Leadership and Management: A Comprehensive Analysis

This report explores the multifaceted nature of leadership and management, examining the qualities, skills, and styles that contribute to successful leadership. It delves into the distinction between leadership and management, highlighting their unique roles and responsibilities. Drawing upon personal experiences, course material, and real-world examples, the report provides a comprehensive understanding of leadership principles and their practical application.

OM6005 Leadership and Management
Assignment 1
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
1. What is involved in being a successful leader?..................................................................4
2. Can good leadership be developed, and if so, how?...........................................................6
3. What distinguishes leadership from management?............................................................9
4. What have you learnt about leadership from your own experiences, on this course and
elsewhere?............................................................................................................................12
Conclusion................................................................................................................................14
References................................................................................................................................15
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Introduction
Authority help with setting another course alongside the vision for a gathering so they can
take after. Administration helps with giving viable controls and in addition coordinate the
general population alongside the assets in a gathering according to the standards and qualities
that ought to be set up. The ability of the leader is high as they manage the work in the
organization which is equivalent to an effective leader. Leaders of the company put more
efforts into completing the task and attain the goals and objectives. I have worked for
Debenhams by adopting effective leadership styles which help me in improving the skills. In
this report, discussion to be done on the importance of a successful leader. Along with this,
demonstration needs to be done on the difference between the leadership and management.
Moreover, personal reflection is to be provided on leadership while working as a line
manager for Debenhams.
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1. What is involved in being a successful leader?
The best pioneer in the organization is having a mix of three spaces which incorporates
individual, logical and social. Individual incorporate the fruitful pioneers which having best
and right qualities, abilities alongside the styles so they can perform viably. Contextual
includes the capability to adopt different approaches so that they can meet the need of
diversified situations. Relational perspective help in developing the positive or valuable
relationships with the people.
Individual: This category of perspective includes traits, skills and styles. Traits include great
man theory or big five personalities. Skills and styles include skills-based model and Lewin’s
leadership styles. Great man theory defines that some individuals are born with the attributes
and these traits are responsible for the positions of power as well as authority. Through the
followers, goals can be attaining. Leadership includes the qualities which include personality,
charm, aggressiveness, persuasiveness as well as intelligence. These are the qualities which
help in increasing learning. When this theory implied to Debenhams, then leaders use the
qualities with the power. The inborn qualities of leadership are essential and sufficient for the
leader so that they become successful. By doing the education, qualities related to leadership
cannot be acquired. This theory impact on personal charisma, wisdom and political skill by
using the power in the best way (Veblen, 2017).
Contextual: This perspective includes the situational approach, path-goal theory and
contingency model. Path-goal theory refers to the theory which depends on specifying the
leader's style along with the behaviour. This theory fits the employee along with the
environment of work so that goals can be attained (Changing Minds, 2018). Path-goal theory
having an aim to raise or boost the level of motivation of employees, satisfaction and
empowerment which help them in becoming part of productive members of the organization.
This theory is classified into four parts which are supportive, directive, participative and
achievement-oriented leadership. Supportive leadership provide the effective concern for the
welfare and create a friendly working environment. Direct leadership help in providing the
effective guidance as well as need to maintain the schedule to complete specific work in
specific time. Participative leadership need to collect the ideas and should be taken into
account to make effective decision as well as need to take particular actions. Achievement-
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oriented leadership assist in setting the goals which increased challenges at work and also in
self-improvement (Changing Minds, 2018).
Relational: This perspective includes the servant leadership, transformational leadership as
well as Leader-Member Exchange Theory. Transformational leadership is the approach
which aids in causing the change in individuals along with the social systems. It assists in
creating valuable change along with the positive change to attain the goals and objectives so
that they can develop the followers into leaders.
Leader-Member Exchange Theory alludes to the relationship-based way to deal with
authority so they can centre around two-route relationship among pioneers and in addition
adherents. It helps with keeping up position by getting ready concurrences with individuals
(Management Study Guide, 2018). This hypothesis is ordered into various stages incorporate
part taking, making and routinization. Part taking is the phase which helps in assuming
greater liability and giving errands with the goal that they can catch more openings. Another
stage is partly making as it requires the successful trust of colleagues and in addition, need to
order so they can accomplish most extreme advantages by utilizing power. The last stage is
routinization which incorporates the example of trade between the pioneers and individuals
with the goal that fulfilment level can be upgraded (Management Study Guide, 2018).
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2. Can good leadership be developed, and if so, how?
