Comparison between Leadership and Management

Introduction

Leadership is always confused with management given that people assume they are the same thing while in real sense the two are different. The two go hand in hand since where there is leadership there should be management and even though they are different the two ensure goals in the organizations are successfully achieved.

Leadership can be defined as the virtue of leading people through inspiring, motivating and encouraging them and ensuring they carry out tasks willingly. On the other hand management can be defined as the process of ensuring all activities in an organization are effectively managed (Kotter, 2012). Leadership entails trust of the followers on their leader while management entails control of the subordinates by the manager in order to ensure the subordinates follow the stipulated rules and regulations in the organization. Managers ensure they come up with rules that subordinates ensure they follow while leaders influence and encourage others to carry out the duties so that success can be achieved. Managers come up with policies and procedures they expect the subordinates to follow while leaders come up with guidelines and principles they expect followers to follow willingly so that goals and objectives can be achieved within the organization. Leadership involves leaders being innovative and bringing change to the organizations while management ensures stability is maintained in the organization so that subordinates can carry out their duties with accordance to the stated laws and regulations (Kotter, 2012). Regardless of the differences, leadership and management cannot be separated because they work hand in hand to ensure objectives of the organizations are achieved in time given the available resources.

Conclusion

Leadership and management are important within the organizations since they ensure employees remain motivated, inspired and follow all the rules in order to ensure goals and objectives are achieved within the organizations. Managers must come up with polices that will ensure employees work hard at the same time leaders come up with guidelines that will ensure the employees remain motivated and work hard to ensure organizations remain successful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Kotter, J. 2012. The Perils of Confusing Management and Leadership. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz8AiOQEQmk.