Leadership and Management in Organizations

ORGANISATIONS:
LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Literature Review............................................................................................................................1
Similarities between management and leadership.......................................................................2
Leadership Theories.....................................................................................................................3
Evaluation of Leadership Development Programme.......................................................................5
Importance of Leadership Training and Development for Organisations...................................5
NHS Leadership Programme.......................................................................................................6
Effectiveness of Leadership Programme.....................................................................................7
Individual and Organisational Benefits of the NHS Leadership Programme..............................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
There is a vast difference between leaders and managers which is that the managers give
direction and take decisions for the company which is going to be helpful. The leaders give
inspiration in the organization so that they can have a better workforce in the business which is
going to help the company achieve their productivity and have better profit margins. Managers
motivate, organize, decision making power, controlling, creative, etc for the company so that the
performance of the organization can be better (Kiersch and Peters, 2017). Transformational
leadership is a very effective functioning style of leadership because in this the leaders
understand the employees and interact with them so that the changes which are coming in the
company can be done accordingly which is a very important factor for the businesses. It is very
important for the leaders and managers to take decisions for the organization together because
the leaders understand the internal factors which can affect the productivity so making the
changes in the company will be more effective. Inspired workforce can help the company to
achieve their predetermined goals which is a great factor for the company. There are different
styles of leadership and management but in different situations different methods have to be used
so that the company can have a better outcome. Managers and leaders of the companies have to
be experienced and skilled so that they can take the right decision for the organization so that
they can make the company have better market share.
The report consists of significance of leadership and management in organizations,
theories which can be applied so that there is a better functioning and leadership development
programs. Understanding these factors is going to be very helpful for organizations to have a
better functioning for themselves in the market and get a competitive advantage which is going
to be very good for the organization for a long run.
Literature Review
As noted by Schoemaker, Heaton and Teece, (2018) leadership refer process that influence
people working in firm to perform specific task and responsibilities as per instruction of leader
for effective achievement of goals. Leaders provide guidance, roles and responsibilities to be
performed by each member within company for accomplishment of specific goals. It can also be
stated that leadership is art that help in influencing and inducing individual to perform various
activities in particular manner. Whereas management include various activities and strategies
needs to be continuous monitored and administrated so that they be coordinate for objective of
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firm. Therefore management is a process that manages, systematically arrange and organised,
control various resource and individual that are working within firm in order to gain competitive
advantages. Management is process of planning in advance activities and function need to be
performed in particular manner so that needs of customers can be meet within limited time and
cost. As per author manager and leader both plays important role in growth and success of
business as leaders motivate and influence individual to perform work in specific manners. On
the other hand manager plans and arrange various resources so that they can improve their
performance and promote growth and success of enterprise. It can be stated that both manager
and leader helps in effective utilisation of various resources and achievement of goals.
Management helps in arranging sufficient resources so that they can be effectively utilise under
guidance of leadership to provide best and qualitative services to people.
Similarities between management and leadership
As per view of Stuppy and Mead, (2016) there are various similarities between
management and leadership activities that are performed with organisation so that it can satisfy
needs and requirements of people and achieve its objectives. Both leader and manager perform
function in order to motivate and influence individual to work effectively so that company can
achieve its objectives. Various similarities between function of leader and management are that
there aim is to coordinate work of different individual so that common goals can be achieved.
As per the author Manager as well as leader is responsible for resolving various issue that exist
between individual so that they can work as team thus promoting growth and success of
company in the industry. Both provide better and good working environment so that individual is
free and comfortable to put there extra effort to face various challenges and take advantages to
available opportunities in the market. They also ensure that appropriate training and development
program are organised so that they can easily perform various function and take active part in
growth and survive of firm. Employee need to be motivated and influence so it is responsibilities
of both manager and leader to use innovative technique in order to induce employees to improve
their performance. Leader and manager both encourage view, ideas and opinion of people so that
they think being a active part of company and are motivate to effectively utilise various
resources. Leader and manager both are responsible to introduce new individual with its roles,
responsibilities and its interrelationship with other department so that they can easily
communicate and perform various activities together.
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