...managers need leadership skills, but not all effective leaders need management skills. To be good mangers need leadership skills as well as managerial skills both skills are necessarily for the organizational management. What is leadership? When people think of leaders, mostly mean politic leader like Churchill, Hitler, Morgan, Nikson and so on but now in the 2010; leaders concern and involve in the business and organization roles rather than the politician who tend to be at the top of the country or militaries owing to presently it is said that we are in the globalization era which technology and communication such as iphone, facebook, twister etc. become socially involved in life, more necessary and affordable. So the leaders play roles differently, however, much more important in the business world in the manager’s roles. Shackleton (1996) described about leadership definitions involves three components: influence, group and goal. First, leaders are who influence the behavior of others. Secondly examine in the context of a group, work group such as managers and their terms or foremen and their subordinates. Last, leadership stresses a group goal that has to be accomplished. Leadership is the process in which influences other group members towards the attainment of group or organizational goals. Leaders may influence followers, but followers influence leaders to lead in one way rather than other. Leadership and management It is mentioned that Leadership is about...
Words: 2341 - Pages: 10
...Reflective Essay Name Institution Date Having bestowed with the responsibility of Accountancy managerial in Southwest airlines, I was tasked with overlooking after all accounting operations in the organization. As an astute manager, I had to observe the contributions of the non–managerial employees as an important contribution that can facilitate the success of the organization. Thus, I took the necessary steps and measures to recognize and consider the efforts of all employees in the organization. This is one of the philosophies that drove me as an accountancy manager in the Southwest Airlines. My philosophy of management was partly derived from the Bolman and Deal philosophy where Harris had quoted a question on how much a manager shows the concern and sensitivity to people. He argues that the amount of consideration and sensitivity that he can show to his/her employees are directly proportional to the few grievances, less absenteeism and lower turnover in the organization ( Bolman & Deal, 2008). Organizational conflicts in the organization are inevitable and as a manager, I would address the competing interest to mitigate the destructiveness caused by the conflicts in the organization. In my managerial style, I try to build attentiveness in building and developing ties with both friend s and allies in order to ease conflict resolutions whenever it arises ( Bolman & Deal, 2008). The flow of communication is what I have given due attention as a manager. Not only...
Words: 1203 - Pages: 5
...ABSTRACT: My methods for research. Do the articles I researched have any relevance and accuracy? Kantabutra, S., & Vimolratana, P.. (2010). Vision-Based Leaders And Their Followers In Retail Stores: Relationships And Consequences In Australia. Journal of Applied Business Research, 26(6), 123-134. Retrieved January 24, 2011, from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 2193491261). http://proquest.umi.com.library3.webster.edu/pqdweb Sooksan Kantabutra is Chief Researcher of Leadership Research Group, College of Management, Mahidol University, Bangkok. Professor Kantabutra received his doctoral training in leadership from Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney. Pisana Vimolratana is a PHd candidate with the Leadership Research Group, College of Management, Mahidol University. This article presented a study that examined associations of store manager’s passion for motivation of staff and the use of vision among staff in Australian retail stores and how it correlates with the outcome of staff and customer satisfaction. I agree that leaders who display a passion for vision and motivation are associated with higher staff and customer satisfaction. The study was conducting with valid information, with the one drawback being that the study was accomplished only on apparel stores that sold only brand new finished clothing products for individual use, excluding shoes and accessories. Khan, S.. (2010). Impact of Authentic Leaders on Organization Performance. International...
Words: 3951 - Pages: 16
...Secondly, I would like to send a special gratitude to my respondent Puan Nor Rubaiha Mohamed Nor, CEO of Yayasan UEM, UEM Group Berhad. Last but not least, a special thanks goes to my husband, family and friends for putting a smile on my face every single day. ABSTRACT The topic of the thesis is Women in Leadership and Management. This essay concerns the subject of thesis work is to make research of women leadership attributes and management styles. In order to get clearer details about that, I have made some investigations or researches on women leadership starting from definition of it, followed by the data collection in order to strengthen the research topic. Data shows that women continue to increase their share of managerial positions but unfortunately the rate of progress is slow and uneven. Therefore, I decided to examine the barriers experienced by a woman leader and how a woman managerial approach, such as transformational leadership style, can be effective for organization to reach their goals. It is so obvious that leadership is normally dominated by men. While women have some advantages and disadvantages, also prejudice and differ style of leadership. It is very...
