Leadership And Management Sample Assignment - Doc

Leadership and
Management

INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 3
MAIN BODY............................................................................................................ 3
1.What is involved in being successful leader?.................................................................3
2. Can good leadership is developed if so, how?...............................................................6
3. What distinguishes leadership from management?.........................................................6
4. What have you learnt about leadership from your experience on this course?........................8
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................... 9
REFERENCES......................................................................................................... 10

INTRODUCTION
Management refer to those activities that are associated with completing the
organisational functions of the organisation. It includes planning, organising, directing,
controlling and managing the activities of the organisation due to which it is easy for them to
maintain new project. While leadership involve those activities that is associated with
influencing and encouraging the people of an organisation in order to emerge them towards
success of company. It helps to increase the potential of employees and motivates them to
work with full potential in the organisation. This report is based on the leadership and
management in context of traits and characteristic of successful leader. Along with these
skills, theories that are needed to become a successful leader will be covered in this report. At
last how a management perform different role from leadership are explained in given
assignment.
MAIN BODY
1.What is involved in being successful leader?
Successful leaders are those individuals who listens and communicate effectively with
stakeholders of an organisation. Some of the characteristic that are required in order to
become a successful leader are motivation, self-confidence, honesty and integrity etc. due to
which an individual influence or control the behaviour of others. Along with these some of
the theories are explain as below:
Trait theory- All the persons who are successful leaders in present scenario have
some same characteristic which determines they have common method or way to complete a
particular trait. Usually leaders are distinctive traits that helps them to stand themselves
different from the society. For this scholar such as Stogill’s attempted to study leadership.
After coming of 20th century trait approach is used in which stogill also states that quality of
leaders is not enough but to link them with different situation is essential aspect.
The big five personality factor
An efficient leader requires good knowledge with effective skills which helps them to
resolving the organisational leadership due to which subordinates will be motivated to attain
the organisational goals.
Neuroticism- This trait is considered several factors such as depression, insecurities,
hostile that are feel by leader in a complex situation. For becoming a successful leader, an
individual need to be emotionally stable in order to address difficult situations appropriately.
This helps an leader to make rational decision by constantly dealing with stress and fear.
Extraversion- An individual who is sociable and interactive with others is related
with extraversion factor. In context of leadership these factor help them to make good

conservation with others that helps them to become successful leader. In this regard
employees who look up-to a leader will follow them because they are influenced by them.
Openness- To become a successful leader it is essential for an individual that they
have whole information about surroundings whether it is important for organisation or not.
This tendency differ a leader from others like they are always open to accept unknown
emotion, unusual ideas and other factors that helps an organisation to achieve their goals. For
instance: Chris Anderson, who is a well-recognised CEO gathers all necessary information
through which they formulate innovative products for the customers.
Conscientiousness- This trait considers several factors that includes self-discipline,
behaviour and giving attention for every detail of the organisation. Example- Mark
Zuckerberg always stands on their values and belief which determines that strongly belief
about the self-qualities is important factors for an individual. Within context of Mark it helps
to save the company from falling when organisation has to face several allegations about
customer privacy.
Agreeableness- This traits considered that how leaders cooperate with others to
enhance peace in the society and organisation. Successful leaders take suggestion and insist
other employees to participate in decision making process through asking their opinions.
Further it is beneficial for leader and manager to perform activities by cordinnating with each
other. So professional and personal both goals will be achieve effectively by the leaders.
The major strength of big five personality theory is that it define the value and
attributes that is required for adopting leadership. Along with these it also says that individual
are born with it.
Strength
 This theory defines each attribute of leadership in transparently with whole details.
 It helps to understand all personality factors and its variations.
Weakness
 According to this theory individuals are born with good leadership.
 Outcomes for complex situation are not covered.
Skills theory by Katz’s three skill model
Skill theory was developed in the year 1955 by Robert Kartz and as per this approach
leadership is prejudiced by the skills of an individual. According to this theory every
individual has some skill or talent but only few of them are able to implement them
effectively. The three set of skills are explained below:
Human skills- This skill approaches towards the effective relationship between leader
and other persons. It results that individual co-ordinate with other team members at
workplace. Like great leader such as Warren Buffet provide guides for developing effective
communication skills due to which strong bond is formulated with others.