Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Leadership
and
Management
Leadership
-is an individual art of making people to follow you.
-This art refers to the process of influencing subordinates
towards the goals and objectives of the organization. It refers
to the behavior modification displayed by the leader in getting
things done, such behavior could be POSITIVE or
NEGATIVE and that it depends on the individual perception
of subordinates.
- Effective leadership has been evaluated as the most important factor in moving
organizations forward in a complex and competitive world. To achieve such end,
effective leadership is needed at all levels from supervisors to top executive.
Example;
A new organizational leadership graduate named
Robin as she start her new job in health care. She was hired by the health network
that oversees a group of three hospitals in the same city. She was told by HR that
she would have a lot of work ahead of her. The hospitals are facing a staffing a
shortage now due to many staff members leaving for private health care,
universities or other health networks.
Robin’s job is to entail finding out how to retain these employees while keeping
the health network’s main interest intact. Robin’s first task is to look at the high-
level scores for employee engagement and happiness.
Management
-is the activities of planning and organizing the resources,
controlling and leading to achieve specific goals in the most
effective and efficient manner possible.
-Efficiency in management refers to the completion of tasks
correctly and at minimal costs. Effectiveness in management
relates to the completion of tasks within specific timelines to
yield tangible results.
• Example;
Can include anything from when you’re having a headache,
like when they solve problems or decide what to do next. It also
maybe something different, like taking medication for your
problem before sending an email out! Sometimes it can be hard
to identify what you need because sometimes we just don’t feel
good but don’t know why so management gets use this way-
maybe talking about things or eating sugarless protein bars even
though we may not realize our body needs protein instead.
COMPARISON OF MANAGERS AND LEADERS
Managers Leaders
Administer Innovate
- their process is transactional; meet objectives -their process is transformational; develop a vision
and delegates tasks and find a way forward
Work Focused People Focused
- the goal is to get things done. They are -The goals include both people and results. They
skilled at allocating work. care about you and want to succeed.
Have Followers
Have Subordinates -they create circles of influence and lead by
- They create circles of power and lead by inspiring.
authority. Do the Right Thing
Do Things Right -Leaders shape the culture and drive integrity.
- Managers enact the existing culture and
maintain status quo.
KEY LEADERSHIP SKILLS
• 3 types of Skills
1. Technical skill- refers to any type of process or technique like
sending e-mail, preparing a power point presentation.
2. Human Skill- is the ability to work effectively with people and to build
teamwork. This is also referred to as people skills or soft skills.
3. Conceptual Skill- is the ability to think in terms of models,
frameworks and broad relationships such as long ranged plans. In short,
conceptual skill deals with ideas while human skill is concern with
relationship with people and technical skill involves psychomotor skills.
- An ideal school leader possesses all three.
LEADERSHIP STYLE
o Autocratic
o Consultative
o Democratic
o Laissez Faire
Autocratic
-Autocratic Leader attempts to retain most of the authority
granted to the group. Autocratic leaders make all the major
decisions and assume subordinates will comply without question.
Leaders who use this style give minimum consideration to what
group members are likely to think about an order or decision. It is
sometimes seen as rigid and demanding by have to be made
rapidly or when group members.
Consultative
- A consultative leader solicits opinion from the group before
making a decision yet does not feel obliged to accept the group
thinking. Leaders of this type make it clear they alone have the
authority to make the final decisions. A standard way to practice
consultative leadership would be to call a group meeting and
discuss an issue before making a decision.
Democratic
- A democratic leader confers final authority on the group. He or
she functions as a collector of opinion and takes a vote before
making a decision. Democratic leaders turn over so much
authority to the group that they are sometimes called free-rein
leaders. The group usually achieves it goals when working under
a democratic leader. It has more relevance for community
activities than for most work settings.
Laissez Faire Or Free Rein
- A free-rein leader is one who turns over virtually all authority
to the group. The free-rein style leadership style is also
referred to as laizzes-faire(allow them to do). They issue
general goals and guidelines to the group and then do not get
involved again unless requested.
- The only limits directly imposed on the group are those
specified by the leader’s boss. Such extreme degree of group
freedom is rarely encountered in a work organization.
TRANSFORMATIONAL AND CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP