Running head: Management and Leadership Paper
Management and Leadership Paper
University of Phoenix
The difference between management and leadership is that management is concerned
about structuring the organization and placing individuals in the right positions that are
able to perform the functions of those duties and monitors the progress of the people
performance. Leadership motivates the people to understand the vision of the organization
and to help them to move closer to that direction, and to help them rise above what
obstacles that may stump them.
Managers are responsible for being a manger and a leader all rolled up into one, but it
takes an effective leader to carry out the roles. A leader has to have followers that are
willing to follow the quest. The manager must be able to understand the people potential
prior to placing them in a particular position within the organization so that there will be a
good fit to the organization. The mangers that are staffing the positions want to be able to
have individuals that can work on there own and be able to get along with others within the
environment. The staff needs to understand the vision of the organization, and to be able to
follow that quest and stay on tack, not deviate from the vision of the organization. To make
sure that the staff understand the vision the leaders within the organization must be able to
lead the staff to function and give the tasks to the appropriate individuals that they know
could handle the tasks. New employees coming on board may be coming right out of
