MGT330
UoP
June 24, 2007
Organizations Require Both to Succeed
Over the years management has acquired a harmful reputation for itself for many reasons. On the other hand, management is still an essential element within the business setting. The words leaders and managers are often interchanged but do not carry the same meaning. Managers do not always hold the traits and expertise of a leader and yet leadership is a skill that management must grasp. Nonetheless, many harmful effects can occur to the employees and business with the lack of leadership. There are variations as well as benefits between managing and leading in a company and the results that the two positions have on business operations (Treacy, 2006). Successful managers are not automatically genuine leaders although the two cannot work apart.
Numerous administrators, supervisors, and even top officials perform their responsibilities successfully without being grand leaders. But these positions present chance for leadership. Having the capability to lead efficiently will position the outstanding manager at a leading distance from the ordinary ones (Bateman, Snell, 2007, pp. 395).
Management vs. Leadership
Management is the blended fields of the organization's policy direction and the persons who present the decisions and supervision necessary to realize the business directives and development (Management, n.d.). Managers create systems, construct rules and operating procedures, and put into place motivation programs. Management, in contrast is about the company not t ...