Leadership And Management

Leadership and Management

Introduction

Do leadership and management give same meaning or same concept?  Are there any differences or similarities between them? Both can work together or work separately?

Northouse states that there are similarities and differences between leadership and management. Both management and leadership have to work with people and to reach goals and both influence individuals are considered as similarities (Northhouse, 2016)

As dissimilarities, management has to provide order and consistency at the same time, leadership has to provide change and movement to the organization (Northhouse, 2016).Both management and leadership have to seek tasks to bring the benefits to organization. By contrast, Management task is to seek order and stability whereas leadership task is to seek adaptive constructive change (Northhouse, 2016).

It brings a sense of awe when we see a leader who has brought a company or a country or a movement to great success which is unimaginable before. As a result, People are interested in seeking the leadership traits or leadership abilities or secrets or the recipe or assets which helped leaders who are more successful. Organizations are seeking the leaders who can bring great success to their organization and they are ready to pay enormous amount for them. Individual believes that the leadership is the way to improve their professional, personal and social life. (Northhouse, 2016)

Leadership is…

“Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individual to achieve a common goal” (Northhouse, 2016, p. 6)

Further, Northouse states that there were more people, particularly schools and practitioners, who tried to define leadership for more than hundred years without a general agreement. According Northouse, it had been challenging tasks for them define leadership.

Management is…

Northouse states management has been created to run an organization effectively and efficiently at the same time, the management’s primary tasks are planning, organizing, staffing and controlling (Northhouse, 2016). 

Conclusion

Although there are differences in between management and leadership, both should go together in order to succeed the organization.

If there is a weak in one while other is strong the result will be unsuccessful. For example will assume an organization has a strong management and there is weak leadership then the result will be worst. In opposition, will assume an organization has strong leadership but there is weak management, in this case also the result will not be better (Kotter, 2001)

In order to make an organization effective there should be well balanced team containing capable management individuals and a skilled leadership. That team as a whole has to be nourished.

References:

Kotter, J. P. (2001). What Really Leaders Do. Harvard Business Review, 85 -86.

Northhouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership (7th ed.). London: SAGE Publications.