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Pelayo M. Martinez Rodriguez Miaja

EN102

Prof. Summers

12 February, 2021

What Good Management and Leadership Have in Common

The article "critical leadership studies: the case for critical performance" by mats

Alvesson and Andre Spicer expounds its arguments on how leaders related to their employees in

an organization. The journal tries to describe how interpretive studies and leadership skills

influence a business's productivity. Legitimate of a leader is exhibited by the ability to organize

tasks in the business premises authoritatively. The authors distinctively expound on the

resistance of leaders by the workers when mistreated. The second article: great leaders are

thoughtful and deliberate, not impulsive and reactive by tony Schwartz and Emily pines, brings

out the fact that all leaders have two sides. The first self is the one that the leaders decide to show

to the society and is always calm and rational, while the second side is the reaction side, which is

exhibited under provocation and frustration. This article describes the importance of

understanding one-self to ensure that the mutual relationship in the business premises is

maintained. Leaders are urged to distance themselves from concluding their thoughts and

consider other people's emotions. The leaders should understand their responsibility is to unite

workers, and wrongly accusing them might be disastrous.

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The priority of particular literature work is to pass coded information to a targeted

audience. Understanding the appropriate audience helps the authority formulate the correct

context which will suit the target. Before writing an article, an author should decide the specific

message they want to pass and its effects on the audience. To ensure the success of any article or

book, the author should identify previous similar items to avoid being lenient, which will lead to

low interest in the purchase, and the intended message won't be passed as expected. Consultation

from older writers is also recommended to ensure that the authority is remaining release. In the

first article, "critical leadership studies," the authors target the managers, directors, and CEOs of

private and public institutions. The authors intend to educate the management board of

organizations on the consequences of poor management and leadership skills. The authors also

compare the ancient and modern leadership styles to express each aspect's pros and come. The

author outlines the difference between the functions of a manager and a leader in a business

enterprise. Generally, this article expounds on the managerial and leadership professional.

In the second article, "great leaders are thoughtful and deliberate, not impulsive and

reactive," the authors target the managers and leaders in an institution. This article describes the

importance of self-analyzing the management systems and leaders to deal with their emotions.

The authors present to the audience that leaders have two sides to understand and know how to

control. These two articles have a similar target audience to a more significant portion. They

both expound on the functions and expectations of leaders and managers in a business

organization. The authors of the first article use various rhetorical devices to reach their target

audience. A rhetorical device is a technique that uses a particular set of words to evoke certain

emotions, which in turn conveys a message to the audience. Rhetorical devices should be used

appropriately to persuade the readers to dig deeper into the book's contents. The authors use
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antanagoge, which is a symbolic language used to affect the audience significantly. Antanagoge

uses criticism and compliment phrases in a line to reduce the impact of the criticized aspect. The

authors in the article expressed that the use of old times management skills in modern society is

outdated but useful. The old leadership method is at first criticized, but the authors do not

disgrace it altogether, for they end up writing that those ancient skills are useful in any business

setup. The second article," great leaders are thoughtful and deliberate, not impulsive and

reactive," uses antimetabole as a rhetorical method to emphasize specific issues within the

context. Animetabole is the use of repetitive words and phrases within a paragraph to pass

certain information. Rhetorical devices use language to initiate an emotional feeling towards the

audience and initial a compelling argument.

The authors in both articles initiate arguments based on the particular contexts to provoke

a response from the audience. Discussions are meant to clarify issues, explain why an aspect

appears the way it is, and help solve conflicts and make judgments based on art. Arguments call

for a psychological point of view to vindicate a particular idea. A compelling argument should

have: a claim, statements to support the requests, and a warrant of assumptions to validate the

claim. The authors of the first article present an argument to the audience to improve

concentration while reading it. The authors pose a debate on which method of management and

leadership skills is useful. Poor management skills in an institution in the current society have

caused permanent closure. Leaders with inadequate skills will not motivate the team to deliver

their projects within the expected time limit. The contesting methods are the ancient and modern

skills. The antique management style is based on the company's output regardless of how the

workers are treated. In contrast, the contemporary style cares about the employees' welfare and is

driven by the production.

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Each plan's reasons are presented and later judged that both ways contribute positively to

an organization's development. However, the current methods are the most recommended for

they are responsive to the changing market trends and technology. The second article outlines a

debate on the two selves of managers and leaders. The first side is thoughtful and deliberate,

while the second is impulsive and reactive. The authors explain that the first self is the most

common while the second is expressed under anger and frustration. The arguments on which side

a great leader should initiate is presented. The thoughtful and deliberate self is the most

appropriate as it allows free communication and interaction between the leaders and workers. To

ensure efficiency in an institution's performance, a leader can understand their adverse reactions

when frustrated and know how to control such emotions.

The authors of the first article use the primary research method to provide a new

understanding of their context. Extension observation is conducted on the target population to

come up with a likely result of the investigation. The authors must have operated observation of

good and bad leaders to come up with their article. The second article's authors must have

conducted historical research to express their views concerning ancient and modern leadership

and management skills. To understand how the old management skills worked, the authors must

have read historical sources to collect and analyze data. Despite the method of research used, the

two articles are comprehensive in tactics their subject matter. The credibility of the analysis

process is expressed by the nature of the results designed from the data collected. Both articles

present their areas of concern to the target audience effectively.

In conclusion, the first article shows that managing human nature is a sophisticated study

as ethical and social factors influence the interactions. Correlative studies have struggled to

identify the relationship between leadership factors and the process of making a successful
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management system. The consequences of poor leadership and management skills are long-

lasting and affect the output of the organization. In the second article, Impulsive and reactive

leaders always exhibit anger and frustration towards their subjects on a slight provocation.

Employees led by impulsive leaders do not perform the functions out of town will and moral but

rather fear losing their jobs if they fail or underperform. Impulsive leaders offer minimal

training and mentorship to their employees because they always fear their leaders' interactions.

Thoughtful and deliberate leaders handle failures in the taskforce diligently by involving them in

deciding which methods should be used to approach an individual project. Despite the characters

and influence on the company's production, both leaders achieve the company's goals and

objectives in the end.

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- WORKS CITED

First Article: Alvesson M., & Spicer, A. (2012). Critical leadership studies: The case for

critical performativity. Human Relations, 65(3), 367–390.

Second Article: Schwartz, Tony, and Emily Pines. “Great Leaders are Thoughtful and

Deliberate, Not Impulsive and Reactive.” Harvard Business Review, 17 Apr. 2019.

Alvesson M., & Spicer, A. (2012). Critical leadership studies: The case for

Critical performativity. Human Relations, 65(3), 367–390.

Schwartz, Tony & Emily Pines (2019). "Great Leaders are Thoughtful and

Deliberate, Not Impulsive and Reactive."