Leadership and Management Assignment - Amazon

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................3
1. Factors essential for being a successful leader........................................................................3
2. How good leadership is developed.........................................................................................6
3. Distinguish between management and leadership................................................................10
4. Own experience and reflection..............................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Leadership and management are the two separate terms which are very essential for the
business organisation. It is crucial to understand that leadership is the important element of
effective management. Leadership is a quality of influencing people so that objectives are
accomplished willingly and enthusiastically (Bolman and Deal, 2017). Organisation undertaken
in this report is Amazon which was founded in 1994 and deals in e commerce and cloud
computing. This report will explain the factors which are involved in becoming the successful
leader. It will also examine that if good leadership is developed than how it will be developed. It
will also elaborate that leadership and management are two different terms and this is explained
by determining key differences between the two. Later part of the report emphasis on own
experience about leadership.
TASK1
1. Factors essential for being a successful leader.
Leadership is the art of motivating and influencing people to act towards the common
objective of attaining organisational goals and objectives. In Amazon, leadership is connected to
performance and effective leader is accountable for establishing a clear vision, sharing the vision
with others so that they will follow willingly, also useful in providing information and
knowledge (Cherry and Jacob, 2016). For being effective and successful leader in a company, it
is important that leader must poses the certain factors or qualities which will influence other
people and they are discussed below :
 Establishes trust and demonstrate integrity : Effective and successful leader in
Amazon will show authenticity and honestly in behaviour. They will speak with
reference to relevant evidences and experiences rather than opinions.
 Focus on outcomes : Leader will track advancement towards objectives and hold others
accountable for their results. By using systematic process they will learn and share
success and failure.
 Promotes innovation : Effective leader will seek, motivate, inspire and take actions on
new ideas and approaches (Doh and Quigley, 2014). They also seek out new ideas and
better information.