The Contrast Between Management and Leadership

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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