Words: 19291 - Pages: 78
...| | LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT | | | | | | | | | ➢ Name: VICTORIA NWANDU ➢ Student ID: L20093036 ➢ Course: PGD BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ➢ Module: LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT ➢ Assignment Title: MY PERSONAL AND MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS ➢ College: LONDON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND COMPUTER STUDIES ➢ Modular Leader: MR. IDOWU OLOWE ➢ Word Count: 765 ➢ Year: 2011/2012. In summary, based on the questionnaire given out within my organisation and colleagues at school; I have been assessed on 22 qualities of my personal and managerial effectiveness. The questionnaire is an exploration towards identifying the relationship between my personal level and managerial effectiveness level which further examines the underlying dimensions of managerial effectiveness relevant for my organization. Having worked as a contact supervisor in my organisation and the outcome of the 22 qualities of which...
Words: 788 - Pages: 4
...during the tutorial lessons. I was able to investigate a lot of areas of myself which I have never thought about before. Now, the following is my Personal profile which was written based on this knowledge that was gained from investigating process. Personal profile I am a student at Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent. My faculty is Business and Financial management. I am a good manager with a one-year experience of working as manager. I have a natural managing and leadership skills, good understanding of people and situations and communication skills. I can work logically and rationally. I am mostly interested in logics and mathematics sphere. I have good analytical and practical skills. Key skills From the above given personal statement the key skills, attributes and personal qualities that I own are firstly analytical and interpersonal skills. Moreover, my key skills include also managerial and leadership skills. These masteries have been written as the important qualities because they other than above are the most practical and achievable ones for me. And also I have more experiences on them. These skills have helped me in many situations both social and formal. On the other hand these are not the only reasons for choosing those key skills. They are also the most applicable to my future profession. Analytical skills I have included an analytical skill as one of the most important skill, because I am very good at solving mathematical problem. Furthermore...
Words: 2703 - Pages: 11
...can be improved in the future. The following paper will consider the impact of the IOM report on nursing education, nursing practice and the nurse’s role as a leader. Nursing Education According to the IOM report, the education system should be improved so that the nurses may be able to achieve higher levels of education and training. The report also suggests that the education system should be such that the academic progression of the nurses remains unhindered. The nursing education should provide a better understanding of care management, systems-level change management, quality improvement methods and the reconceptualized roles of nurses in a reformed health care system. From the report, it can be inferred that education system should add a managerial aspect to the education and training of the nurses. In order to understand the management of change in an organization and the methods to improve quality of the services provided by an organization, nurses should acquire a higher level understanding of the organizational structure and organizational management. The report recommends that the nursing education should not hinder the acquisition of higher level degree programs by the nurses but it should provide a platform for a continued learning. In order to make these steps possible, the report suggests that the nursing students should be provided more scholarships so that they may be able to acquire higher degree programs without any financial constraints. It also suggests that...
Words: 1007 - Pages: 5
...The Effective Managerial Leadership Style that Sustains Middle Management Job Satisfaction and Job Retention for Organizational Success Vivienne Huang Author Note Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Vivienne Huang, E-mail: Vivienne.huang@gmail.com Abstract Managerial leadership styles greatly determine how organizations deal with challenges and capitalize opportunities in the hospitality industry, especially for organizations with multi-level operational structures and numerous geographic locations. Changes of managerial leadership style of senior corporate management can significantly impact job satisfaction and retention of middle managers which ultimately affect a firm’s ability to maintain customer satisfaction, enhance competitive advantage in the marketplace, and sustain profitability. While traditional management approaches supply standards and processes, direct and control people, work in the system to deal with status-quo, effective managerial leadership provides leaders the integrating capacity to significantly impact on the life of their followers and the future of the organization. Interactions between top management and middle management are critical for meeting organizational objectives and executing strategic development. Top executives must carefully examine and determine the most appropriate managerial leadership style that inspire, motivate, guide and support middle managers to achieve higher performance, commitment, trust and...