Development or improvement of organization based on the different type of skills,
knowledge along with the willingness so that they can work hard. Leaders can also adopt the
soft skills which having an ability to fulfil the leadership role. Good leaders include the
effective models and use effective knowledge. It is essential for the individual to become a
good leader so that they can understand and analyze the own thinking as well as other
thinking (Henriksen and Børgesen, 2016). If leaders want to attain the success, then they
having improve the qualities. There are three perspective which assist in improving the
leadership qualities which include:
Individual perspective: In this perspective, when leaders of Debenhams working, then they
are facing so many traits which create difficulty to develop the leadership. Along with this,
some skills and styles can be adopted for development. Trait theory help in analyzing the
personal traits which is the key to leadership success. It is categorized into different parts
which include abilities, personal traits and motivators.
Figure 1: Leadership Traits
Source: (Hays, 2018)
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Skills also help in improving the leadership which include commanding, visionary, affiliative,
democratic, pacesetting and coaching. Commanding help in fulfilling the demand with the
immediate compliance. Visionary help in mobilizing people towards the vision. Affiliative
assist in creating harmony as well as assist in building emotional bonds. Democratic help in
managing fair participation. Pace-setting help in setting high standards for performance. Last
is coaching which helps in developing the skills of people for future by training (Hays, 2018).
Contextual Perspective: This type of perspective also helps leaders in developing the
leadership by analyzing the ability to adapt their leadership approach so that they can meet
the needs of the situation along with the subordinates. There are four styles related to
leadership help in meeting the requirements include:
Figure 2: Four Leadership Styles
Source: (Educational Business Articles, 2016)
Directing is the style which helps in provide the support to team members as well as offer the
guidance. Coaching assists in providing the behaviour directly which provide the high level
of support. It helps in offering the motivation so that team members can complete work
effectively (Educational Business Articles, 2016).
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Counselling is the style which helps in resolving the issues and provide suggestions for
improvement. Delegating is the last style which helps leaders of Debenhams in supervising
the work of team members so that target can be attained (Educational Business Articles,
2016).
Relational Perspective: This perspective help leaders in maintaining the relations with the
other members of Debenhams. Leaders may improve the relationships by working with their
subordinates so that effectiveness can improve their leadership. In Debenhams, leaders need
to provide the best culture so that they can work effectively and enhance the learning. If
leaders want to attain best results, then it is the duty of leaders need to set high expectation by
using effective culture. Leaders need to do effective conversation so that they become
successful in creating the values. To improve the leadership, different styles can be adopted
which include coaching, pacesetting as well as democratic. These styles provide the effective
assistance to the leaders of Debenhams in attaining the goals and objectives. The leader
should have a capability to motivate as well as inspire others. When team members provide
the guidance then leader need to provide effective supervision. A leader needs to keep
learning new and different things. The leader of Debenhams needs to keep mind sharp and
remain skills always fresh. There are so many challenges which leader face at the time of
learning the new things which are a good thing for a leader.
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3. What distinguishes leadership from management?
Management: It refers to the process which assists in dealing as well as controlling the
diversified things as well as people. Managers analyze that all the available resources need to
utilize by the leaders so that they can offer the best resources. Effective management is
essential which help in attaining the objectives of business (Răducan and Răducan, 2014).
Along with this, management needs to use best managerial functions include planning,
organizing, coordinating along with the controlling as it helps in increasing the performance.
Management or administration of Debenhams needs to do effective conversation within the
company as well as outside the company. There are some activities which are included in the
management such as interpersonal, decisional and informative activities. The employees of
management make the effective coordination among each other as it is important to attain the
goals. Management is an ongoing process as it includes the cycle which helps in completing
the operations (Bolden, 2016).
Leadership: It refers to the potentiality of the administration of the business entity so that
they can attain the challenging goals and objectives, for that need to take the best decision.
This will help in improving the performance in the competitive market. Leadership is the art
which helps in leading others so that they can create the best result. Effective leadership help
in creating awareness, provide direction as well as having an ability to motivate the others
(Antonakis and Day, 2017). Leaders in the company adopt both soft and hard skills which
help in maximizing the value. In the Debenhams, leaders use the effective procedure by
applying the best knowledge and skills of leadership. They are facing some traits which have
an impact on actions. Skills along with the knowledge of leaders provide the effective
contribution which is directly linked to the process of leadership. There are four factors
which are included in leadership includes followers, situation, leaders and communication
(Sharma and Jain, 2013).
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Figure 3: Leadership and Management
Source: (Wordpress, 2015)
There is some difference between leadership and management includes:
 Leaders having a capability to create the vision by engaging the people but on the other hand,
managers need to focus on setting, measuring and analyzing goals.
 Leaders having a willingness to be self-aware as well as work effectively to create the unique
brand. Whereas, Manager evaluate the competencies as well as behaviours so that they can
learn from others (Arruda, 2016).
