Leadership and Management Report: Skills, Approaches, and Roles

This report provides a comprehensive overview of leadership and management, encompassing definitions, roles, and responsibilities within an organizational context. It delves into the evaluation of leadership and management, exploring the core functions of both leaders and managers, and the critical skills necessary for success. The report examines theoretical approaches to leadership, analyzing the styles and qualities of successful leaders, with a case study of Bill Gates. Furthermore, it assesses the key skills and behaviors exhibited by effective leaders, differentiating between leadership and management. The report also includes an assessment of the theoretical approaches to leadership and management, offering insights into how successful leaders operate. In conclusion, the report emphasizes the importance of both leadership and management in achieving organizational goals, highlighting the need for adaptability and a focus on employee development. This report is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in leadership and management principles, offering practical insights and theoretical frameworks for effective practice.

Leadership and management

Table of Contents
Introduction:.....................................................................................................................................1
Section 1:.........................................................................................................................................1
Evaluate the definition, roles and responsibilities of leadership and management:..............1
SECTION 2:.....................................................................................................................................5
Assess the theoretical approaches to leadership and management of successful leaders.......5
SECTION 3:.....................................................................................................................................8
Analyse the critical skills and behaviours of successful leader..............................................8
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................9
References :....................................................................................................................................10

Introduction:
Leadership and management are the two important aspects of any successful organisation in the
work environment. Leadership is defined as process which helps in achieving the goals and
objectives in the most effective manners by influencing the group of team of the organisation.
this influence can be created by the means of various formal sources in the organisation to
achieve the desire level of outcomes . the management is a process which focus on planning,
controlling and organising and directing the organisation to accomplished the desire level of
outcomes in the most effective manners. the manager is responsible for making the effective and
efficient policies which will help them to improve the organisational cultures in the most
valuable manners. the roles and responsibilities are taken care of manager and leader as they
helps in achieving the desire level of outcome of the modern organisation. there are different
type of leadership which are compared on the base of their silks and position in the organisation
and also effective its desire aims of the company. It is important for the manager and ;leader to
have different type of skills which helps them to perform the task in the most effective manners
and achieve the desire outcomes within the set time period. (Wong 2017)
Section 1:
Evaluate the definition, roles and responsibilities of leadership and management:
Leadership is a process of motivating the group of employees who will helps in
achieving the common goals in the shortest period of time. In the organisation, there must be
leadership which helps in creating the healthy relationship among the employees and with the
leaders and manage so that desire results can be achieved within the set time period. the
effective leadership strategise helps in inspiring the employees to perform better in the given
task by showing them a right path which will improve their productivity of the company.
Management is a process of planning and controlling the different matters of the
company so that finial results can be achieve in the most effective manners in the work places.
In the other words it can be ask that it is process of creating the effective work environment
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which helps the employee to perform better in the organisation and achieve the desire level of
outcomes . the management acts as guiding tool and technique which help the employees to
execute the plan inn the most profitable manners. (Williams 2015)
Roles and responsibilities of the managers:
The manager is a person who is responsible for planning, directing and controlling the
operational activities of the organisation along with the division and departments that will help
in achieving the desire goals. The manager is responsible for managing the group of people as to
maintain the effective work culture .they are also known as the line manager who is taking care
of the people and lead the group so that pre-determine goals and objectives are achieved as
planned . some of the roles and duties of the manager in the organisation as stated as below:
 The manager of the organisation is responsible for maintain the health and safety of the
employees while working in the organisation . it is duty of the manager to provide the necessary
tools to its employees so that all the work can be reformed in the effective ways so that goals
can be archived.
 They provide personal as well as professional ongoing development training which helps
the employees to perform better in the given tasks and activities so that it is competed in the most
effective manners.
 Creating the healthy environment and work culture which focus on providing the good and
continues improvement in the growth and high performances .and also work with the human
resource department to recruit and hire and select the most suitable employees so that
organisation are able to grow their business to next level/
 It is a responsibility of the manager to guide and coach , mentor its employees so that they are
able to compete the task in the most effective ways and are able to manage the various things at
the time and gives the results in the set time period. (Teece, 2016)
Roles and responsibilities of the leaders:
The organisational structure required various type of leadership style needed by the leaders so
that they can lead the employees and motivates them to perform according to the rules to achieve
the desire level of outcomes in the effective manners. the good leader are born who holds the
effective quality to lead the team and take out the work in the most profitable ways. an great
leader is one who are able to take the higher risk in the task and achieve the desire outcomes
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with the most effective results and objectives of the organisation are accomplished in the prefect
manners. some of the roles and responsibilities of the leaders are discussed as follows:
 A good leader have a responsibility to have integrity to earn the trust and respects from its
team so that all the members of the term work towards achieving the common goals and
objectives in the most effective manners. this helps the employees to work for
organisation objectives and earn rewards for their best inputs at the task.
 It is duty of the leader to convey the important information to all the employees so that any
kind of miscommunication can be avoided and work can be competed with the
effective results so that organisational goals can be achieved with the prefects outcomes
in the work related places.
