The traditional management thinkers held the view that leadership is integral part management. On the it her hand, some other like Warren Bennis believer that both are different and therefore advocate pre-eminence of leadership over management. The advocates of this thought like to quote McNamara as a good manager but a bad leader, General Patton as a good leader but as a bad manager and Montgomery as an ideal combination of both. It is thus argued that management deals primarily with management science (quantitative aids, material resources and logistic support systems), whereas leadership emphasizes on the human dimension.
It is suggested that the following attributes of the leadership further highlight the distinction between leadership and management.
(a) Managers supervise people. If their people are not willing to accept and follow the supervisory authority, the managers are not leaders. Subordinates may comply with supervisor authority out of fear but such compliance is not a response to leadership. Similarly, not all leaders are managers. Some leaders may have followers but no formal authority to manage, hence they are not managers. For example, informal leaders in a work group are leaders but may not be managers.
(b) Zaleznik points out the difference in our expectations of the behaviour of managers and leaders. Managers are expected to use their analytical minds in establishing and achieving organizational goals, problem solving and decision making, whereas leaders are expected to be charismatic people with great vision who can alter the mood of their followers and raise their hopes and expectations.
(c) Both managers and leaders are responsible for meeting the organizational demands, as well as those of its members. However, managers are more considered with achieving organizational goals and tend to achive these in an impersonal manner, while leader are expected to be more deeply involved with their followers in doing so.
Leadership is a quality of influencing people, so that the objectives are attained willingly and enthusiastically. It is not exactly same as management, as leadership is one of the major element of management. Management is a discipline of managing things in the best possible manner. It is the art or skill of getting the work done through and with others. It can be found in all the fields, like education, hospitality, sports, offices etc.
One of the major difference between leadership and management, is management is for formal and organized group of people only, whereas leadership is for both formal and informal groups. To further comprehend the two concepts, take a read of the given article.
Definition of Management The word management is a combination of four terms, i.e. man+age+men+t (technique). In this way, management refers to a technique used by a man for dealing and managing persons (men) of different age group, to work together for achieving a common objective. Although management is not confined to men only, it incorporates a complete balance of 5M i.e. Men, Money, Material, Machine, and Methods. The person who is in charge of the activities of management in an organisation is known as Manager.
Now, let’s discuss what management is? And from where it starts? The answer is management starts from your home. All of us have seen our mother taking care of our needs whether they are small or big, maintaining the budget of the household, takes decisions regarding investment or finance, makes plans for our future, keeps a check on our activity, organizes the schedule, guides and motivates us for achieving our career objective etc. that’s all management. These are the functions of Management, i.e. Planning, Controlling, Organizing, Leading & Motivating and Decision Making.