LEADERSHIP AND

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Ece ÖZGÜNEŞ

MANAGEMENT

Is the art of organizing and coordinating a certain group of people for the aim of achieving a definite goal. It requires an ability to make someone do a specified work.

MANAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP

While management mainly focuses on coordination of teams, leadership focuses on motivation and stimulation of team members. It functions basically to bring together a group of people in the name of achieving a goal and to achieve it, stimulate and impress.

Leadership is the combination of skills and intelligence that are required to bring together a group of people for the purpose of achieving a goal.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A MANAGER

Analytical thinking

A balance between feelings and reason

A retentive memory

Taking risks in reasonable levels

A manager possesses a legal authority

A manager should priotize to preserve construction

A manager supervises, organizes and regulates

A manager should adopt methods, of which effectiveness is proven

CHARACTERISTICS OF A LEADER

Adopts a vision and shares it

Could manage projects

Deal with people individually

Shares knowledge

Solve problems and make decisions

Writes his/her own speech

Has authority from the shared goal

Should be a guide

Has abilities of ; creative thinking, politeness, diplomacy, rhetoric, organizing and socializing.

TYPES OF LEADERS

TASK- ORIENTED LEADERSHIP

This leader takes authority from legal system. Aims to get

efficiency by implementing rules. It is more widely seen in public

institutions.

CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP

This kind of leaders have ability to impress and motivate his/ her

audience more then expected. They have 3 main policy;

Come up with a vision that team members could identify themselves with

Establish a system of values that are valid for everyone

Have confidence in team members and in return gain confidence from them

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

This approach is centered on novelty, reformism, and modification. It relates individual benefits with

organizational benefits and in this way enables team

members to attach themselves to the goal

RELATIONS- ORIENTED LEADERSHIPThe leader is totally focused on

organizing, supporting and developing the people in the team. A participative style, it

tends to lead to good teamwork and creative

collaboration.

DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP

Leader uses communicative skills to impress. Gives

importance to ideas of team members and encourages

participation

As a conclusion one should be able to make distinction between management and leadership to become successful in

professional activities. But acknowledging these distinctions is not enough for that a

professional is expected to adopt true leadership characteristics and make use

of them to impress and motivate

“Managers do things right but leaders do the

right things”.   Warren Bennis

Management is a profession , leadership is a pattern of behaviour

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SOURCES:vectorstudy.com/management-topics/theories-of-leadership

www.managementstudyguide.com/leadership-theories

www.businessdictionary.com/article/705/management-vs-leadership/