Leaders’ v/s Managers
Posted by Riddhi Jariwala on March 21, 2022 16:22
Leaders’ v/s Managers
- “Leadership and managership are two synonymous terms” are an incorrect statement. Leadership doesn’t require any managerial position to act as a leader.
- On the other hand, a manager can be a true manager only if he has got the traits of leader in him. By virtue of his position, manager must provide leadership to his group.
- A manager has to perform all five functions to achieve goals, i.e., Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, and Controlling.
- Leadership is a part of these functions. Leadership as a general term is not related to managership. A person can be a leader by virtue of qualities in him.
- For example: leader of a club, class, welfare association, social organization, etc.
- Therefore, it is true to say that “All managers are leaders, but all leaders are not managers.”
- A leader is one who influences the behaviour and work of others in group efforts towards achievement of specified goals in each situation.
- On the other hand, manager can be a true manager only if he has got traits of leader in him.
- Manager at all levels is expected to be the leaders of work groups so that subordinates willingly carry instructions and accept their guidance.
- A person can be a leader by virtue of all qualities in him.
Leaders and Managers can be compared on the following basis:
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Basis
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Manager
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Leader
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Origin
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A person becomes a manager by virtue of his position.
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A person becomes a leader on basis of his personal qualities.
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Formal Rights
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Manager has got formal rights in an organization because of his status.
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Rights are not available to a leader.
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Followers
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The subordinates are the followers of managers.
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The group of employees whom the leaders’ leads are his followers.
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Basis
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Manager
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Leader
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Functions
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A manager performs all five functions of management.
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Leader influences people to work willingly for group objectives.
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Necessity
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A manager is very essential to a concern.
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A leader is required to create cordial relation between person working in and for organization.
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Stability
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It is more stable.
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Leadership is temporary.
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Mutual Relationship
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All managers are leaders.
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All leaders are not managers.
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Accountability
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Manager is accountable for self and subordinates’ behaviour and performance.
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Leaders have no well-defined accountability.
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Concern
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A manager’s concern is organizational goals.
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A leader’s concern is group goals and member’s satisfaction.
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Followers
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People follow manager by virtue of job description.
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People follow them on voluntary basis.
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Role continuation
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A manager can continue in office till he performs his duties satisfactorily in congruence with organizational goals.
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A leader can maintain his position only through day to day wishes of followers.
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Sanctions
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Manager has command over allocation and distribution of sanctions.
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A leader has command over different sanctions and related task records. These sanctions are essentially of informal nature.
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Reference Link:
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