The Contrast Between Management and Leadership

This report explores the differences between management and leadership, highlighting their roles and impact on organizations. It examines various aspects and provides examples to illustrate the importance of both in enhancing employee motivation and organizational progress.

THE CONTRAST
BETWEEN MANAGEMENT
AND LEADERSHIP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3
Management and Leadership........................................................................................3
Difference between management and leadership.........................................................5
Difference in all the aspects of Leaders and Managers................................................8
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Management and Leadership are the terms used regularly in the organizations
whether small or large. The managers and leaders both are responsible for enhancing
the progress of the business. Sometimes, the roles of both are difficult to understand as
they work hand in hand but they have different responsibilities, style of doing and even
impact on the firms (Megheirkouni, 2017). The companies in UK also followed the
different styles of leadership and management.
The report below will make the differences between the leadership and management
clear and measurable. It will also examine the role of leaders and managers and how it
contributes in increasing the goodwill and the customer base of the organization. The
different aspects shoeing the difference between them, will also be highlighted by taking
some of the examples.
Management and Leadership
Although these two subjects are synonymous but leadership acts as a significant
part of the effective management. Leadership must be efficient in order to excel and
develop the employees by creating a motivated environment (Sobratee and Bodhanya,
2018). It also focuses on influencing the employees in accomplishing the goals of the
company by driving their efforts and ensure that their efforts contribute positively by
making use of the skills of the members.
Managers must have the qualities of the leadership for the effective management. For
the smooth functioning of the organizations, leaders and managers must efficiently
perform their tasks to develop the innovative strategies in order to sustain the
competitive advantage. The organizations where the influence of leadership and
management is not up to the mark then it becomes unable for it to perform to the
benchmark. On the other hand, the managers and the leaders contribute to the
company by setting new direction along with using the available resources to
accomplish the tasks.
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Figure 1: Difference between Manager and Leader
Source: 4 Key Distinctions between a manager and a leader, 2019.
Management
This is mainly concerned with controlling and administering the affairs of the
organization irrespective of the nature, size and type. It helps in creating the
environment of the workplace such that the employees can work together with full
enthusiasm and dedication in order to achieve the organizational goals (Adams and
Velarde, 2018). It mainly focuses on achieving 5Ms i.e., men, material, money, machine
and methods by coordinating with the overall activities of the organization. Managers
can be of top level, middle or lower. The top level includes the Chief Executives and
Board of Directors. Heads and managers of departments comes under middle level and
the supervisors, front-line managers come under the lower level management (Ding,
Choi and Aoyama, 2019). All the managers have some similar functions to perform such
as Planning, Organising, Staffing, Directing and controlling. Along with all these
functions, the important factor is coordination which ensures that all the processes are
performed under synchronization contributing to the organizational Success.
Leadership
This becomes the most important factor in running of any organization or
business. Along with the employees’ skills, there is a need to make use of their them for
enhancing their performance. Leaders mainly focus on the accomplishment of the goals
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by developing the talents and abilities of the employees or team members. Leaders in
different sectors have distinct roles to play. For example, a political leader officially
represents its party who works for the welfare of the public and the society by building
good relations with the public. A leader can be in the form of an executive in the
company who develops many innovative strategies and implement it in order to beat the
competition in the emerging markets (Swanwick, 2019). A leader who has taken a team
for exploring different places have to make a path even in the dangerous jungle so that
the other members can follow. Therefore, leaders always make clear the vision of the
company and the employees which helps the employees to make clear and measurable
goals. Leaders always plans to develop something new and robust which will create an
innovative path for the members to follow. Leaders must be dynamic, enthusiastic and
inspiring so that it becomes a role model for the members and always adapt itself
according to the changing demands of the markets.
Therefore, it is concluded that the managers must have some leadership skills which
can lead the company and the leaders must have some management skills which helps
it to manage all the processes of all the departments of the organization. So,
management and leadership goes hand in hand.
Difference between management and leadership
Management is different from the leadership. The main differences between the
management and leadership are as follows:
LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT
It sets the direction and creates the clear
vision
Goal of the company are understood.
It basically collects the team Plan tasks that is to be completed
It creates the shared values It focuses on the giving task to the team
members according to their capabilities
it resolves the conflicts between the team
members
It motivates the team member for the
efficient working
It laid emphasis on the inspiring the team It looks towards to the quality of the work.
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members by giving the different examples
Leaders knows when the power is to be
developed (Ingrams, 2020)
Management have the control of the
project.
Leaders can change the team and team
members for the betterment of the work
it reports the status to the peers.
Leadership helps in giving the direction to the team members and also make a
clear vision of the work to be done whereas Leadership helps the team members in
achieving the organisational goals. Management helps in understanding the goal of the
company. Leadership assembles an efficient team for completing the task for the
company. An efficient team is selected by the leaders and leaders guide and instruct
them for achieving the goals, on the other hand, management helps in planning the task
to be done by the leaders. The management makes the task according to the
requirement of the company for fulfilling the goals.
