Unit 2.

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Leadership and Management
Key funtions of management:

Planning

Organzing Commanding

Coordinating Controlling
Key roles of management:

Managers as Managers as
general confronters of
practitioners dilemmas

Managers as
balancers of
cultural mixes
Basic managers functions:
Setting
organizational
objectives

Communicating
Measuring
with and motivating
performance
people

Developing people
The difference between management and leadership
A LEADER is someone who influences and inspires others to get things done.

LEADERSHIP is the process of influencing an inspiring others to achieve organizationals goals .

MANAGEMENT is the art of getting things done through people.

MANAGERS tend to focus on achieving specific goals within a definite time frame.

Time and Roles and Influence in

devotion responsabilities others

Risk-taking Vision
Leadership Styles:
Autocratic
Make all the decisions and prefers not to delagate any responsability

Paternalistic
Treat their employees as if they were family members

Democratic
Is one who involves employees in the decision-making process
Laissez-faire
Are those who have minimal direct input in the work of employees

Situational leadership
It is about using the right leadership style for the right situation
C L O T
S
Is a useful acronym for remembering the factors that can afect situational leadership styles:

- Culture
- Leader
- Organizational structure
- Task
- Subordinates
 Leadership, management and the CUEGIS concepts
- The prefered style of a leader depoence on several factors including cultural styles of leaderships.
- Ethical considerations are based on the leader’s personal values and moral judgement
- The leadership styles adopted by business have a direct effect on the levels of moral comitment and competence in the
workplace
- The trend for modern organizations is a shift away from autocratic leadership towards a more democratic style of
leadership
- Delegation and empowerment also free up time for leaders and managers to fulfil other strategic responsabilities