Name: DHEMIE E.

PIODO
Program: MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
Work: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III
Company: DEPED DINAGAT ISLANDS DIVISION

1. Differentiate management and leaderships, managers and leaders.

Leadership and Management
Leadership- It’s the action of leading a group towards a common goal. People who lead have
three common attributes:
 They inspire others to share their vision.
 They motivate others to act on that vision.
 They encourage others and help them overcome obstacles in pursuit of that vision.

Management- It’s the process of dealing with or controlling things or people. But the emphasis
does tend to be on things rather than people.

"Leadership is more about change, inspiration, setting the purpose and direction, and building
the enthusiasm, unity and 'staying-power' for the journey ahead. Management is less about
change, and more about stability and making the best use of resources to get things done... But
here is the key point: leadership and management are not separate. And they are not
necessarily done by different people. It's not a case of, 'You are either a manager or a leader'.
Leadership and management overlap..." (From The Three Levels of Leadership, J Scouller,
2011)

Source: https://www.projectmanager.com/training/leadership-vs-management
Managers and Leaders
Leader and manager have a great role to play in any organization, in the sense that a leader is
the one who inspires, encourages and influence his men, to work willingly, in the attainment of
the organization’s objectives. On the other hand, a manager is an important link between the
firm and its stakeholders, i.e. employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, government,
society, and so forth. He is the one who performs basic managerial functions.

Comparison Chart

BASIS FOR LEADER MANAGER

COMPARISON
Meaning A leader is a person who A manager is a person who manages
influences his subordinates to the organisation and is responsible for
achieve a specified goal. planning, direction, coordination and
control
Approach Sets Direction Plans details
Attribute Foresightedness Mind
Subordinate Followers Employees
Style Transformational Transactional
Decision Facilitates decision Makes decision
Aim Growth and development. Attainment of the required result.
Focus People Process and Procedure
Change Leaders promotes change. Mangers react to change.
Conflict Uses conflict as an asset Avoid conflict
People Aligns people Organizes people
Strives For effectiveness For efficiency

Source: https://keydifferences.com/difference-between-leader-and-manager.html
2. What is the origin of Strategic Planning?
"Our term "strategy" derives from the Greek "strategos," which means, literally, "general of
the army." Each of the ten ancient Greek tribes annually elected a strategos to head its
regiment. At the battle of Marathon (490 BC), the strategoi advised the political ruler as a
council. They gave "strategic" advice about managing battles to win wars, rather than "tactical"
advice about managing troops to win battles. In time, the job of the strategoi grew to include civil
magisterial duties as well, largely because of their status as elected officials.
From these military roots, strategic planning has always aimed at the "big picture." The
focus is on results or outcomes, rather than products or outputs. Strategic planning is less
concerned with how to achieve outcomes than with defining what those outcomes should be"
(Blackerby, 2013, para. 2-3).
The fundamentals of sound planning practices are relatively simple. An organization
should:
a) set clear and unambiguous goals for their planning processes;
b) utilize methodologies that fit both the enterprise, the environmental conditions and
resources available;
c) clearly communicate expectations regarding roles and responsibilities related to the
planning process;
d) establish clear, metrics that can be used in evaluating progress towards goals;and
e) never stop communicating the objectives,strategies and progress throughout the
organization" ( Woyzbun, n.d., p. 7).

Source: Blackerby, P. (2003). History of Strategic Planning. Retrieved March 22, 2017,
from http://www.blackerbyassoc.com/history.html

Woyzbun, R. P. (n.d.). The Evolution of Strategic Planning. The Marketing Works, 1-8.
Retrieved March 22, 2017, from http://www.the-marketing-works.com/pdf/planning.pdf

3. Identify their company and answer the following: What are the three major problems
their company facing at this point in time.
The Department of Education (abbreviated as DepEd; Filipino: Kagawaran ng
Edukasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for
ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the quality of basic education. It
is the main agency tasked to manage and govern the Philippine system of basic
education. It is the chief formulator of Philippine education policy and responsible for the
Philippine primary and secondary school systems.

The three major problems their company facing at this point in time are the ff.:
1. Teachers are given administrative or student support role such as paper works,
seminars, training workshops, among others.
2. Deteriorating quality of education
3. Overworked and underpaid teaching staff