LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

Leadership

There are many different definitions of leadership. Stogdill concluded that "there are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept”. While Peter Drucker sums up: "The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers. To gain followers requires influence but doesn't exclude the lack of integrity in achieving this”

(Yukl, 1989)

Some of the philosophers believe that leadership is no different from the social influence processes occurring among all members of a group and others believe that leadership is everything someone is doing in order to lead effectively.

The common question is that the leaders are made or born. It is still concerning many researchers. Is it a personality or something that can be taught? The answer to this question varies. Although it is unexceptionable that leading isn’t easy, leaders should have some essential attributes such as vision, integrity, trust, selflessness, commitment, creative ability, toughness, communication ability, risk-taking and visibility(Capowski, 1994)

Management

Different experts have defined the term “Management”.  Some of these definitions are given below:-“To manage is to forecast and plan, to organize, to co-ordinate and to control.”

Henry Fayol

According to Harold Koontz, ‘Management is an art of getting things done through and with the people in formally organized groups. It is an art of creating an environment in which people can perform and individuals and can co-operate towards the attainment of group goals. (Koontz, 2010)

Some would define management as an art, while others would define it as a science. Whether management is an art or a science isn't what is most important. Management is a process that is used to accomplish organizational goals.

Also, Management is important for an organized life and necessary to run all types of management. Good management is the backbone of successful organizations. Managing life means getting things done to achieve life’s objectives and managing an organization means getting things done with and through other people to achieve its objectives.

References

Capowski, G., 1994. Anatomy of a leader: where are the leader of tomorrow?. Management Review, 83(3), p. 1018.

Koontz, H., 2010. Essentials of Management. Tata McGraw-Hill Education, Issue 8, p. 464.

Yukl, G., 1989. Manageril Leadership : A review of theory and research. Journal of management, 15(2), pp. 251-290.