriptions are defined in for leadership and management. How the
operations and functions are operated by effective leadership skills and methodology with
required support of management presented in this report in practical manner. Both the
management and leadership remain involved in attaining the goals and objectives of
organisation. Differentiation of leadership and management subject to administration and
operations of organisation is elaborated.
TASK 1
What is involved in being a successful leader?
Strong image of business and organisation depends upon successful leaders and managers
of organisation. Leadership skills are required to accelerate the level of business and organisation
by motivating and leading people. It is seen that most of the organisations are suffering from best
leaders and managers who could lead and manage the operations and functions of organisation. It
is recorded that in present sixty five percentage of multinational national organisations facing the
situations of successful leaders. By fluctuating the ratio of leaders and managers make unstable
the balance of organisation and loses the confidence level of people in organisation. Scope of
leadership and management has become vast and now, it is considered as an art, science and
methodology of better operations. What skills should be exist in the nature and behaviour of
person to become a successful leader and managers are described below:
Perspire
Being connective and familiar is one of the prime virtues which should be presented in
the nature of leader. It is an initial requirement that leader must be interactive with each
employee, staff members, managers and higher authorities. Interactive skills are used to form and
support effective team formulation, plans and strategies subjected to aim and objectives of
organisation (Gayle, Tewarie and White, 2011). These skills are helpful in making effective
professional relations and personal relations too. Being interactive with employees and staff
members help in getting real mind set and thoughts of employees in respect of organisations. It
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also helps in finding out unreachable and unspeakable problems as well as conflicts by effective
interaction with people of organisation. As much leaders will understand the mind set of
employees subject to work as much they will get ideas of better team formulation and operations.
Show grace under pressure
Capacities and abilities of leaders are evaluated in challenging and miserable situations of
organisation (MacBeath, 2011). There are different type of challenges come across like inflation,
competitive strategies down fall of market, unstable market demands and supply, undecided
policies and strategies these are the situations in which the efforts and abilities of leaders are
evaluated. Successful leaders come out through these situations. These scenarios help in
identifying the reactions and actions of leaders that how they deal with those situations and
circumstances. It is evaluated that how leaders manage the people of organisation in these
situations and put their efforts to maintain the internal environment of organisation.
Integrity
It is one of the qualities of leadership which are required to presented in behaviour of
leader. This quality indicates towards honesty, clear representation and fair practice (Hendriks
and Scheerens, 2013). Leader must have this quality because they are the main spoke persons
who remain connected directly to management department and senior authorities. It is the duty of
leaders that they present fair and clear of operations in front of senior managers. What are the
leading decisions are taken and how much work and completion of work has been done must be
straight to the point in functional reports. As per employees and staff point of view leaders must
clear the challenges and situations to employees so that they would become aware with the real
situation of organisation.
Motivating spirit
This is the virtue of leadership which defines the spirit of continuous working and efforts
towards goals, set aim and objectives of organisation. It is very important that manpower of
organisation keeps working continuously and effectively towards desired results and outcomes.
There are different kinds of situations and challenges fall upon business which affect the mind-
set and behaviour of employees for continuous working (Doh and Quigley, 2014). Successful
leader always bind up its team in single row and keep motivating them by working together and
tackling the situations through getting combined efforts. By providing appraisals, promotions,
recognition and appreciation, it tries to build up the confidence level of employees in
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organisation. This shows the best formulation and effective leadership qualities of leader in
organisation.
Confidence and spirit
Flourishing leaders keep seeking for better options to formulate teams in an impelling
manner. It shows the spirit of taking risks and new opportunities of leaders for better operations
and team work. There should be a positive response and behaviour present in nature of leaders to
adapt new tactics and plans.
Communication
Better and fluent communication skilled helps in explaining task and projects in to team
members (Antonakis and House, 2013). Effective communication skills help to connect
employees, team with management and higher authorities. It reduces the complexity of tasks and
information regarding plans and strategies. There must be a fair and clear presentation of plans
and project presented in front of teams and employees. Best and effective communication is
evaluated by getting same response and feedback from employees which were presented at the
initial stage of giving information. Communication system must be fluent and smooth in
organisation for flow of clear and fair information in departments and management level of
organisation.
Vast image in respect of goals and objectives of organisation
Crisis, downfalls, challenges and problems are the part of business formation. Leaders
have to prepare for every task and challenges and keep a clear vision to lead organisation in right
direction and path. Successful leaders always look out for each and every small or big issue and
challenges to form and design a vast image of business (Griffin, 2013). It indicates the new
opportunities and future advantages by implementing new tactics and methodology of team
formulation.
