Great Man Theory

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIPLeadership

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

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.Leadership ability is defined as one of the attributes of the successful managers , along with the intellectual skills required for

Assimilation of informationAnalyzing and planningTechnical and professional knowledge of the business areClear understanding of specific organization

The leader as an artist, who uses creativity and intuition to navigate his way through chaos,the manager is seen as a problem solver dependent on rationality and control.

leader is the catalyst focussed on strategythe manager is the operator/technician concerned with the here-and-now of operational goal attainment.John Kotter (1990) who concluded

management is about coping with complexity

leadership, by contrast, is about coping with changeLeadership functions

Establishing direction: Vision of the future, develop strategies for change to achieve goalsAligning people: Communicate vision and strategy, Influence creation of teams which accept validity goalsMotivating and inspiring: Energize people to overcome obstacles, satisfy human

Management functions

Plans and budgets: Decide action plans and timetables, allocate resourcesOrganizing and staffing: Decide structure and allocate staff, develop policies, procedures and monitoringControlling, problem solving: Monitor results against plan and take corrective action