Leadership vs Management - Difference and Comparison

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	Leadership	Management
Origin of word:	The word "leader" adopted from the German: the word Führer, and its accompanying ideas on the Führerprinzip	The verb manage comes from the Italian maneggiare which in turn derives from the Latin manus The French word mesnagement
Also refers to:	Leadership also refers to those entities that perform one or more acts of leading	Management can also refer to the person or people who perform the act(s) of management
Approach to risk:	Risk-taking	Risk averse
Meaning:	Leadership means "the ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members."	Management comprises directing and controlling a group of one or more people or entities for the purpose of coordinating and harmonizing that group towards accomplishing a goal.
Seeks:	Vision	Objectives
Role in decision-making:	Facilitative	Involved
Horizon:	Long term	Short term
Offers in exchange:	Excitement in exchange for work	Money in exchange of work
Styles:	Transformational, Dictatorial, Authoritative, Consultative & Participative	Transactional, Autocratic, Consultative and Democratic
Power through:	Charisma & Influence	Formal authority & Position
Organization:	Leaders have followers	Manager have subordinates
Conflicts:	Leader uses the conflicts	Manager avoids the conflicts
Focus:	Leading people	Managing work
Outcomes:	Achievements	Results
Appeal to:	Heart	Head

An ongoing debate in academic circles over the past 50-odd years relates to the correlation between leadership and management. Does a manager have to be a great leader? Does a leader need to have good management skills? What is the difference between leadership and management?

1 Summary
2 Authority
3 Role conflicts
4 Trivia
5 References

[edit] Summary

Managing and leading are two different ways of organising people. Leadership is setting a new direction or vision for a group that they follow, ie: a leader is the spearhead for that new direction. On the other hand, management controls or directs people/resources in a group according to principles or values that have already been established. The manager uses a formal, rational method whilst the leader uses passion and stirs emotions.

[edit] Authority

People naturally and willingly follow leaders due to their charisma and personality traits, whereas a manager is obeyed due to the formal authority vested in him/her. As a result, people tend to be more loyal towards leaders rather than managers.

[edit] Role conflicts

Leadership is one of the several facets of management. Often the same people play wear different hats - both leader and manager - at different points in time. Although not essential, it certainly helps a manager if he/she is also a good leader. Conversely, leaders do well if they have some degree of management skills because it helps them envision the implementation of their strategic vision. Self-motivated groups may not need a leader and may find leaders dominating. Alternatively, small teams may find a natural leader emerge based on his/her specialized skills. But this leader may be subordinate to the team manager in the organizational hierarchy, which may lead to conflicts.