BM HR 2.3 Management and Leadership

Management

Practice of achieving an organization’s objectives by using and controlling the available human and non-human resources of the business in an effective way

Manager

Someone with a decision-making authority within an organization and has responsibility for problem solving in order to achieve specific organizational goals. (They focus on achieving specific organizational goals within a definite time-frame basically)

Functions of management

• Planning /setting the course of action to meet organizational objectives

• Commanding / managers give instructions and orders to their teams and subordinates

• Controlling / managers are responsible for the performance of their teams

• Coordinating / managers have the responsibility for ensuring that all departments strive to achieve the goals using available resources

• Organizing / managers organize resources to achieve corporate objectives

Leadership

Process of influencing, invigorating and inspiring others to achieve organizational goals

Leaders

A leader is someone who influences and inspires others to get things done

Managers vs Leaders

• Time and devotion: management is usually described as 9am-5pm job but leadership is 24 hours / managers deal with tactical decisions where leaders handle strategic decisions

• Roles and responsibilities: leaders deal with what and why questions, such as the strategic direction of the business where managers deal with routine how and when questions / leaders are creative and innovative thinkers, they know what the best thing to actually do where managers know how to best administer daily operations.

• Leaders inspire and motivate their followers through action and vision while people listen to managers because of their authority and position.

• Managers follow predetermined rules set by the organization where leaders take risks

• Leaders create a culture of hope

Autocratic leadership

An autocratic leader is on who makes all decisions and prefers not to delegate any responsibility, simply tells subordinates what to o, there is a clear chain of command

Paternalistic leadership

They treat their employees as if they were family members by guiding them through a consultation process and acting in the best interest of their subordinates

Democratic leadership

A democratic leader is one who involves employees in the decision-making process. They take employees’ opinions before making any final decision.

Laissez-faire

These leaders have minimal direct input in the work of employees, instead, they set the goal and allow subordinates to decide how to best achieve these using the available resources

Situational leadership

It is not based on any single dominant approach , it is about using the right leadership style in the right situation.

CLOTS

Factors that can affect situational leadership style

Culture

Leader

Organizational Structure

Task

Subordinates