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Leadership or Management?

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Leadership or Management?

Module Objectives

At the end of this module, you should

be able to:

1.Define organizational leadership

2.Define leadership and management

3.Recognize differences between leadership and management

4.Describe your previous leadership experiences and how you approached leadership when you were leading

WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP?

Approaches/Defintions

• Organizational leadership is a dual focused management approach that works towards what is best for individuals and what is best for a group as a whole simultaneously. It is also an attitude and a work ethic that empowers an individual in any role to lead from the top, middle, or bottom of an organization. “
• Requires an understanding of the composite worldview of the organization, which consists of the many diverse and sometimes conflicting worldviews of the individuals within that organization.

https://www.tdktech.com/tech-talks/key-components-of-organizational-leadership

Approaches/Definitions (continued)

“Organizational Leadership is the management staff that typically provides inspiration, objectives, operational oversight, and other administrative services to a business. Effective organizational leadership can help prioritize objectives for subordinates and can provide guidance toward achieving the overall corporate vision.”

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/organizational-leadership.html

More Approaches/Definitions

•“Organizational Leadership is a field of work that includes setting goals for both individuals and groups of people. This field of work may include working on large projects with businesses and corporations, and even smaller projects with groups of people who share similar outlooks.” •Individuals looking to become involved in this field will –Need to be organized and vision oriented. –Need the ability to see both the small and big picture is necessary. –Need to be someone who can meet the needs of many different types of people who are working together towards a goal.

https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/faq/what-is-organizational-leadership/

Organizational Leadership

“a management approach in which leaders help set strategic goals for the organization while motivating individuals within the group to successfully carry out assignments in service to those goals.”

https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/newsroom/2018/07/what-is-organizational-leadership

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?

Leadership or Management?

What is Leadership?

“a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal"

Northouse, P.G., (2019) Leadership Theory and Practice, 8 Ed. Sage Publications, Inc.: Thousand Oaks, CA

The Nature of Leadership

Common Assumptions:

Leaders—through their personal qualities, influence, and actions—profoundly shape societal events (i.e., make a difference).

A leader affects and is affected by followers and the environment within which he or she operates.

Managerial leadership is a process of social influence whereby an individual exerts influence on others in an organizational context.

Bratton, J., Grint, K., & Nelson, D.L. (2005) Organizational Leadership, Thomson Southwestern:Mason, Ohio

Leadership or Management?

Conceptualizing Leadership

The focus of group processes

A personality perspective

An act or behavior

The power relationship between leaders and followers

A transformational process

A skills perspective

Northouse, P.G., (2019) Leadership Theory and Practice, 8 Ed. Sage Publications, Inc.: Thousand Oaks, CA

Leadership Components

The central components of leadership:

• Leadership is a process
• Leadership involves influence
• Leadership occurs in groups
• Leadership involves common goals

Northouse, P.G., (2019) Leadership Theory and Practice, 8 Ed. Sage Publications, Inc.: Thousand Oaks, CA

Leadership or Management?

Leadership

• “Is a dialectical, proactive process wherein an individual persuades others to do something they would not otherwise do.”

• “Is socially constructed through the interaction of leaders and followers within a specific context and is equated with power.”

Bratton, J., Grint, K., & Nelson, D.L. (2005) Organizational Leadership Thomson Southwestern:Mason, Ohio,

Leadership and Coercion

• To coerce –to influence others to do something against their will
• –May include penalties and rewards
• –Often involves the use of threats, punishment and negative reward schedules
• –Most often seen as the dark side of leadership
• Coercive people are not used as models of ideal leadership
• Our definition suggests that leadership is reserved for those who influence a group of individuals toward a common goal.
• Leaders who use coercion are interested in their own goals and are seldom interested in the wants and needs of followers
• Runs counter to working withfollowers to achieve a common goal

Northouse, P.G., (2019) Leadership Theory and Practice, 8 Ed. Sage Publications, Inc.: Thousand Oaks, CA

WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?

Management Definitions

1. The organization and coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objective
2. The directors and managers who have the power and responsibility to make decisions and oversee an enterprise.”

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/management.html

Leadership or Management?

Management definitions (continued)

• “the control and organization of something, esp. a business and its employees:
• He assumed management of a large real-estate company.
• Management is also the people in charge of a business organization:
• Negotiators tried all weekend to get labor and management back to the bargaining table.”

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/management

Leadership or Management?

Dimensions of Modern Management

• Managerial activities
• Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling
• Managerial contingencies
• Forces and events, both outside and inside the organization, that affect management behavior
• Managerial processes
• The means by which managers communicate ideas, gain acceptance of those ideas, and motivate others to implement them

Bratton, J., Grint, K., & Nelson, D.L. (2005) Organizational Leadership, Thomson Southwestern:Mason, Ohio

LEADERSHIP OR MANAGEMENT?

Leadership or Management?

• To manage means to accomplish activities and master routines, whereas to lead means to influence others and create visions for change

Northouse, P.G., (2019) Leadership Theory and Practice, 8 Ed. Sage Publications, Inc.: Thousand Oaks, CA

Leadership or Management?

Similarities betweenLeadership and Management

Both leadership and management

• Involve influence
• Entail working with people
• Concerned with effective goal accomplishment

Northouse, P.G., (2019) Leadership Theory and Practice, 8 Ed. Sage Publications, Inc.: Thousand Oaks, CA

Leadership or Management?

Leadership and Management Differences

Management

Leadership

Maintain the status quo

Create vision

Create order and

Create change or

consistency

movement

“Doing things right”

“Doing the right thing”

Transactional

Transformational

(contractual) relationships

relationships (psychological contract)

Bratton, J., Grint, K., & Nelson, D.L. (2005) Organizational Leadership, Thomson Southwestern:Mason, Ohio

Management and Leadership differences (continued)

Source: Kotter, J. P. (1990). A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management. New York: Free Press; Kotter, J. P. (1996). Leading Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press., from Bratton, J., Grint, K., & Nelson, D.L. (2005) Organizational Leadership, Thomson Southwestern:Mason, Ohio

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Management and Leadership Overlap

This might also be called Organizational Leadership

Management

Leadership

This diagram illustrates the idea that management and leadership overlap and are components of managerial leadership.

Bratton, J., Grint, K., & Nelson, D.L. (2005) Organizational Leadership, Thomson Southwestern:Mason, Ohio

Summary

Organizational Leadership is a management approach in which leaders help set strategic goals for the organization while motivating individuals within the group to successfully carry out assignments in service to those goals

Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a

group of individuals to achieve a common goal

Management is the control and organization of something, esp. a business and its employees

Both leadership and management are necessary for an organization to be effective at reaching its goals

References

• Best College Reviews.org at https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/faq/what-isorganizational-leadership/

• Bratton, J., Grint, K., & Nelson, D.L. (2005) Organizational Leadership, Thomson Southwestern: Mason, Ohio

• BusinessDictionary.com at http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/organizational-leadership.html

• Cambridge Dictionary, at https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/management

• Northouse, P.G., (2019) Leadership Theory and Practice, 8 Ed. Sage Publications,Inc.: Thousand Oaks, CA

• Southern New Hampshire University https://www.snhu.edu/aboutus/newsroom/2018/07/what-is-organizational-leadership

• TDK Technologies at https://www.tdktech.com/tech-talks/key-components-oforganizational-leadership