Learning Activity 1 - Due 9/26/15

500 WORDS OR 5-7 PARAGRAPHS (REFERENCES HAVE TO BE APA FORMAT)

THEME ONE: What is the manager’s perspective of leadership? How does it differ from the leader’s perspective?  Managers focus on process, procedure, and implementation of the organization’s purpose. Their perspective is on getting the job done and keeping stability. The leader is about change and moving the people toward the vision. The area of overlap comes in terms of the need to use “soft or people skills” to get their job done yet even there a difference in perspective is seen. The manager motivates while the leader empowers.

LA1

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

Peter Drucker

“Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.”

Rusell Honore

“When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.”

Warren Buffett

“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.”

Paul Hawken

“Management is nothing more than motivating other people.”

Lee Iacocca

In the five quotes above each leader is commenting on the perspective of a manager in the organization as opposed to a leader. Keep these quotes in your mind when reading this week’s material and formulate your management perspective. How should a manager approach his or her job? What ideas should be their watch words? Think of things like setting goals, making decisions, motivating employees and allocating resources. What mindset should a good manager have to approach these tasks?

Readings:

• Evaluation and the Information Needs of Organizational Leaders
• The Leader’s Role in Strategy
• What is the Manager’s Role in Strategy Execution
• The ten principles of collaborative organizations
• Leadership vs. Management
• Understanding the Difference: Leadership vs. Management
• 9 Differences Between Managers and Leaders