Leadership and Management in Organisations

Organisations: Leadership and
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Discuss leadership and management literature/theories.........................................................3
Evaluate the leadership development programme..................................................................7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
For an organisation it is important to have an effective leadership and management as with
the help of this they can accomplish their goals and objectives effectively. The leadership is
related with influencing the people and setting vision for them so that they work in a direction
that lead to achieving the goals, while management is concerned with managing the operations
and day-to-day activities of the organisation (Burnes, 2018). Leadership is considered to be
associated with inspiring the people and management is related with planning. Various academic
theories are adopted by the leaders so that they can effectively organise learning and
development programs. For making the programs effective the emerging leaders within the
organisation must be engaged with the help of this they can conduct self assessment which
facilitates them to identify various improvement areas. Both of this concept work together as the
managers and leaders perform their role simultaneously so that they can make their people
effective and capable of working together by guiding them. In this report NHS leadership
academy is taken into consideration whose philosophy is to develop great leadership by
improving the behaviours and the skills of the leaders. This is because they believe that with
better leadership they can provide better care to the patient, experience and the outcomes. In this
report various leadership and management theories will be discussed and the opinion of various
people will be discussed within the literature review that can develop an understanding of the
importance of various styles of leadership and management along with their benefits of the
organisation. Later in the report the importance of various leadership training and development
for the organisation Apart from this the various leadership development programs of NHS are
also analysed in terms of their eligibility, benefits and impact on the individual and
organisations.
Main Body
Discuss leadership and management literature/theories
Leadership is a process with the help of which organisation influence their employee's
behaviour and directs them in an organised and logical way that can lead to the achievement of a
common goal. Various leadership models and framework are adopted by the leaders of the
organisation which guide them to manage a different situation that may prevail in an
organisation. For effective leadership trust and confidence of the employees on the leader is

important as it leads to better understanding and better performance of the employees (Peker,
2018).
According to W.C.H. Prentice, leadership is behaviour with the help of which the
behaviour of the others can be influenced and their abilities can be improved by making them
understand the benefits and various opportunities that they may have. A leader can perform their
role effectively with the help of better communication as with this they can share information
with the employee and can take the opinion of the employees which motivate them to perform
better. Leadership within the organisation seeks self-improvement in the leaders which implies a
continuous strengthening of their attributes. The leaders need to consider various aspects such as
they provide guidance to the people, create confidence in them by creating vision for them. In
addition to this they develop better working culture by establishing effective communication
among all the employees and letting them coordinate with each other. NHS learning academy
considers various styles of leadership with the help of which they can make the people learn and
understand the concept and it’s important along with benefits. It enables them to conduct various
learning and development programs for other as they themselves has understanding of these
aspects.
Management is a process planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling all the
activities of an organisation. Also sometimes it is considered to be a function of managing people
in which a specific body of knowledge, practices, and principles are applied. Management is
considered to be a technique with the help of which various decision making can be done by
analyzing the resources held by an organisation along with their capabilities (Coulson-Thomas,
2018).
According to Boris Kaehler, management facilitates an organisation in improving the
performance and productivity by properly utilising all the resources that they have. With the help
of better planning best talent can be attracted and mobilized so that objective can be achieved
with the help of them. It can be treated as an art of getting things done from others by dividing
the entire organisation into different levels which can be top, middle or lower. Organisations are
classified on the basis of functions or divisions and accordingly managers are appointed.
Managers determine various technique with the help of which they can satisfy the need of the
organisation as well as of the employees and other stakeholders. He also views management as a
process because it performs various functions (McShane, 2018). Management undertake various