Overview of Management and Leadership - Assignment

Running head: MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
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1) Qualities of a leader
A leader is the one who has qualities like the potential to respect others, show empathy
and care to the followers, and the most important quality of a leader is the capability of
motivating and inspiring others for a noble cause (Maxwell, 2007). The major role played by
a leader in any individual’s life is to influence him/her towards the goals and objectives set to
achieve. For a leader, it is very important that he has the complete knowledge of the team
members of the team he is in. This will help the leader in a better understanding of the
people, and their requirements, and this gesture will also help in making the team competent
and full of confidence.
There are certain qualities of leaders that make them unique from others. Some of them
are discussed below:
A leader is the one who is a difference maker between the failure and the success. A
leader must be someone who sets good examples for others to follow and should have a
positive approach towards anything he does, and whatever he does must be visible through
the actions he does for everyone (Bethel, 2012).
It is important that the leader is able to permeate new energies to the team member he has
as this will help the team to perform better in the hard times and usually too. The vision of the
team must be clearly communicated about the vision the team has to follow, and the leader is
the one who is responsible for directing his team towards these visions which will help in the
achievement of the goals and objectives (Meng et al., 2012).
There are and will be times when some hard and tough decisions are to be taken by the
leader for the team. Hence, a leader must have good decision making capabilities and should
be able to make a decision that has a profound impact on the followers he has.

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The allocation of the resources by the leader is a very important quality that makes him
unique from the common man. He should believe in empowering the followers he has as this
would help in better management of the team, and a sense of trust will develop between the
leader and the followers. This also will lead to better employee engagement and better
performance of the organization towards success.
Self-control and self-discipline are yet another thing that every leader must possess, and
these qualities truly make him different from the others. A leader is the one who has that
persuasive power, and he persuades his members to take up the challenge and be the risk
takers and follow the actions that are required.
The most important quality that any leader should have is embracing the lessons that he
gets from failures (Prive, 2012). A leader must find ways of overcoming from the crash and
must not blame others and learn from the bad experiences he had in the past and put more
effort into succeeding in the future along with his teammates. Hence, all these are the
qualities that make a leader unique, and these qualities are necessary for any leader to be
successful.
2) Leadership versus Management
Leadership and management both play a very crucial and important role in achieving
the desired success. Management or managing people is more towards the administration
of the people in order to get things done on a daily basis. Leadership can be explained as
the art of making people understand and believe in the vision they are working on for the
achievement of the goals and objectives set (Smircich and Morgan, 1982). The major
difference or consideration that makes leaders and managers different is that the leader is
the one who has followers, and they follow him/her. On the contrary, a manager is the

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one who just has to work with the colleagues he has and keep them coordinated towards
the work they are doing (Saeed et al., 2014).
There is yet another difference between leadership and management. The involvement
of leadership is in inspiring others and making the best out of them. While, on the other
hand, management is involved in making plans to achieve the goals and objectives set
(Bush, 2008). It is observed that leaders praise the success of the people, and managers
are the ones who find fault in the works of others.
The difference between leaders and managers can be better understood by a table
given below:
Leaders Managers
Leaders are the ones who appreciate and lets
the teammates ask any question for the
clarifications of the queries and doubts.
Managers are the one who gives directions
and instructions to his subordinates for
getting things done.
Leaders are the people who have followers
of themselves.
Managers are the people who have
subordinates with them.
The implementation of the good ideas is
done by the leaders.
Good ideas are often given by the managers.
Leaders are known for creating the change. Managers are known for reacting to the
changes made.
Leaders are the ones who are responsible for
developing the power in the people.
Managers try to impose or exercise power
on the people or the subordinates present.
Similarly, the difference between management and leadership can also be understood better
looking at this table below: