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This 12 page paper examines different concepts of leadership and management, tracing the development of different ideas and theories from personality and trait theories to the modern concepts of contingency theory and the work of theorists such as Goleman, considering the ways in which they may be used to explain the practice of leadership. The bibliography cites 17 sources.
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and managers who have the function of management, are not necessarily the same. Zalenick (1977) believes that they are two different types of people, Kotter (1990) seeks to help differentiate
between the two by looking at their functions and characteristics. In this approach management is responsible for planning, controlling and implementing systems and structures (Kotter, 1990). It is argued that
leadership has a broader range of responsibilities and duties, including giving the firm and employees direction, inspiring, motivating and aligning people, the taking on of a visionary perspective, anticipating and
coping with change. In this leadership context is more proactive and more forward looking as well as involving a potentially higher level of original thinking (Kotter, 1990).
The difference between leadership and management can also be considered in the way that a leader or a manager gains direction. Zaleznik (1977) believes that
management goals materialize as a result of necessity; management needs to be good at resolving conflict to aid organizations in achieving its goals though the management of the everyday operations.
Contrastingly, leadership goals are a reflection of internal motivations, desire, beliefs or passions (Zaleznik, 1977). In practice this means leaders concentrate on people and meanings including emotions, while managers work
at a lower level of emotion and do not look for meaning, focusing on task completion (Zaleznik, 1977). This does not mean managers do not look at or focus on
people, they will often need to work with people in order achieve their goals; the difference is in the orientation of the interest. A good definition of a leader
from the dictionary reads "a guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group" (Dictionary.com, 2011). In the business context Drucker argues that that what identifies
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