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This 9 page paper looks at the differences and similarities between leadership and management, applying and comparing the theoretical concepts with the way they are observed in a large company. The paper uses Microsoft as an example. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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at a large international corporation such as Microsoft it is possible to see how and why both roles are important, and appreciate the differences as well as the commonalties, as
it is possible for leaders to be managers and manager to be leaders, but the two are not synonymous. In a small company it may be argued that there
is only room for one leader, but in a company the size of Microsoft it may be argued that there is the need for a number of leaders as well
as managers. Individuals such as Bill Gates, Chairman and former CEO; Steve Ballmer CEO and other board members such as Reed Hastings and Jon A Shirley may all be seen
as leaders, as well as others, such as the heads of many of the larger departments within the organizations, there are also a large number of managers. To consider
the different generally as well as within Microsoft the differences and similarities of managers and leaders needs to be discussed and applied to the company. Zaleznik (1977) states
that "managers and leaders are two very different types of people". This is a view with agrees with Drucker, who does not believe that leaders can be defined merely by
personality, but that a leader will have characteristics which are not found in a manager, making them different types of people (Hesselbein et al, 1997). Drucker argues that what identifies
a leader, separating them from managers, is that leaders will have followers, will set examples and will have responsibilities. Furthermore, Drucker also argues that leaders will often be self critical,
subjecting themselves to a mirror test (Hesselbein et al, 1997). This appears to be aligned with the ideas of Zaleznik (1977) who believes that the differences between leaders and
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