A Comparative Report: Contrasting Leadership and Management Concepts

This report provides a comprehensive contrast between leadership and management, crucial elements for organizational success. It delves into the distinct roles, objectives, and styles of leaders and managers. The report highlights how leaders inspire change and focus on long-term goals, while managers handle day-to-day operations and short-term objectives. It explores various traits associated with each role and examines their interdependence. The report includes an analysis of primary and secondary research methods, references to relevant literature, and a questionnaire used for data collection. This analysis helps to understand how leadership and management contribute to the overall functioning and effectiveness of businesses.

THE CONTRAST
BETWEEN
MANAGEMENT AND
LEADERSHIP

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...............................................................................................................................3
Contrast leadership and management.................................................................................3
Objective ............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................5
APPENDIX..................................................................................................................................6

MAIN BODY
Contrast leadership and management
There are two ways to organize people that is leadership and management which are
used in an effective manner by the business in order to enhance the relationship. It is not
possible to maintain the operations of the business if the leadership and management of the
company are not effective. Both the aspects have many things in common as both of them are
necessary in hierarchy of the organization and both of them are considered as elements which
are vital for the company. On the other hand both of them has many differences as their style
are different from each other. For instance- leaders give inspiration to others and bring change
in the company whereas managers cope up with the change and the challenges that come with
it (Zeng, 2019).
Leadership has one main objective that is to focus on goals which are long term for the
company as the company relies on their decision. They motivate employees by showing them
their vision in order to achieve the goals of the company. It is based on the previous
achievements of the company. Leaders have many followers which they have to lead and they
set the target and goals for the company so that they can increase their performance. Leaders
motivates the company to work with collaboration. There are reasons by which they are
considered as leaders such as the nature of adapting new things according to the trends of the
market, they are creative as they bring new and innovative measures to the company. Other
than this they have other traits such as control on their emotions and have integrity (Lam and
et.al., 2018).
On the other hand management has different criteria as it focuses on short term goals
as managers of the company are involved in this aspect and they are in charge of taking care of
day to day activities. It is concerned with guiding and supervising the performance of the
employees so that it can be measured against the set target. Management breaks the
procedures into parts so that it can be easy to follow and imply. The goal of managers is to
manage the work of the group. They provide a control which is effective for the group of
employees and helps them to work according to the values and principles which are
established. The principles of management is solely based on the aspects which are related
with the behavior. The behavior of people can change according to the changes in the

environment of business or culture of the company. Apart from this managers of the company
also makes sure that employees perform there duties by working up to their potential. Other
than this managers have other traits such as extraversion, openness, agreeableness and
conscientiousness.
Both of the aspects are interdependent and their characteristics are interchangeable.
The major differences between both the aspects are their activities.
Objective
 to identify difference between Management and Leadership
 to evaluate theories of management
 to evaluate theories and models of leadership
 to identify basis of difference between Management and Leadership
 to analyze similarity between Management and Leadership
Primary research has various methods such as questionnaire, interview and survey where as
secondary research is done with the help of the data which is already existing such as journals,
publications, articles etc.

REFERENCES
Books and Journal
Lam, W., and et.al., 2018. Does proactive personality matter in leadership transitions? Effects of
proactive personality on new leader identification and responses to new leaders and their
change agendas. Academy of Management Journal, 61(1), pp.245-263.
Zeng, Z., 2019. Different functions between leadership and management in today's enterprises. The
Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 1(3).

APPENDIX
Questionnaire

Name
Age
Gender
What is the responsibility of leader in company?
 Motivate people
 Lead team members
 Guide them
 Other
What is the responsibility of manager in company?
 Manage employees
 Train them
 Provide reward
 Other
Do you agree that managers focus on innovative ideas?
 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
Do you agree that leaders focus on innovative ideas?
 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
Who takes risk in organization?
 Leader
 Manager