Leadership and Management: A Comprehensive Analysis

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
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Executive summary
Leadership and management can be defined as the aspects that combine to form an effective
management in an organisation. Leadership and management go hand-in-hand due to which
an organisation is able to reach its business goals. Both the leaders and managers are
responsible for enhancing the performance of the workforce. The different traits and
approaches is applied successfully to ensure the leadership behaviour in order to lead an
organisation. The evolution of leadership traits and theories is changing as per the needs and
the expectations of the concerned people working in the organisation. The impact of various
leadership styles affects the followers in their attitudes, competence and behaviour that also
recognise the requirements of the modern employees. Leaders should understand show
involvement in decision-making in order to achieve the objectives.
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Main Analysis............................................................................................................................5
Approaches and Theories to be applied for being a Successful Leader.....................................5
Developing Good Leadership..................................................................................................11
Leadership and management....................................................................................................12
Reflection on own leadership experience................................................................................14
Conclusion................................................................................................................................16
Reference List..........................................................................................................................17
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Introduction
Leadership refers to the activities that a leader adopts in an organisation to lead the
employees or the group in order to meet the business objectives.. Leadership skills reflect the
ability to direct, control, and guide a particular group for a given task and achieve the targets..
Management skills refer to the activities in controlling the specified operations successfully
in the place. It interlocks the functions to create corporate policies while planning, controlling
and organising the business objectives effectively managing the different areas. The report
will define the different approaches and theories stating the application of leadership skills to
be adopted by a leader. The report will also distinguish between leadership and management
in order to understand the different approaches reflecting the two critical components in the
business organisation.
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