Management and Leadership in Security: Roles, Groups, and Processes

This report delves into the core concepts of management and leadership, specifically within the context of security. It differentiates between management and leadership, emphasizing the principles of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling within a security framework. The report explores the roles of formal and informal groups within organizations, highlighting their impact on communication and productivity. Furthermore, it outlines a step-by-step process for effective decision-making and problem-solving. The conclusion reinforces the importance of both leadership and management for the effective operation of security systems. The report also includes references to supporting literature.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Difference between management and leadership with the context of security............................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Managing People requires to be concerned with responsibility for things while leadership
always leading group of people (Canyon, 2020). Present Report focuses on management and
leadership with the context of security. Role of formal and non formal groups within
organization and Process of Decision making and Problem solving. Some principles of
management such as planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling will be discussed.
MAIN BODY
Difference between management and leadership with the context of security
Management is considered as a set of the principles associated to the functions of
organising, planning, controlling, decision making, information resources ,human resources of a
firm in order to reach out its goals effectively and efficiently (Ogbuleke, 2020).
It is vital for an organised life as well as necessary to run Security Enterprises. They need
to manage staff in order to do things and to accomplish one's objectives as well as managing an
entity means getting things done with as well as by other people in order to accomplish its
objectives.
Five Basic principles of management
Planning- It is considered as the Future oriented as well as determines the direction of Security
firm. It is also known as the systematic and rational way to make decisions at present time that
will impact the firm's future. It includes future prediction and also try control the events happens
within future. It also includes the capacity to see foresee the current actions effects within long-
term in future.
Organising
It is considered as a process through which financial, physical and human resources are
bringing together as well as developing productive relationship among them for the
accomplishing of the security firm goals. To organize a business includes providing and
determining human and non-human resources to the structure of the Firm (Al-Saidi, 2017). It
includes assignment of duties, identification of activities, providing of authority as well as
creation of accountability and Coordinating authority as well as responsibility relationship.
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Staffing
It is consider as the function of managing security organisation structure as well as keep
it manned. It has also stated that significance within the recent years because of the technology
advancement, enhance within size of business as well as complexity of human behaviour and
many more. One of the main purpose of staffing is to put the right person at right Job. Besides
that, it consists of various things such as work force planning, T&D, Remuneration and
Promotion and Transfer.
Directing
It is considered as a part of the managerial Function where methods of organization work
more effectively and efficiently for achievement of the purpose of the security organization. It is
also measured performance of firm that sets within motion the action of individuals due to
organising, planning as well as staffing that are considered as mere preparations for work doing.
Direction is considered as that aspect of management which is inter personnel aspect regarding
management that deals directly with guiding, motivating, for the accomplishment of firms goals.
It contains different elements such as supervising that able to oversee the work of their
subordinate through their superiors. It is considered as directing and watching workers and their
work. Motivation that inspires, boosts subordinate with Zeal to work.
Controlling
It can be used for measurement for achieving against the standards and correcting defects
if any to ensure proper security. It’s aim is to assure that everything should be done
systematically and there must be no confusion. As here controlling is the process regarding
checking towards the objectives as well as goals (Haqaf. and Koyuncu, 2018). It is considered as
the measurement and correction of performance actions in order to ensure security objectives as
well as plans are desired to make sure that firm objectives as well as plans needed to obtain.
Leadership
It is considered as the process through which leader can guide, direct as well as impact
the behaviour as well as work to achieve for specific goals that can be provided within a
situation. Leadership means to encourage individual to perform work in effective way.
Leadership helps in motivating employees so that they can perform their work efficiently and
there will be no confusion among workers related to what work they have to do. Leaders are the
person who guide team members to complete their work on time.
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Characteristics of leadership
 It is considered as inter-personal process where a manager impact as well as guide the
employees towards in order to achieve goals (Ogbuleke, 2020).
 It is a group process that includes two or more person with interacting with one another.
 Leaders also involved within shaping and influencing behaviour of people to achieve
firms goals.
 Leadership is also considered as a situation bound as there can be no best style regarding
leadership as it relied on tackling with situations.
 Time is precious as well as crucial as leaders has through the knowledge of principles
such as time management such as they are ready to prone for preparing for charts and
many more.
Importance of leadership
 It is considered as the vital function of the management that aids to maximize efficiency
in order to accomplish goals of firms as here leader has not only supervise but also at the
same time plays a guiding role for the subordinates as they can instruct the subordinate in
the way that they perform their work in effective way. Management is consider as getting
things done from individuals. A positive work environment support in stable growth as
human relations must be strong with leader. He or she must maintain personal contacts
with staff members as well as should listen to their issues as well as solve them. Leaders
should treat their staff members on humanitarian terms.
 Leader is an individuals who begins the work by interacting plans and policies to the staff
from work can be done (Alqatawenh, 2018).
 Also Confidence is also consider as vital factor that can be accomplished by expressing
efforts to employees as well as explaining their roles properly. In addition to this provides
them direction to accomplish the goals. It is also vital to hear the workers in regard to
their issues as well as complaints.
 Leaders also help in building the morale of the workers towards their work as well as
gaining their trust and satisfaction. A leader is the one who supports employees in
accomplishing goals and objectives and help them to improve their performance so that
work can be completed on time.
Role of formal and non formal groups within organization
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A group is called formal group when it is formed for a particular purpose to achieve task
of security system. It is formed through formal authority for defined purpose. These group are
creates in order to work in systematic way as well as proper utilization of raw material. The
structure shows that what is role performed by each person. The relationship between team
member and superior of each and every person within the firm (Campbell, 2017). As such
structure created intentionally though managers in order to complete the goals of the firm.
Informal groups are made in order to establish through firm in order to accomplish
particular objectives. These groups are also formed through member of such groups as they
emerge naturally within the response of the specialisation of employees. Such group are formed
suddenly without any formal designation as well as interest such as work assistance, self-defence
and social interaction of security industry. Informal groups aids in communicating new
challenges easily as well as effectively.
Informal group also creates warm relationship between subordinates and superior. In
addition to this they emerge naturally within the response to the common interests of firms. It
depends on the communication, personal likings as well as social contacts of the firm. Here one
of the major goal of the informal group is to be impacts productivity. It is vital to integrate the
goals group members with firm goals for the purpose regarding success as well as improvement.
Process of how to solve problem and take correct decisions
Decision making as well as problem solving are considered as two key areas within life.
Whether someone at home or at work whatever a person can doing he or she faces the countless
issues and problem may be large may be small.
There are five steps within problem solving such as
Identification of problem and analysis
One can solve issues only after thoroughly understand it. First step is to identify as well as
evaluates the problem. Second step is to collect as much as data as possible regarding the
problem and also the possible outcomes (Tennewald and Baillie, 2020). After that next step is to
collect the necessary information regarding it as well as figure out the possible issues as one to
evaluated them and brainstorm the possible solutions with other stakeholders and colleagues.
Next is analysis pros and cons last but not least deciding on the outcome.
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CONCLUSION
From the above it had been concluded that leadership and management are core
components and security system. It enable in managing security personnel and monitoring it. The
formal and informal groups are formed to work in effective way to achieve goals.
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Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Honolulu United States.
Haqaf, H. and Koyuncu, M., 2018. Understanding key skills for information security
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