In leadership the shared values are created, whereas in management it basically
focuses on the giving the appropriate task to the team, which is to be done effectively
and efficiently (Liphadzi, 2017). During performing the task in the company, there are
always chances of the conflicts because the members of the team are collected from
the different fields and environment. Leadership helps the team members in resolving
the disputes amongst them and make their conflicts in more productive way. During the
conflicts the leaders have to take an appropriate decision without any partiality, whereas
management only motivates the members of the team for the efficient working. The
management do not make any interfere in the conflicts until and unless leaders are
resolving. Management only interfere only when conflicts are not in the control of the
leaders. Leadership involves inspiring the team members by giving an appropriate
example. The leaders laid emphasis on the performance of the team members and also
helps them in performing the different task, whereas the management focus on the
quality of the work done by the team. The management simply requires the work, the
methods, strategies and techniques are clarified by the leaders only.
In the leadership the leaders have the rights to select and change the team and
the team members according to the task and their capabilities (Oshagbemi, 2017). If the
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team members are not capable of performing the job, then the leaders can replace it.
On the other hand, the management simply wants the status of the report about the
task.
There is a big difference between the leadership and the management.
Leadership always requires the team or a group of the people and on the other hand
management requires the responsibilities like advertisement, equipment, finance etc.
Leadership helps in making the new aims and vision for fulfilling the goals of the
organisation whereas management helps in implementing the actions in the
organisation. Leadership set ups the targets of the finance in the organisation, whereas
the management focuses on the detailed budget. Leadership introduces new rules and
regulations for the members of the team, whereas, management applies the rules,
regulations and policies in the organisation. Leadership focuses on making the rules
regarding maintaining discipline in the organisation, whereas the management focuses
on the implementing the rules for the discipline. Leadership always introduces the new
jobs for the employees whereas management focusses on recruiting the people for the
job.
Leadership establishes the moral and ethical values amongst the group and
team members, whereas the management keep an eye on the moral and ethical values
in the organisation (Long, 2017). Leadership laid emphasis on the development of the
organisation whereas management lain emphasis on the development of the people.
Leadership focuses on the grabbing of the new opportunities, whereas the management
focuses on the improvement of the productivity and efficiency of the existing employees.
Leadership gives the training of the employees of the organisation for the betterment of
the performance of the employees in the organisations. Training helps the employees in
learning new things and clearing the confusions regarding the task given to them. The
management organizes the training program for the employees of the organisation.
Leadership needs lots of imaginations, skills and creativity to lead a team and
make it more efficient and productive, leaders have to be prepared themselves for the
risks, whereas the management requires the rationality, they simply look towards the
resource and the organisational goals that is to be achieve (Armstrong, 2016). The main
focus of the leadership is on the leading the team and the team members and the
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management focuses on the system and structure. In the leadership, leaders focus on
the involvement of each and every team member, in the decision making process, every
individual gives their ideas for the task, as in the leadership the teamwork is very
important and essential for performing the activities and on the other hand the
management takes self-decision without any discussing with the team members.
Therefore, leadership and management are different from each other. Leadership
is inspiring each other in the organisation, whereas management is about the planning
and assigning the task to the employees.
Difference in all the aspects of Leaders and Managers
Personality
Manager acts as a problem-solver for all the issues regarding the goals,
resources, people or structures. Leadership mainly involves the practical efforts and
fulfilling the tasks. Management involves the responsibility to ensure that the people at
different levels are performing operations efficiently or not. It needs persistence, hard-
work, intelligence and specially goodwill along with tolerance (Zeng, 2019). It is
important for the organizations to have best leaders who can take decisions by judging
the past as well as present performance. Some organizations in UK in order to save the
expenses sometimes appoint same person for the leadership and management purpose
but it affects the performance and the goodwill because they are different in terms of
motivation, history and the ways of thinking and act.
Attitude in achieving the goals
Leaders think more about achieving the goals by shaping the ideas instead of
giving the response. The direction of the business is also decided by the effects the
leaders exerts on the objectives, moods, expectations etc. which also changes the
decision of the consumers to buy the products and services (Thorpe, 2016). This can be
seen in the hospitality industry in UK where the leaders focus more on achieving the
targets of increasing the number of guests thereby making a large profit. On the other
hand, the managers adopt impersonal attitude towards the goals of them and the
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organization. They focus mainly in the needs instead of desires so lays emphasis on the
history and culture of the firm.
Work Conceptions
Managers are responsible for taking the decisions in order to develop innovative
strategies. These also help in reducing the controversies and tensions. This can be
seen in the General Motors that how this can help in the conflict situations (Bush, Bell
and Middlewood, 2019). The leaders in that company worked in opposite directions
leading to conflicts while the managers were agreed on the limited decisions. The
leadership skills were seen there as its leaders developed fresh approaches by
projecting them into images and the managers had to agree to them.
Therefore, the leaders and managers have their different roles to play in order to
enhance the performance of the employees thereby increasing the organisation’s
overall progress. The company must choose the leaders and managers such that they
can contribute effectively in extracting the best skills out of all the employees therefore
motivating them along with achieving the goals of the organization.
CONCLUSION
The aim of the above report was to give a contrast between the management and
the leadership. The roles of leaders and managers who exercise the leadership and
management are specially highlighted. It also evaluated the different aspects in which
the leaders are different from the managers. This was also justified by giving numerous
examples which showed the importance of Leadership and management in enhancing
the motivation and performance of employees thereby increasing the progress of the
organization.
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