Importance of Leadership and Development for Organization

Organisation leadership and
management
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................3
2. Leadership and management literature........................................................................................3
3 Evaluate the leadership development programme........................................................................7
Discuss importance of leadership and development for organisation.........................................7
Select leadership development programme from link.................................................................8
Analyse the programme and review its components...................................................................9
Identify benefits of leadership programme................................................................................10
4. CONCLUSION .........................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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1. INTRODUCTION
Leadership and management are 2 main key of the success of an organization. Both plays
several functions but have different features which makes them differed from each other.
Leadership is a process of getting people involved in all functions and influences them to
accomplish vision of the company. Management is a procedure of dealing as well as controlling
people and operations of organization. This study is going to show some differences between a
leadership and management. With the help of roles and responsibilities of leaders and managers,
all differences between leadership and management will be shown in this study. Further, this
study will show importance of developing or using leadership styles or theories. Leadership
theories allow leaders in leading employees in an effective manner as per the current situation
and solving problems (Renz, 2016). Leadership and management have some similarities as well
and with the collaboration they support their company in achieving their goals. This study will
discuss transformational and transactional leadership theories. Both theories have different
principles and ways by which leader guide group of people and make them able to contribute
company in accomplishing their goals. It will also show that how leadership theories and
academic theories influence organization when companies focus on developing leadership
programs. It makes them able to develop people by sharing skills and knowledge.
Further, this study will discuss importance of leadership development programs as how it
allows leaders to help company in accomplishing their goals. These development programs help
them out in increasing employees’ engagement, creating effective working environment where
all level of employees can work together and increase productivity (Rahim, Noranee and Anis,
2018). Leadership development programs encourage or motivate employees to learn different
new things at the job and work for acquiring and supporting leadership roles.
2. Leadership and management literature
As stated by Summerfield and Keenan, 2017 leadership and management are main 2 keys
which help companies in accomplishing their goals. There are several effective concepts of
leadership and management which allow them to support company and engaging employees in
the vision of the company. This process of the company involves developing a vision, engaging
employees, motivating them with clear communication and through empowerment. There are
some examples which shows concept of leadership such as: honestly, commitment, integrity,
courage, imagination etc The concept of leadership is: it is a procedure in which a leader
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influences a group of people in order to accomplish objectives. An effective leader also directs
an organization is a manner which makes them more organized (Podsakoff and Podsakoff,
2019). On the other hand, management can be defined as an art of getting all things completed
through others by managing them in a systematic manner. Management is a set of some
functions such as: planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling. There are some
similarities between leadership and management which allow them to support company with
collaboration. Some similarities which both keys of the success of organization posses such as:
Supervision: One of the main similarities between leadership and management is both
supervise group of people and manage their functions in order to help them out in performing
their functions in an effective manner.
Evaluation: In the context of similarity, it can be said that an effective leader and manager both
evaluate employees’. They both evaluate employees’ in order to make them aware about their
actual position in an organization (Hartnell and et.al., 2016).
Aim: Leaders and managers both play different roles and functions but they share common
aim of supporting company in achieving their goals by making employees able. Leaders and
managers both uses different ways of motivating and engaging employees but the main purposes
behind their functions is make company grow and develop.
Communication: Leadership and management both rely on an effective communication. It
is one of the important and common ability which leaders and managers have. With the help of
an effective communication, they make employees engage and motivate them.
There are some differences between leadership and management which are:
Basis Leadership Management
Power Leader has a power of influencing a group
of people by which they make employees
able to perform their functions.
A manager has power and
rights of ruling rather
influencing by which they
manage all resources and
group of people.
Strategy Leadership uses proactive strategy as they
are proactive in the nature.
Management are reactive in
the nature as for managing
people they use reactive
strategy in a timely manner.
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