 It is responsibilities of the leader to encourage the team members to perform better so that
they can achieve the long term benefits in the organisation.
 It is role of the leader to be a effective and quick listener so that they can solve the
conflicts in the most efficient manners. it also helps in taking the proper feedbacks from
the employees to improve the productivity in the most profitable manners and
accomplished the task in proper manners.
 Identifying the improvement areas in the team and provide them better suggestion in order
to enhance the productivity of the whole team and increase the revenue for the
organisation. and it also have a role to lead the team by identifying the strength and
weakness of the team and focus on improving the target of the organisation.
Difference between the leadership and management:
Leadership Management:
 With the references of the
leadership , it is duty of the leader
to create the new and improved
vision and mission for the
employee so that organisation are
able to expand their outcomes in
the most effective manners.
 It help in establishing the
organisational financial targets
 The management is refers process of
implanting the effective plans of
action which helps the organisation
to achieve the target outcomes in
the most effective and profitable
ways.
 The measuring and reporting of the
performance is done by the
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which helps in the company to
operated in better ways and earn
the profits for the organisation in
the long period. also helps in
making the some standards
measure to make effective reports
for the management team.
 The main difference among the
leader and manager is that leader
crested the greater opportunities
for the organisation and helps
them to achieve such goals in
prefect ways. (Altemoller, 2015.)
 The leadership helps in finding the
new opportunities which will add
value of the organisation. the good
leader is one who inspire the
employees to perform better in the
team and focus on achieving the
goals and objectives in the
effective ways.
manager so that effective steps can
be taken to improve the final
results in the proper way
 The management can apply new
rules and responsibilities which
helps them to grow and expand
their business activities so that
company can earn the desire level
of results in the most profitable
manners.
 It is essential for the organisation to
have ethics and morals which
helps in performing the task in the
most effective and efficient
manners. all the task are executed
within the policies which leads to
better outcomes and helps the
company to achieve its goals in
proper manners.
 The manager has to perform
according to the set rules and
regulation whereas the leader use
to make its own rules to perform
the task in the proper way so that
objectives are achieved.
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SECTION 2:
Assess the theoretical approaches to leadership and management of successful leaders.
The good leader have high quality of leadership skills which is essential to achieve the goals
and objective of the organisation in the long period of time. As a effective leader who is
important person of the organisation as he helps in formulating the rules and regulation ,
polices which shows the way how to execute and compete the task in the profitable manners so
that results can be seen in the organisation. the leadership are now becoming more important part
of organisation and replacing the management style of work in the companies. The good leader
are one who inspire and motivates the employees to improve their performances by guiding
them how to compete the task in the effective manners. (Tian and Collin 2016.)
Leaders and leadership quality of the BILL and Melinda Gates:
Bill gates was a greater leader and having good quality of leadership. He was into computer
from the earlier stage of his life and began to make effective programs for the mainframe
computer and programming language. Bills gates have started its own company Microsoft in the
1981 in the market and have build the effective and sound software system for the computer
which helps the organisation to perform the task in better ways. he has a leadership style know
as autocratic which is depended on the present situation in the company and give the proper and
effective solution for the team so that target are achieve within the set time frame. He holds
various different type of leadership which can be seen at the organisation places and in its
results. (Hristo and Zehrer2015)
Bills gates also have transformational leadership style which he implanted in its company and
its team members. He also have creative personality which is seen in its work from time to time
and teach to its term members so that work can be done effectively. The main thing which make
him a successful is he knowledge and skills capabilities which distinguee him from the another
leaders in the organisation. he was working hard person in the organisation which helps in
making the good quality of software for the world to use .
He is known for having and applying the practical approach in achieving the goals in the
management team and have a great vision for the company which it helps him to achieve the
desire results in the efficient manners. bill gates always encourages its team to improve their
skills and enhance their personal skills to perform the task in the most productivity manners.
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his leadership style encourage its team to create new opportunities and ideas which will help
them to accomplished the pre-determine standards of the organisation in present as well as in
the long run.
Why people follow the leadership style of the bills gates:
People are following the footstep of the bill gates as they are able to see the profitable results in
its goals and ion the organisation. computer software and advances technology has expand in the
organisation which increases the outcomes of the company in the market places. There are large
number of employees who are working for the his company and are able to achieve their dreams
while working for bills gates company. The employees of the organisation are provide with the
effective leadership guidance which helps the employees to learn new things and perform better
at the work place and achieve the desire results. His team includes another good leader and
manager who helps the worker to understand their roles in the team and inspire them to improve
their performances at the work and learn new things by attending the various training and
development programs made for their employees. (Jabbar, and Hussein 2017)
Leader and leadership quality of Jacinda Arden:
Jacinda Arden is a prime minister of the New Zealand and member of the parliament. She is
also the first house representative for the committee in the government. As soon as she
competed her graduation she started working for the research department for the prime minister
office. And few years later, she work as policy advisor for the British prime minister in the UK
and in 2008 she was elected as president of the international union of socialist. She has great
leadership skills which make her prime minister of the nation.
