Leading and managing go together but some differences exist between the two. The following are the differences between the leadership and the management:
- Management takes rational and
logical decisions while leadership takes decision on expectations of the
followers. Leadership has an emotional appeal while management acts on
rationality.
- The management establishes
relationship through a lawful authority while leadership establishes
relationship through power.
- Managers have formal authority but
the leaders have no such authority.
- All leaders are not managers and
all managers are leaders.
- Management is a process of planning,
organizing, directing and controlling the activities of others to attain
the organizational objectives. Leadership on the other hand, is a process
of influencing the behavior of the people to attain their assigned tasks.
A successful manager must possess both the managerial and leadership
qualities.