Words: 6766 - Pages: 28
...Leadership and Performance in the Workplace Woody’s Veneer Factory is an industrial unit that provides high quality and environmental-friendly services within a 20,000-square meter area. Currently, Woody’s Veneer Factory has been experiencing counterproductive work behaviors by the managerial staff and its floor workers. The veneer factory production is at its lowest point because of the series of episodes such as embezzlement, increase in garbage fees as well as loss of production. Therefore, the factory superintendent, Max Barath has contacted my team of consultants to assist in the evaluation of leadership and management theories to improve the unconstructive work conditions. Through several weeks of assessment of group and team concepts within the factory, the implementation of distinctive leadership and management theories have been constructed to enhance the relationships between management and floor workers as well as diminish malevolent work behaviors.Woody’s Veneer Factory The factory superintendent, Max Barath of Woody’s Veneer Factory has contacted my team of consultants because of a sequence of malicious events such as acts of theft, increase in fees, loss of production as well as counterproductive work behaviors among management and floor workers. The floor manager, Dave Flores and quality control officer, Ken Howk have been in a physical altercation and the superintendent has disregarded the act of violence, which can be the result of the floor managers abrasive...
Words: 2089 - Pages: 9
...Individual Leadership "A leader is anyone who uses interpersonal skills to influence others to accomplish a specific goal" (Sullivan & Decker, 2009, p. 45). An effective leader must possess qualities of honesty, integrity, equality, and can communicate and listen. Other qualities of a leader include the ability to motivate, lead, promote quality performance, and guide toward a common goal while maintaining individual and group satisfaction. Management and leadership roles overlap and frequently used interchangeably, however they are different in that a manager may not be a leader, and a leader may not be in a managerial position. My personal view of leadership is that leadership is ingrained or inherited in a person as well as a learned trait. Gilbert (1975) found that potential leaders were more likely to have inherited traits such as ambition, poise, self-confidence, orderly thinking, sensitivity, flexibility, and dominance. Although the behavioral theorist believes that a leader's personal traits provide only the foundation, leaders develop through "education, training, and life experiences" (Sullivan & Decker, 2009, p. 45). My personal view is that a leader has qualities of both trait and behavioral theories. Positive leadership is vital in every goal-oriented setting, and positive leadership results in positive results. Positive leaders possess good morals, interpersonal skills, assertiveness not aggressiveness, patience, discipline, confidence, and...
Words: 656 - Pages: 3
...Managerial Decision Making and Organizational Change Two very important aspects of good leadership include managerial decision-making and managing organizational change. The two are closely related, enough so that for one to be affective the other has to be just as successfully managed. A good leader possesses the quality of good managerial decision-making, learning from experience, creating change, diversity and creative decision-making (Hellriegel, 2011). A successful leader is also one who is organized in the process of change (Hellriegel, 2011). Today’s leaders have different challenges than managers of businesses from over a decade ago. New technology has helped coordinate structure more efficiently and improved cost performance (http://www.kmbook.com /change/). As recently as the 1980’s new stresses such as balancing with shareholders, narrowing down operating efficiency, working with world markets and an entirely new form of competition, have all increased the demand for leaders good decision making and creating organized change. The success of any business heavily relies on these two factors. One of the key factors in a successful manager managerial decision-making that relies on: learning from experience, creating change, diversity and creative decision-making (Hellriegel, 2011). Learning from experience is a vital piece of decision-making as it helps figure out what a business should and should not do again. Three pieces to this process include assessing...
Words: 1436 - Pages: 6
...This paper examines the association of corporate governance variables and IPO pricing. Results show that managerial ownership is positively related to both offer price and market price premium, which is consistent with a high level of managerial ownership reducing agency costs leading to a closer alignment of interests between managers and shareholders. High blockholder ownership is positively related to offer price premium but not market price premium which implies that underwriters, but not investors, perceive that the quality of the IPO is associated with blockholder ownership. Board size is negatively associated with both measures of IPO pricing, suggesting that smaller boards are better. The other conventional corporate governance variables are not significant. Family ownership and family management are negatively related to both offer price and market price premium, which is consistent with the suggestion that the lack of separation of ownership and management causes family-controlled firms to suffer from cloudy financial vision, resulting in a negative relationship with pricing. However, family chairman is positively associated with offer price premium which implies that underwriters view family leadership on the board as beneficial. The other family governance variables are not significant. None of the board expertise variables examined are significantly related to IPO pricing. I. Introduction The launching of an initial public offering (IPO) is a pivotal event...