She is known for his leadership quality and courage to become the prime minister of the new
Zealand . she believe in equality at work places as she divides the authority with its team leader
so that work can be competed in effective and productivity manners. she earn the popularity
among the people which helps her to inspire them to follow their dreams and achieve the
objectives in prefect manners.
Why people follow Jacindra Ardern:
She is very strong and having great personality which helps her to inspire lot of people in the
world to achieve their respective dreams. She has always show her leadership style within her
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work places or in her personal life which shows that she is great women and people use to
follow her advise and her way to get success in their respective ways.
Leader and leadership style of Satya Nadella:
Satay Nadella is a chief executive officer at the Microsoft and before joining this organisation
he was vice president of the cloud and enterprise group . he is known for the building the
company computing platform . he was born in India and later moves to the America for his
further studies . in his early stage he started working for the Sun Microsystems and become the
member of the technology department. (Iqbal . and Haider, 2015)
He was considered as good leader as he had manage various important project which are related
to the cloud computing platform. He also work for different part in the management level so that
organisation are able to achieve their goals and objectives in the effective manners which is also
possible by his effective leadership skills.
Staya have been authentic leadership quality which include being honest, trustworthy towards
its people as these individual looks up to him. He was able to manage the risk and uncertain at
the work places which helps the company to achieve their goals in profitable manners
Why follow satya Nadella:
People get motivate with the leadership skills of the satya Nadella and tries to follow his advise
to achieve their objective within the set time period. satya was bold to make changes in the
computer for the people and –provide them effective system which improve the quality.
Different kind of leadership theory:
Trait theory: according to this theory , leader have inherit qualities of leadership which helps
them to perform the task in the most profitable ways by using effective leadership skills within
the team. It also help in understandings the personality of the individual at the work places . for
example Jacinda Arden have strong women leader image in the market.
Great man theory : as per this theory, leader are born with right kind traits which make them
different from the another people of the organisation. it also asks that great leader are born not
made. For example, Bill gates was born with good leadership quality. (Shao and2017)
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SECTION 3:
Analyse the critical skills and behaviours of successful leader.
The great leader and manager have various different type of skills and capabilities which make
them different from another important person of the organisation. a good leader is one who
have strong soft skills which helps he to transfer his ideas in effective ways to its people and
achieve the desire level of outcomes in the management. The leader are able to motivate the
team and handy them ,listen to the feedback so that all the member of the organisation works
for the betterment of the organisation. some of the important skills of the leader are discussed as
below: (Demirtas and Akdogan 2015.)
Communication skills: it is essential skills which leader must possess to enhance the
performance of the team members and achieve the goals in effective ways. it also helps in
increasing the bonding among the team members so that everyone have one common goal to
achieve in the organisation. leader must have proper steps to communicate with the another
members with the help of emails.
Motivation: good leader are able to inspire and motivate the employee and the people to achieve
the objectives in the most effective ways . there are various different mode to motivate the
people to move towards achieving their outcome in proper manners. like the bill gates and
Satya Nadella are able to motivates the employees to follow their dreams and achieve the desire
level of outcomes by performing the effective steps in proper directing and standing tall and
focus on its goals and motivate themselves from time to time.
Delegating: To become the great leader it is important to deliver the authority to its sub –
ordinates to perform the task in the most effective manners . it is essentials to provide some
power to its employee or the members of the team so that they are able to execute the task and
activities in the most effective ways and achieve the desire level of outcome and expand their
business operational activities’ to next level. (Campbell, 2015. )
Leadership behaviours:
Some good leaders are may not born with the leadership skills which they acquire with
undergoing various training and development programs which helps them to develop the
behaviours which are essentials to become the effective leader in the organisation. they helps
the organisation to control and manage the various activities at the same time in the proper Way
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so that objectives are achieved in the long run. Some of the important behaviour of leader are
discussed as follow:
Ethics and integrity : to become the great leader , ethics and integrity are the important
behaviour of the successful leader in the organisation. these behaviours are reflected in the
personality of the leader in the work related places.
Building trust: it is important for the leader to create the trust among its team members so that
effective results can be achieved in the organisation and it also help in making strong
relationships among the people of the organisation.
Decision –making: the great leader have ability to make the accurate and effective decision
about its team and for the organisation so that final result can be accomplished . successful leader
are able to make the decision with proper information so that work can be carried out in the
profitable manners in the organisation. (Bendell and Little2015)
Communication skills: the leader who have good communication skills are able to provide
important information to its employees and subordinate which will help in achieving the goals
and objectives in the most effective ways.
Where building the trust among the team are involved under the concentration as they include
various type of training and development programs which helps in building the trust among the
team by interaction with each other in the organisation.
Conclusion:
According to the above discussion, it can be conclude that leadership and management are very
important part of the organisation as they shows the way which are to be followed to achieve the
desire level of outcomes. there are various roles and duties of the leader and manager at the
work place which lead to competed the task in effective ways. further great leader such as Bill
Gates, Satya Nadella and Jacindra Ardern have unique quality of leader which helps them to
achieve their goals in effective manners. (Connolly and Fertig, 2019)
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