Relational approach of leadership- It refers to a model on leadership and which focus
on idea that the leadership effectiveness do with an ability and also capabilities of a leader to
develop a better and positive relationship in an organisation. Under this different components are
includes such as purposeful, inclusiveness, ethical etc.
Contextual Approach- Under this, leaders adjust their own sale on the basis of needs.
Under this, there is no perfect or single style which is used by leader. There is leader adopt the
style according to the situation in an organisation.
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TASK 2
Can good leadership be developed
It is one of the aspect which remain in dilemma which is “whether leadership could be
developed or not ?”. it is estimated that leaders born with the leadership skills and it is god gifted
abilities and specialities which can not established and developed by external efforts. Today
scenario has been changed and business operations have taken vast phenomenon in
organisational context. There are different segments and plans has been executed by which
leadership skills can be developed in the nature of normal person of employees. Potential and
hard work are two factors which are responsible to adopt and implement the skills in nature.
There are ten segments are described under which are helpful in developing leadership qualities
and skills in any human kind
1. Improving integrity
It is one of the natural techniques which is used to improve and build up honesty
and fairness in actions and tasks while working in organisation (Lloyd-Walker and Walker,
2011). It is studied that fair and clear representation of informations, tasks, project plans and
tasks helps in creating healthy and effective human relations in nature of employees. Apart from
it, this exercise helps in improving the integrity of person which helps in being honest,
responsible and capable to perform the tasks in effective manner.
2. Delegate and prioritise tasks
In large organisation and business type task and projects are found big in size.
Best leadership skills are developed by setting the limits and criteria of work as per capacities
and abilities of workers. It is asked to prioritise the task as per requirement and nature and set the
deadline. This practice help in building representative and leading image of person or employees.
3. Communicate constantly
It is very important to communicate the tasks, projects and plans among team
members. By providing training and personal development programs effective communication
and representation skills can be developed in the nature of human king to make him/her leader.
These skills not only helps in building confidence but also helps in developing representative
skills of employee.
4. Have confidence in yourself
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By providing new task and projects confidence level of employees are evaluated.
It helps in examine the level of confidence in employee towards the challenges and problems.
There are many moments and incidents happens in organisation where leaders confidence and
strength come across during performing the task (Thiel, Connelly and Griffith, 2012). Various
type of critical situations and scenarios are presented in front of employees and how they react
and absorb the situation is evaluated by this practice.
5. lead with positivity
Be positive and straight foreword to the aims and objectives of organisation is one
of the specialities of leaders which can be developed by giving proper guidance and support.
There are experts, professional and problem solving teams remain assigned in each and every
department. These parties helps in resolving issues and conflicts which come across while
performing the task. They suggest and advise that how to deal and tackle the situations in
positive manner and make an positive environment in team.
6. Creative thinking and thoughts
Innovative ideas and thinking helps in getting new ideas of effective team
leadership and bonding (Currie and Lockett, 2011. There are different practical sessions and
seminars are organised by organisations. The values of creative thinking and their roles in
framing a successful image of organisation described in seminars and conferences. These are
also one effective and supportive tools which encourage employees to think like a leader while
performing new tasks and projects.
7. Self goals
A successful leader always set his or her self goals to attain desired outcome of
organisation. By assigning self goals and connect them with organisational goals are one of the
leadership skills which can be developed by external efforts. In large scale organisations
management provides a vision and statement of organisation assign the task to multiple
departments. Once the target are decided employees are asked to set their own format to achieve
the task as per self made plans and strategies.
8. Internal inspiring factors
There are different type of internal motivating and inspirational factors are found
in every man kind. These hidden factors need to expose and enhanced by providing various type
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of situations and targets (Shahrill, 2014). Making self targets, evaluating performance by own are
the major tools which helps to disclose internal inspirational factors in human kind.
9. Tailor self approach
Working with each other as an one team to accomplish specific goals build an
strong image of team formulation in organisation. This approach helps in building strong bond of
effective working as a group and team. Strategies and plans are made by discussing the plans and
projects among team and staff members. Every staff member and employees are asked to give
suggestions and feedbacks. This is one of the effective practice which helps in improve the
leadership skills among team members.
10. Aims to inspire
Being a leader it is very important that vision and mission of organisation must be
cleared in mind of every member of staff and team. The aim should be relate with the image of
organisational growth. Perfect judgement and decisions are the only elements which remain
responsible to build strong and effective team relation and binding. By motivating and support
the decisions it is tried to enhance the skills of leadership of employees.
Practical models in respect of developing leadership
Clarifying roles and objective: This is one of the practical approach in which is
beneficial to develop leadership skills in the nature of a person. Goals, objectives, mission and
vision statements are described to person and asked to manage their actions and decision in the
direction of the metastases. It is also considered on of the independent practical model of
developing leadership and management skills.
