br />Management and Leadership Paper
Management is not leadership just as leadership is not management. In order to
differentiate between the two we must ask ourselves which we relate to more, or rather,
which we consider ourselves to be by asking the question which am I? Am I a Manager or
can I consider myself a Leader? What type of person makes a good manager? What type of
personality is best for leaders?
Management and leadership are two notions that may be interchangeably, but there is a
huge difference between a manager and a leader. They are two different ways of
organizing people; the manager uses a formal method and the leader uses passion.
“Managers do things right, and leaders do the right things.” (Chapman, 2004, p.80)
Leadership is having the ability to give guidance to those that will follow. It involves both
sides of human experience. It includes actions and influences based on reason and logic as
well those based on inspiration and passion. Leadership is a social process shared among
all members of a group. Leadership development comes through experience. We all learn
from our different experiences. Whether positive or negative, they are our tools for growth
and development. Management is a position of authority. Management says what need to
get done and supplies the material to get it done. Management tends to be the more
educated than the experienced. Managers can be trained to hold a position. Management is
a position of leadership.
The leadership process is a total learning process. We all are leaders in our own way at
different times in our lives. For example a father or mother with children, their children
look to them for guidance. They also learn their values and about their culture through
them. That is having leadership abilities. Friends look to each other for advice and
different experiences that each of them have done. Some people perform leadership acts on
the daily basis and dont even realize it until they think about it or until someone brings it to
their attention. Thats why its said that a part of learning about leadership is to always think
about it. Leadership is just one of the many assets a successful manager mustposses,
because a manager can manage the process or system but can not manage people. If
organizations expect every manager to be a leader, or if they confuse the two roles,
gradually they will be falling apart. Care must be taken in distinguishing between the two
