University Leadership and Management Report: Manager vs Leader

This report provides a comparative analysis of the roles of managers and leaders within a business organization. It explores the functions, responsibilities, and key traits of each role. The report highlights the manager's role in overseeing daily operations, planning, organizing, and controlling business activities, emphasizing traits like communication, progress orientation, and technical knowledge. In contrast, the report details the leader's role in inspiring and guiding teams, aligning individual goals with business objectives, and fostering a positive work environment. Key leadership traits such as integrity, empathy, and the ability to influence are emphasized. The conclusion underscores the importance of both effective managers and leaders for achieving business success. The report references various management and leadership experts and their viewpoints.

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Abstract:
The role of manager and leader play a significant role to accomplish the business objectives of a company. This
paper will analyze the function, responsibilities and typical traits of leader and manager of a business organization.
The manager has the responsibility to supervise the business operation. Typical traits of a manager are caring,
communication, progress-oriented, emotional resilience, equal treatment, endorse innovation, technical knowledge
and capabilities, vision setting and ability to manage the business operation. The leader of a business organization
has the responsibility to lead the team and align the individual goal with the business goal of the company. Typical
traits of a successful leader are integrity, empathy, vision-oriented, positivity, humility, accountability, ability to
influence, and resilience.

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Introduction:
Several management experts and leadership experts believe that manager has the responsibility to manage
the business activities and the leaders of a business organization have the responsibility to lead sub-ordinate people
through inspiration, vision, and persuasion. This report will explore the key traits of a manager and a leader. In this
report, the functions, responsibilities and typical traits of the leader will be compared with the manager of a
business organization.
Manager:
The functions of a manager of a business organization will be analyzed in this part. The function of a
manager of the company is to manage the business operation which includes planning, assigning of work, and
prepare the schedule, organising, staffing, directing, and controlling (Insights.ovid.com. 2010). Another function of
the manager is to supervise the business operation and monitor the operation of daily life projects. To achieve the
business objective, each of these functions must be done smoothly. Manager will ensure that each of these
functions is done appropriately. To run the business smoothly and accomplish the business goal, the manager has
to ensure smooth operation. The manager must create a structure of the regular tasks and improve communication.
It will be beneficial for the company.
In this part, the responsibilities of a manager will be discussed. By following the organizational structure,
the work of the company must be done. The manager has the responsibility to ensure this. Manager of a business
organization has the responsibility to develop a plan and assign workload on a daily basis. A manager has to
supervise the work of a team. The manager makes supervises the development of a project plan and schedule. A
manager is responsible for the planning, directing, supervising the business operation and financial condition of a
business organization. The activities of each department and activities of an operating unit of a firm are managed
by the manager of the company (Walecka, 2016). In summarize, it can be said that the manager has the
responsibility to oversee and lead the work progress of the business operation.

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In this part, the typical trait of a successful manager will be discussed. The manager has to be a good
communication skill and the ability to listen carefully. The manager should be progress-oriented. Having a clear
vision of the company will be beneficial for the manager to supervise the business operation. The manager must
have the ability to lead the organization through changes. A successful manager encourages diversity and treats
every employee fairly. To summarize the typical traits of manager it can be said that the manager must have certain
abilities which are caring, communication, progress-oriented, emotional resilience, equal treatment, endorse
innovation, technical knowledge and capabilities, vision setting and ability to manage the business operation
(Lounsbury et al., 2016)
So it can be said that the success of a company depends on the capability of the manager. A professionally
successful manager will take the right decision without being guided by emotion. The business objectives of a
company are demonstrated by the manager. Employees of a company are influenced by the manager. To
accomplish the business goal the manager has the responsibility to motivate the employees.
Leader:
In this part, the function of a leader will be discussed. The leader has to work with a team and enhance
production quality. The leader develops a safe and working environment for the team (Mukherjee, 2017). Through
leadership skill, the leader leads the employee of an organization to accomplish the business objectives. The leader
makes a clear vision for the organization. By following ethical business practices, the leader motivates the sub-
ordinate employees to perform ethical business practices. The leader has to lead the team and motivate the team
member so that they perform beyond their limitation to achieve the goal, set by the leader. To summarize the
function of a successful leader, it can be said that envisioning, aligning the sub-ordinate employees to the goal and
assure the smooth execution of the plan.
In this part, the responsibilities of a leader will be analyzed. The leader is the representative of the
company. Through the leader, the executive team of a company share the necessary information and instruction to
the sub-ordinate employees. On the other hand, a leader is the representative of the sub-ordinate team members.

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The voice of the team member is represented by the leader to the executive team of a company. The leader has the
responsibility to integrate and reconciles the individual goal with the business objectives of the company
(Olanrewaju & Okorie, 2019). The leader has the responsibility to support his team member and ensure the
cooperation of the subordinate. To accomplish the common goal, the effort of every team member is co-ordinated
by the leader. By supporting and motivating the team member, leader influence the team member to perform
beyond their limits. The leader must be the friend, philosopher and guide for the team. To summarize the
responsibilities of the leader, it can be said that, the leader has the responsibility to lead the team and align the goal
of the team with the business objective of the company
In this part, the typical trait of a successful leader will be analyzed. The typical trait of a successful leader is
to motivate sub-ordinate employees to do things which they do not want to do. The typical traits of a successful
leader are integrity, empathy, vision-oriented, positivity, humility, accountability, ability to influence, and
resilience (Prochazka, 2018). The leader has the responsibility to influence the team member and motivates them to
perform beyond their expectation. The leader must have some typical traits like confidence, decisiveness,
adaptability, optimism, and clear idea about the vision (Kiarie, Maru & Cheruiyot, 2017).
Conclusion:
Thus it can be said that to accomplish the success of a business the executive team of a business
organization has to hire the most efficient manager and leader. The manager will supervise the daily operation of
the company. The leader of the company not only lead the team bus also align the individual goal of the team
member with the business objective of the company.

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