From Management to Leadership

Good management is an essential factor in succeeding organizational goals ,yet  managers have to be leaders too. because distinctive characteristics combined  with management and leadership provides strengths for any organization. In a better way it could be simplify as “Management organize the production and supply of fish to people, where as Leadership teaches and motivate people to fish. Organizations  need both types of Skills ”  Says Gordon P. Rebey 2010.

Management and Leadership reflects different sets of skills and qualities which regularly overlap within the  individual. One person’s quality and skills might different than other , but ideally a manager develops a balance of both. Primarily management promotes stability and within the existing structure and systems of an organization to ensure that the supplier being paid, customer being invoiced , production of good and service on time and so forth. On the other hand leadership promotes vision and change by questioning the status quo and being willing to face reasonable outdated risks, unproductive or socially irresponsible norms to be replaced to face new challenges.

“Ford” is only one of the big three automakers in In US . It was losing $83 million a day in 2008. Allan Mulally the CEO has applied both management and leadership to revive Ford motor company. He approached his excellent management skills to route out operating inefficiencies, cut costs, stream line the structure and improve quality. On the other hand he inspired people with the vision and transformed it to meet the challenges of the 21^st century. His leadership could able to shift ego-driven culture to accountability and committed. Further he motivated thousands of employees to embrace change and execute the vision and the strategy. He ate in the company cafeteria rather than the executive dining room , talked with people at all levels ,occasionally popped in to meeting to offer encouragement and three years later in 2011 the company had a net profit of $20 billion.

Leadership cannot replace management and it should be in addition to that. Good management needed to help to meet current commitment while good leadership need to move organization into the future. The power of leadership comes from the foundation of the well managed organization.

 

 

REFERANCES

This analogy is from Gordon P.Rabey, “Leadership is Response: A Paper for Discussion,” Industrial and Commercial Training 42, no2(2010):87-92,

Richard L.Daft  “New era of Management.” Human Resource Management :497 -498;