Unit 6 Definitions of mangement and leadership

Mangement

Is the process of planning , organizing, leading, and controlling resources to achieve organizational goals.

Leadership

The ability to inspire, motivate and influence people to achieve a common goal.

Planning

Setting goals and deciding how to achieve them

Organising

Arranging people and resources so work is completed efficiently

Leading

Guiding, motivating and supporting employees

Controlling

Checking performance and making improvement if needed

Management vs Leadership

Management- plans, organises , controls and makes sure work gets done

Leadership- inspires, motivates, influences and helps people achieve goals

Mangement by Objectives (MOB)

Mangers and employees agree on clear goals together and then work towards achieving them

Adv of Mangement by objective

Employees know exactly what they need to achieve so motivation and performance can improve

Disadv of Management by Objectives

Setting goals can take time and unrealistic targets may reduce motivation

Situational Leadership

A leader changes their leadership style depending on the situation or employees

Contingency Theory

There is no single best leadership style and best style depends on the employees, the business and the situation

Functional leadership

The leader focuses on making sure all important tasks are completed so the team achieves its goals (Get the job done)

Action-Centred Leadership

John Adair (1973) said a leader must balance 3 things which are Task, Team and Individual

Transformational Leadership

A leader inspires employees with a vision and encourages change and innovation (Inspires people to improve)

Transactional Leadership

A leader manages using rewards and punishments

For example meeting target= bonuses, miss target= warning

Remember : Reward or punishment

Transformational vs Transactional

Transformational- inspires, motivates, encourages

Transactional- rewards, punishes, focuses on the rules

Leadership Continuum

The leadership continuum shows how much control the manger keeps and how much freedom employees have

One side: Mangers makes all decisions

Other side: Employees make more decisions

Who created the Leadership Continuum

Tannenbaum and Schmidt

What are the Five leadership theories in Unit 6

Management by Objectives (MBO)

Situational & Contingency

Functional Leadership

Action-Centered Leadership

Transformational & Transactional Leadership

Leadership continuum ( Tannenbaum & Schmidt)