Words: 4139 - Pages: 17
...Systematic Management, was motivated to create a theoretical foundation for a managerial educational program based on his experience as a successful managing director of a mining company. In his day, managers had no formal training and he observed that the increasing complexity of organizations would require more professional management. Fayol's legacy is his generic Principles of Management. Of Fayol's six generic activities for industrial undertakings (technical, commercial, financial, security, accounting, managerial), the most important were The Five Functions of Management that focused on the key relationships between personnel and its management. Planning was referred as drawing up plans of actions that combine unity, continuity, flexibility and precision given the organization’s resources, type and significance of work and future trends. Creating a plan of action is the most difficult of the five tasks and requires the active participation of the entire organization. Planning must be coordinated on different levels and with different time horizons where as organizing was providing capital, personnel and raw materials for the day-to-day running of the business, and building a structure to match the work. Organizational structure depends entirely on the number of employees. An increase in the number of functions expands the organization horizontally and promotes additional layers of supervision. Leadership was about optimizing return from all employees in the interest of the entire...
Words: 4818 - Pages: 20
...Introduction During the past few decades, the role of leadership in managers has become a great argument for most scholars (Bass, 1985) in regards to the competitively intensifying economy, reduction of barriers in financial markets and the perpetual innovations (Castells, 1998: cited in Holmberg, 2009). The evolution of globalized economy today has driven many organizations towards a world class innovation. Kock and Slabbert (2003: cited in Ghasabeh et al., 2015) argued that the role of leadership in every managers is very crucial in order to achieve business objectives in this modern era. Thus, the competitiveness and complexities in business environment has put more pressure on demand of effective leader to develop those objectives. Manager needs to be equipped with necessary skills to cope with the competitive pressure in a dynamic environment. Arguably, after almost a century of research, what makes a manager be an effective leader is still remain as a huge controversy in schools of leadership. The term managerial leadership is a concept that sounds difficult to comprehend as it is the integration of managerial role and leadership where the behaviors are different but interrelated (Soucie, 1994; Collins 2002). Soucie (1989) highlighted that they are different based of their actions in interference, behavior or trait to influence the followers. Managerial leadership is combination of position power with other competencies which inclusive of skills, knowledge, critical...
Words: 1266 - Pages: 6
...ADEOYE MATRIC NUMBER: PG/SMS/014/14495 COURSE CODE: BUS 838 COURSE TITLE: MANAGEMENT THEORY. TOPIC: LEADERSHIP DATE: AUGUST, 2015 An Assignment Submitted To Prof. J.O. Adetayo OUTLINE: A. Introduction B. The Concept of Leadership C. Conclusion D. References INTRODUCTION There is nothing elusive about leadership. Although great leaders may be rare as great runners great partners or great actors, everyone has leadership potential just as everyone has some ability at running painting and acting. (The management bible leadership is about knowing what the next step is (John Adair). Ref: Neil Flamaga & Jaruis Finger (2004): The management bible cape town Zebra Press. Leadership is not an exclusive club for those who are born with it. Employees generally follows their leaders. They are therefore much likely to comply with laws and guidelines when leaders show high commitment to compliance. Leaders must set a good example and clearly communicate their expectations. Compliance with regulations much more likely when leaders develop and carry out programs that emphasize the goals of regulation such as diversity and safety. Various programme should be carefully developed and communicated to increase employees knowledge and motivation (Stewart & Brown, 2009). The Black ants filled out aimlessly without a leader. (French Proverb) a lot leadership has a lot to should in the direction of the human efforts towards organisational goal achievement. Successful...
Words: 3263 - Pages: 14
