Leadership and Management Theory and Practice

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT THEORY
AND PRACTICE

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Leadership and management theories along with principles..................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The term leadership refers to inspiring individuals within firm where as the management
tends to planning. In management, managers give direction to their subordinates as they possess
obligation and uses authoritarian style in order to manage workforce whereas leaders are those
peoples who lead and guide their teams for the successful execution of allotted task (Willis,
Clarke and O'Connor, 2017). In context of this, the present report is based on a case study of Jeff
Bezos. He is the founder and CEO of Amazon company. In this assignment there is evaluation of
effectiveness related to Bezos’ leadership quality that he possess in itself for carry out business
operation in effective manner. So in this report there is a discussion about leadership and
management styles along with implementation of strategies for enhancing the effectiveness of
leaders and mangers in order to meet current and future requirements of company.
MAIN BODY
Leadership and management theories along with principles.
Leadership can be defined as an ability or quality that an individual possess in itself for
leading and guiding their team members so that targeted objective will be attain within stipulated
time period (Renz, 2016). And in every organisation it is very essential for leaders to hold this
quality in itself. On the other hand the term management refers to course of action that includes
various functions and activities like planning, directing, controlling and managing. And the use
of all these principles in connecting physical, financial, human and financial resources efficiently
and effectively in order to attain organisational goal. For this manager or larder of comp any
need to follow some principles and theories so that they will able to meet this objective. In
context of this the CEO of Amazon company use various types of leadership and management
styles within firm such as trait, behavioural situational, contingency, transformational and
transactional leadership styles. Trait theory determines the specific personality trait and then
differentiate from non-leaders to leaders (Bush, Bell and Middlewood, 2019). This mainly
emphasis on leader’s traits that they exhibits their ability in order to articulate his vision made by
individuals. The effective leaders includes intelligence, self-confidence along with integration
and determination. In context of founder of amazon he possess all these quality in itself for
handling their employees within firm. All these qualities are the proof of effectiveness.