Leadership and Management

Leadership and
Management

Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
Show your understanding of the concepts of leadership and management, and the various leadership
theories that exist.....................................................................................................................................3
Evaluate a leadership development program from the NHS Leadership Academy..................................9
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Leadership and management is the important for any organisation which is used to attract
the employees and run a business effectively. Leadership is the process of leading people by
supporting and guiding them what needs to do and how which solves employees problems and
helps to attain the business goals. Manager is playing important role as it plans, organise, direct
and control the business activities which helps to continue a business and make it profitable
(Bauer, 2015). If leaders and managers do not exist in organisation then challenges and
challenges cannot be accepted resulting low production and profitability. To understand about
leadership and management NHS has been selected that is public organisation known as health
care system. This organisation is providing good health and caring services to people and
maintain good business. The difference between leadership and management is leadership is the
art and process of influencing people who are working at workplace and management is activity
and process of managing, planning, directing and controlling the function which helps to
continue the business and maintaining profits. Academic theories refers as learning which is
required to increase the knowledge and understanding about business and bring new ideas to
improve the business performance. Organ8isation should plans and provide learning to their
employees so they feel good and get ready to accept the challenges. In other words, academic
theory belongs to a place of learning such as college, school, academic and university which
helps to increase the learning.
This essay covers different topics such as leadership and management literature,
leadership development programme, theories and approaches in relation to leadership which
helps to run a business effectively.
Show your understanding of the concepts of leadership and management, and the various
leadership theories that exist
Leadership: It was introduced by John Newstorm and Keth Davis who had told that
leadership is the state of influencing and supporting others to work with a good morale and
efficiency which will result in increase productivity of an organization. The leader should have a
capability to motivate people to work efficiently and concentrate on task in hand so that
objective can be achieved before the set guidelines. Talking about companies like TESCO whose

leadership helps in providing good health to people which will help them to live a good life
resulting in good focus on business. Leadership motivates the employee to go beyond their limits
to achieve a certain task. A good leader always had a sound head and known for making active
decision which will help the firm to achieve the goals.
Management: It is generally a process of getting work done from others with the
efficiency and the manner adopted should be systematic. It involves planning, organizing,
directing and controlling the various activities which will be helping to run the business with
effectiveness and therefore increasing organizational capabilities. The management of NHS tries
lot of things so that operation or task keeps on moving in managed and continual way, some of
them are: taking decisions, accountability, empathy, compassion. This factor helps in increasing
the effectiveness of the company (Bryman, 2013).
Difference between Leadership and Management
Basis of difference Leadership Management
Meaning Leadership comprises of
collecting number of
employees and then motivates
them to complete the task in
hand which helps in achieving
profitability.
It is the process of planning,
organizing, directing and
controlling the various
business activities which helps
in attaining the goals a d
objective in the given period
of time.
Decision making The leaders of the
organization do not exercise
the powers of making decisive
decision in context to run
business (Golensky and
Hager, 2020).
The management of the
company is given the rights to
make decisive decisions which
are important for the growth
of an organization.
Personality They are often called brilliant
and bright person who are
always ready to take risk and
they have high level of
Under management problem
are controlled by considering
goals, availability of
resources. This factor helps