Distinguish between leadership and management. Do you think you would be a better leader or a better manager? Why?

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Distinguish between leadership and management. Do you think you would be a better leader or a better manager? Why?

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Distinguish between leadership and management.

Organizations are striving for commitment, and management and leaders are majorly responsible for establishing appropriate mechanisms for it. Management and leadership have differences in terms of authority, direction, communication, etc. The differences between management and leadership are acknowledged when an organization focuses on employee commitment are as follows:

Management will direct how the mechanism will be implemented, whereas leaders will contribute to participate on a personal level by asking employees questions about their needs. Managers work at an authoritative level while delegating tasks to employees, whereas leaders will have a motivational level of authority over the followers. To achieve employee commitment goals, leaders contribute highly due to their interpersonal connection with employees. Management would establish formality such as documentation, reports that help in taking action towards the change. Whereas, leaders identify the problems through verbal and non-verbal communication.



 

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