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Management and Leadership
Rex Berry
University of Phoenix
MGT/330
Keith A. Bryant
July 31, 2006
Management and Leadership
Leadership is one of the many assets that a successful manager must possess. The aim of a
manager is to maximize the output of the organization through administrative
implementation.
Managers think incrementally. A manager cannot just be a leader; he also needs formal
authority to be effective. For any quality initiative to take hold, senior management must
be involved and act as a role model. This involvement cannot be delegated [1] A manager
may have obtained his position of authority through time and loyalty to the organization,
not through any leadership qualities. Management usually consists of people that are
experienced in their field. A manager knows how each layer of the organization works and
may have good technical knowledge. Management has to do with time. Good managers
put people in positions best suited to their skills.
Leaders think radically. Successful leaders also think with a sense of intuition, the ability
to foresee future events. Managers do things right, while leaders do the right thing. [2]
This means that managers do things by the book and follow company policy, while leaders
follow their intuition. Leaders stand out by being different. They question assumption and
are suspicious of tradition. They seek out truth and make decisions based on fact, not
prejudice. They have a preference for innovation. [3] Leaders have strategies, visions,
goals and valuesthat determine the course of action that they will take, rather than
attempting to control others. [4] A leader may have no organizational skills, but his vision
