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A 6 page paper that discusses several issues. The writer begins with an explanation of the differences between leadership and management. The writer comments on the roles and responsibilities of leaders and managers in creating healthy organizational culture and also discusses the impact of globalization on management. Finally, the paper offers two strategies to create a healthy organizational culture. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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methods listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates.?? LEADERSHIP VERSUS MANAGEMENT
, November 2010 properly! It is difficult to succinctly describe the differences between leadership and
management. Warren Bennis (1989), a management guru suggested that a succinct explanation is that managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing.
More recently, Team Technology (2010) stated that leadership is about setting a new direction and/or a new vision for the organization or even for a team and management is about
controlling resources and people in alignment with the organizations values and principles. The Changing Minds Organization provided a list that illustrated the differences between managers and leaders. Some of
the differences are: leaders have followers, managers have subordinates; leaders focus on long term while managers focus more on short term; leaders are vision-oriented, managers are objective-oriented; leaders set the
direction while managers plan the details; leaders shape the culture and managers implement the culture; and leaders are proactive while managers are reactive (ChangingMinds.org, 2010). It is easy to understand
why there may be confusions about the differences between a leader and a manager. Managers and leaders in the same organization may need to have the same skills and knowledge.
Also, the some of the same traits are needed for both positions, e.g., excellent communication skills, problem solving skills and conflict management skills. Further, excellent managers lead and excellent leaders
manage. Both managers and leaders have a direct impact on the performance and productivity of employees. Team Technology (2010) said that an organization can not have leadership without management nor
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