 Leaders having a willing that need to take more risk so that they can try the new things. But
on the other hand, managers work in the company to minimize the risk so that they can avoid
or control the issues or problems.
 Leaders of the company focus on people that is all the stakeholders as they having an impact
on analyze the vision. Leaders assist in building the loyalty along with the trust. Whereas,
managers of the company provide effective focus on the structure or procedure which help in
attaining goals (Arruda, 2016).
 Leaders having a knowledge about people who work are working for them but on the other
hand, managers need to assign tasks and provide effective guidance to attain tasks.
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For instance, Debenhams got the new task to work and that work should be done in an
effective time. The leader of the company needs to create a vision and according to that
motivation should be offered to attain the vision. The leader of Debenhams needs to do
effective conversation among the team members so that they cannot face any issues. A leader
needs to provide the effective direction or path so that vision statement can be attained. Along
with this, they have to take more risk so that level of revenue generation can be enhanced.
Manager of Debenhams needs to analyze the whole plan which is prepared by the leader and
utilize the appropriate and effective resources so that they can attain maximum benefits. This
will help in enhancing the level of performance. Management along with the leadership is
important and essential as it assists in delivering the best services. Management and
leadership both include diversified types of outlook, behaviours along with the skills. Good
management needs to struggle to become good leaders as well as need to be use management
skills effectively and efficiently.
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4. What have you learnt about leadership from your own experiences, on this course
and elsewhere?
I am working as a line manager in Debenhams, I have learned about leadership is needed to
analyze the vision and on the basis of that, motivation should be provided to the team. Leader
and manager both need to fulfil the expectations of the company and attain the goals and
objectives. Natural leaders should do right things by putting more efforts with the exceptional
performers. Leaders always are decisive as a leader need to make an effective decision as it
helps in attaining the success. If a leader takes a wrong decision, then it affects the progress
as well as assist in destroying the morale.
I have learned that if leaders of the business entity utilize the diversified styles then it helps in
managing and dealing with the situation so that performance can be enhanced. This provides
the effective assistance to leaders in dealing with each and every situation. When I am
working I came to distinguish that how the leaders deal with the different problems and how
they manage by using effective solutions. The management of Debenhams with the
leadership as it helps in enhancing the performance by doing the effective operations so that
success can be attained.
I am working in Debenhams and facing the issues that are I cannot make a fast and quick
decision. I am agreed with each and every situation without thinking. It is necessary that I
have to use best and effective skills to improve the decision making. For this, I have to take
suggestions from experts or from my senior members. I have to do effective conversation
with the other individuals of the team. When I am doing work, I am facing insecurity and
help other team members. Along with this, I have to put extra efforts so that work can be
complete with the effective security.
I have learned about the leadership that leader always is confident as it helps a leader in
completing the work with the best way as well as also in the decided time. The leader should
be an influencer as a leader should influence so that staff members can complete the work
effectively and efficiently. It is essential that I have to work on my personal skills and need to
improve so that I can deal with the number of diversified staff members who are having
different behaviour and nature. I have also learned that leader needs to analyze the work and
deliver best products which help in increasing productivity.
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There are some leadership traits which I have faced which include controlling the emotions in
front of team members. The leaders always are inspirational and provide motivation,
encouragement and guidance to the team members. This will help in completing the task in
an effective manner. The leader always is empathetic and this quality is crucial to leaders as it
is constantly dealing with the management along with the conversation of individuals.
Leaders need to increase the learning as leadership and learning are indispensable to each
other. This will assist in attaining the best experience by enhancing the creativity.
For example, NASA Astronaut that is Nancy Currie is the leader and she said that leader
should take care of their team members. Mentorship is important and essential in advancing
the careers of the subordinates by fulfilling the prime duties along with the responsibilities.
Nancy was the chief branch manager in the Astronaut Office Robotics Branch. She is having
a quality of good leadership as well as having an expertise in skilled robotics. She manages
team members and always takes care of them. She is always loyal to their work and provides
guidance to team members. She always works to increase the learning and knowledge as well
(Reisman, 2013).
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Conclusion
It has been summarized from whole research, leaders and managers of Debenhams need to
manage the work so that they become successful in attaining the goals and objectives. This
also helps in managing the operational activities of Debenhams. Leaders help in providing the
effective direction as well as offer motivation to the team members so that they can take
initiative to make best and correct decisions. If the leaders of the business entity want to
become successful, then they have to do effective conversation with the team members so
that they can make the best decision. The leader of Debenhams help in innovating the
existing products and services as it helps in accomplishing the best experience. If the leader
of the business entity is facing the diversified issues, then leader need to analyze the issues
and then need to adopt best skills which include technical, human along with the conceptual
skills. This will provide an effective assistance in attaining the best experience.
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