what is the differend between leadership and management?

Answer 1

to me a leader teaches.. and is very stuck on his/her followers learning from what he/she does.. a person that is managing.. is just worried about being an *******

Answer 2

That's a very good question, and one that is asked by few, if any, people.

Management is more focused on getting the job done, at all costs. Little regard is given about how the workers are affected, or feelings associated with them. Management does little to bring out the best in people. Managers tell people what to do, they do not motivate people to do them. Many times managers lead with fear and consequence.

Leadership is more focused on bringing out the very best in people. Leaders care about their employees, and the different things going on in their lives. A good leader will make the employee want to do a better job instead of telling them to do a better job. They lead by setting an example, not by setting rules. They also lead with strength and confidence.

Usually a good leader is a good manager, but the converse is not always true.

Answer 3

The word leadership can refer to:

1. the process of leading
2. the concept of leading
3. those entities that perform one or more acts of leading.
One can categorize the exercise of leadership as either actual or potential:

* actual - giving guidance or direction, as in the phrase "the emperor has provided satisfactory leadership"
* potential - the capacity or ability to lead, as in the phrase "she could have exercised effective leadership"; or in the concept "born to lead".

Leadership can have a formal aspect (as in most political or business leadership) or an informal one (as in most friendships). Speaking of "leadership" (the abstract term) rather than of "leading" (the action) usually implies that the entities doing the leading have some "leadership skills" or competencies. Several types of entities may provide or exhibit leadership, actual or potential, including:

* a person in a position or office of authority, such as a President or a chairperson
* a person in a position or office associated with expertise, skill, or experience, such as a team leader, a ship's captain, a chief engineer, a chief, or a parent
* a group or person in the vanguard of some trend or movement, as in fashion trend-setters
* a group of respected people, (called a "reference group" by sociologists) such as business commentators or union spokespersons [1]
* a product that influences other product offerings in a competitive marketplace

Leadership can come from an individual, a collective group of leaders, or even from the disincarnate — if not mystical — characteristics of a celebrity figurehead (compare hero). Yet other usages have a "leadership" which does little active leading, but to which followers show great (often traditional) respect (compare the courtesy title reverend). Followers often endow the leader with status or prestige. Aside from the prestige-role sometimes granted to inspirational leaders, a more mundane usage of the word "leadership" can designate current front-runners that exercise influence over competitors, for example, a corporation or a product can hold a position of "market leadership" without any implication of permanence or of merited respect. (See also price leadership.) Note that the ability to influence others does form an integral part of the "leadership" of some but not all front-runners. A front-runner in a sprint may "lead" the race, but does not have a position of "leadership" if he does not have the potential to influence others in some way. Thus one can make an important distinction between "being in the lead" and the process of leadership. Leadership implies a relationship of power — the power to guide others.


The term "management" characterizes the process of and/or the personnel leading and directing all or part of an organization (often a business) through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). The word "manage" comes from the Italian maneggiare, which in turn derives from the Latin manus, hand.

"the art of getting things done through people"[citation needed]. One can also think of management functionally, as the action of measuring a quantity on a regular basis and of adjusting some initial plan; or as the actions taken to reach one's intended goal. This applies even in situations where planning does not take place. From this perspective, management consists of five functions:

1. planning
2. organizing
3. leading
4. co-ordinating
5. controlling.

Some people, however, find this definition, while useful, far too narrow. The phrase "management is what managers do" occurs widely, suggesting the difficulty of defining management, the shifting nature of definitions, and the connection of managerial practices with the existence of a managerial cadre or class.

One habit of thought regards management as equivalent to "business administration", although this then excludes management in places outside commerce, as for example in charities and in the public sector. Nonetheless, university departments which teach management usually get called "business schools".

Speakers of English may also use the term "management" or "the management" as a collective word describing the managers of an organization, for example of a corporation.

From the systemic perspective, in the TOGA (Top-down Object-based Goal-oriented Approach) meta-theory, [1], management consists of high-level mental and communication activity (by tasks emission), of the indirect goal-oriented control of the domain of interest using autonomous execution and information entities/agents/units. Management has as its main generic missions:

* confrontation of objectives with the possibilities
* planning
* leading of autonomous human units towards achieving an intended goal

Every such managerial situation requires on-going decision-making.

Answer 4

a manager delegates his job and authority. a true leader , leads by example and never ask's anything from anyone that he / her have not done themselves or is not willing to be there doing the task with you , also a true leader , trusts those he leads to do their task's without supervision, if he can't trust them he replaces them or works with them to make them better. respect is earned , not given and a true leader has more than earned the respect of those they lead. a prime example is to look at the history of general patton.

Answer 5

A leader inspires other co-workers, a manager is only a cow counter.

Answer 6

Leadership

It is a quality or qualification.

Leaders lead or guide the people.
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management

It is a quality or qualification.

Managers, manage or gives assignments to the people.

Both are very loose, but simplified definitions.

Most dictionary will have more detail more confusing meanings.