Difference between Leadership and Management in General Electric

Leadership
management

Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Main body.............................................................................................................................................3
Difference between leader and manager............................................................................................3
Style leadership.................................................................................................................................3
Skills of leaders.................................................................................................................................4
Approaches followed by H. Lawrence Culp Jr..................................................................................4
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................5
Books and journals............................................................................................................................5

Introduction
Leadership is guiding the employees in particular direction for achievement of firm’s
objective. Management is arrangement of business activity in which all resources are utilized
to maximise productive for achievement of firm’s desire goals. General electronics (GE) is an
US based company which is group of 12 companies sealing different product. It was first
incorporated in 1889, when Thomas Edison’s company make alliance with Drexel, Morgan &
Co., a company founded by J.P. Morgan and Drexel (Northouse, 2018). Thereafter, numbers
of amendments are made. Company is also listed in fortune 500 lists in year 2018. In this
report difference between leadership and management will by identified. The types and skills
of leadership will also be acknowledged for increase the productivity in context of GE.
Which style there leaders are following which help firm in continuous growth in business
operations.
Main body
Difference between leader and manager
Basic Leadership Manager
Vision Leader is the one who provide
vision to their employees and firm.
Manager is the person which
executes this vision in firm with its
abilities.
Trust and
control
Leaders are always relays on trust
as their main objective is to build
trust on and in their employees,
Manger is always aim to maintain
disciple that why they use control as
their tool for management.
Focus They believe that over all
development will leads to goal
achievement so their focus is on
overall development.
Here manager thinks that goals are
the prime motive so only goals and
targets of firm are focus points.
This is the basic difference which was identified by the GE as there have managed difference
in their firm structure.it has managed separate structure for its leaders that is CEO and
structure for manager. All these things are mentioned in certificate of incorporation in firm
(Western, 2019).
Style leadership
Charismatic leadership: this is the leadership where the charm of leader is used to
getting work done through others with the help of charmers quality leader can directly
influence the behaviour of individuals and can guide them towards achievement of firm goals
and objective. This theory or style of leadership is just similar to transformational leadership
but the core ideas are different in both. This leadership style is followed by Jack Welch in
General Electric when he is the prime leader in firm.
Servant leadership: this is that leadership style in which leader act as a servant of firm.
Where it directly involved in working with employees. In this leader focus on needs of
employees and guide them by fulfilling personal needs with firm’s goals and objectives. CEO
Jeff Immelet is known for implementation of this strategy in GE. He always works as the