Supportive leadership model: this models helps under training leaders with existing
leaders. This model contains acceptance, concerns and consideration subject to requirement of
subordinates and their feelings. Studies and research are made in respect of emerging the
leadership nature. Existing leadership tools and management helps to communicate with new
leaders.
TASK 3
What distinguishes leadership from management?
Basis of
difference
Leadership Management
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Nature Leadership are the qualities, skills,
specialities which are used to lead the
people of organisation in right direction.
Leader always works towards the vision and
mission statement of organisation (Carmeli,
Gelbard and Reiter‐Palmon, 2013)). They
remain active and effective towards the aims
and objectives of organisation. Leadership
skills always remain centralised to work
with the team rather then giving orders and
commands. It is considered as creating the
image of organisation by adopting different
methods and approaches according to vision
of organisation.
Management of organisation
are considered as goal or aim
creator. There are different
type of roles are played by
managers by becoming a part
of management of company.
Planning, staffing, organising
are the work criteria which are
found in different type of
business organisation types.
Management department make
plans and strategies to met the
goals of organisation. They
bifurcate the task size
according to form of
departments. They assign the
task to leaders and functional
mangers.
Criteria and
scope
Leadership skills are the first required
criteria which are needed to met to become
successful leader. These are the skills which
differ the personality of person in
organisation from others. They defines
vision, mission and formulate their own
plans and strategies.
Management is considered as
set of groups and activities
which are needed to support
the functions and operations of
organisation. Management
helps in forming the image of
task and provide a guidelines
to leading departments of
company.
Key roles and
responsibilities
Leaders inspires its team mates and
colleagues for better performance. It remain
focus in implementing new tactics and
Criteria of management
remain vast in comparison of
leadership. It is the main or
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advancements to make smooth the process
and formulations effectively. There is an
strong transformations happens while
implementing new changes and methods to
organisation. Leaders always focus towards
motivating and inspiring the people and
employees who works as a team.
primary area which remain
responsible to frame the
strategies and plans at initial
stage. Management level
monitor the actions and
formations of functional
departments of organisation.
Management department
provides required support and
help to functional managers
and leaders to smooth
operations (Avery and
Bergsteiner, 2011).
Role in
challenging
situations
Changes are the part of organisation which
help and support the organisation to connect
with the present situations. There is an
effective and optimum level of commination
is required to manage the flow of
informations and orders in organisation.
Management level and leadership both
remain interconnected with each other.
Management level of
organisation helps in building
systems and levels for
systematic formation of task,
projects and functional
process. Building an ethical
environment is one of the
main criteria of management
level. It helps in making trust
and loyalty among
departments and functional
managers.
Objectives Leadership skills help in making effective
and successful leaders (Hall, 2013). It
indicates towards the capacity of taking
risks and opportunities to attain competitive
advantages. Best leadership skills and
Management of organisation
contains managers, experts
and professionals which retain
vast knowledge and
experience of leading the
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qualities are used to analyse the nature and
culture of organisation and helps in relate
with the current market trends. These are
used to guide and coach to its team
members, staff and teams. Leadership
indicates towards creating self goals and
objectives.
organisational structure and
sub departments. They
provides relevant sources and
informations to leaders to
frame departmental goals and
objectives. Managers uses
applied theories and principles
rather implementing new
tactics and niches in
organisation.
TASK 4
Self reflection or evaluation upon leadership
(Sources : Best theories of team formulation, 2017)
 By evaluating dimensions and scope of leadership and management it is
concluded that organisation goals and objectives are centralised towards smooth
formation and operations of departments. There may be a self evaluations and self
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targets can be set by using leadership and managing skills. I thing that leadership
skills are the key factor which is responsible to get desired results and set targets
of organisation.
 As a leader of Marks and Spencer which is an retail organisation deals in
fashionable clothing and garments. It provides wide range of clothing segments to
men and women. I must have to analyse the culture, nature and scope of
organisation. Team formations and bifurcation are the prime work which is done
by the leaders of organisation. I have to go through with the vision and mission
statement of organisation. It is require to find out effective and responsible
employees and workers for making a strong team. As organisation wants to
introduce new marketing policies and plans to attract customer interest and
increase the brand name of organisation in UK.
 As per above scenario I need to sort out the list of candidates who retains the
knowledge and experience of sales and marketing. There is an effective tool must
be used to getting primary and secondary information related to project. There is
an proper evaluation and measurement would be done. Customer's needs and
requirements need to classify and categorised in systematic manner to plan
strategies as per different group of customers. There is a market plan need to
prepare to assign the task and work among team members. Staff members need to
divided in sub teams and departments. Criteria of work division would be depend
upon skills and capabilities of staff members. I need to organise the meeting to
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