(PDF) Differences Between Management And Leadership
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Running head: LEADERSHIPLeadershipName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
2LEADERSHIPIt is seen that in his book Stephen R Covey established a specific approach on beingefficient in workplace by achieving the targets set by the management of the businessorganization. In this regard, Covey stated that effectiveness of the employees in the workplace isthe balance of achieving the desirable results along with caring for the things which producedthose results. Covey somehow explained this matter with an example of the goose that used tolay golden eggs. Covey added that effectiveness in the workplace can be explained in terms of P/Pc ratio where P stands for getting results which are desired and PC stands for caring for thethings that generates the results. The book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Coveywas published in the year of 1989 and became a best seller of that time as more than 25 millioncopies of the book got sold after the first time it was published. The book became so famous thatan audio file or audio format of a book was published too. It was seen that in the book, Coveystresses on the character ethics and where he tried to align the values of the employees withtimeless and universal principles. In his book, covey refused to conflate the values and principlesas he sees those principles as external natural laws and on the other hand the values remainsubjective and internal. As stated by Covey (2014), he further added that the principles determinethe consequences and on the other hand the values actually govern the behavior of the people. Inthe book, Covey revealed his teachings in a series of habits and manifested as a progression fromdependence through independence to interdependence. In the contemporary business world,Covey’s work is not only used for the work place environment, but also within homes. Whetherit is regarding improving the relationship with co-workers or supervisors or having effectivesocial relationships, Covey’s approach has helped his readers to a great extent. I think theseapproaches have more or less survived a long period of time and most of them had remained
3LEADERSHIPextremely relevant as a concrete foundation within the sphere of interpersonal communication inthe contemporary world. Before reflecting on my own life experiences on the backdrop of the book, it is necessary tolook at the approach of Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. In myopinion, this book has centered on an individual’s professional and personal habits as it is thehabits that help us to build our character. There may be some good or some bad habits. Even ifmost of us are unaware of the impact of these habits in our daily life, but it can be said thatsometimes these habits can turn into a specific and unchangeable feature of an individual’scharacter. In the book, Covey introduced the concept of paradigm shift and helped his targetreaders to get to know the various existing perspectives. He introduced 7 habits in a proper seriesand each chapter of the book is dedicated to one such habit. It is seen that the first three habitssurrounds a shift from dependence to independence which can be looked at as self mastery.Being proactive, beginning with an end in the back of the mind and putting first things first arethese habits mentioned by Covey. Being proactive, stresses on the concept of circle of concernand of the circle of influence; in this regard I think that employees should work from the centerof the influence and incessantly work on expanding it. In my opinion, the employees shouldwork together to expand the overall productivity of the organization. As stated by Covey (2014),one should not sit back and wait in a imprudent mode and waiting for issues to take place beforetaking any necessary steps. By the habit Begin with the end in mind, Covey tried to explain thatit is necessary to realize how individuals take decisions in real life situation and to becomeeffective an individual will be needing to act on the basis of the principles and shouldcontinuously review their mission statement. By the habit Put first things first, Covey tried toexplain that there is a difference in between management and leadership as leadership begins
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