Is it management or leadership?

Management and leadership are two distinct and complementary systems of action. Identifying the differences between their components will help you understand each system.

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Decide which of the following actions show management and which ones show leadership.

Establish detailed steps for achieving the desired targets

Management

Correct choice. Establishing detailed steps for achieving the desired targets is a management activity that takes place during the planning and budgeting process. This activity is consistent with the aim of management: to obtain well-defined, orderly results.

Leadership

Not the best choice. Establishing detailed steps for achieving the desired targets is a management activity that takes place during the planning and budgeting process. This activity is consistent with the aim of management: to obtain well-defined, orderly results.

Allocate the resources required to accomplish desired targets

Management

Correct choice. Allocating the resources required to accomplish desired targets is a management activity that takes place during the planning and budgeting process. This activity is consistent with the aim of management: to obtain well-defined, orderly results.

Leadership

Not the best choice. Allocating the resources required to accomplish desired targets is a management activity that takes place during the planning and budgeting process. This activity is consistent with the aim of management: to obtain well-defined, orderly results.

Gather a range of data and look for patterns, relationship, and linkages

Management

Not the best choice. One of leadership's key functions is to set a direction for change. Setting a direction for change requires leaders to gather a wide range of data and look for patterns, relationships, and linkages.

Leadership

Correct choice. One of leadership's key functions is to set a direction for change. Setting a direction for change requires leaders to gather a wide range of data and look for patterns, relationships, and linkages.

Choose a job hierarchy and justify reporting relationships

Management

Correct choice.

Organizing and staffing are management processes that involve creating systems that enable people to implement plans as precisely and efficiently as possible. One key component of the staffing process is choosing a job hierarchy and justifying reporting relationships.

Leadership

Not the best choice. Organizing and staffing are management processes that involve creating systems that enable people to implement plans as precisely and efficiently as possible. One key component of the staffing process is choosing a job hierarchy and justifying reporting relationships.

Solicit input and discussion from a wide range of people

Management

Not the best choice. Aligning people falls under the domain of leadership, not management. To align people to a vision, a leader must solicit input and discussion from a wide range of people, help them to comprehend a vision of an alternative future, and get them to believe in and become energized by this vision.

Leadership

Correct choice. Aligning people falls under the domain of leadership, not management. To align people to a vision, a leader must solicit input and discussion from a wide range of people, help them to comprehend a vision of an alternative future, and get them to believe in and become energized by this vision.

Decide on how much authority to delegate, and to whom

Management

Correct choice. Making decisions about how much authority to delegate, and whom to delegate the authority to is a management task. Delegation forms part of a manager's organizing and staffing function, which at its core involves creating systems that enable people to implement plans as precisely and efficiently as possible.

Leadership

Not the best choice. Making decisions about how much authority to delegate, and whom to delegate the authority to is a management task. Delegation forms part of a manager's organizing and staffing function, which at its core involves creating systems that enable people to implement plans as precisely and efficiently as possible.

Recognize and reward success

Management

Not the best choice. Recognizing and rewarding success form part of the leadership process of motivating and inspiring. Motivating and inspiring energizes people not by pushing or pulling them in the right direction, but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement.

Leadership

Correct choice. Recognizing and rewarding success form part of the leadership process of motivating and inspiring. Motivating and inspiring energizes people not by pushing or pulling them in the right direction, but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement.

Support employees' efforts to realize the vision by providing coaching, feedback, and role modeling

Management

Not the best choice. Motivating and inspiring are components of leadership. While a manager might control activities or solve problems, leaders must energize people by satisfying basic human needs for achievement by providing coaching, feedback, and role modeling.

Leadership

Correct choice. Motivating and inspiring are components of leadership. While a manager might control activities or solve problems, leaders must energize people by satisfying basic human needs for achievement by providing coaching, feedback, and role modeling.

Efficiently compare the behavior of the system they've organized and staffed with the original plan and budget

Management

Correct choice. Being able to efficiently compare a system they've organized to its original intended parameters is an important management task. To make such analysis possible, managers use processes like controlling activities and solving problems.

Leadership

Not the best choice. Being able to efficiently compare a system they've organized to its original intended parameters is an important management task. To make such analysis possible, managers use processes like controlling activities and solving problems.

If the comparison reveals a divergence from the original course, take the corrective actions necessary to get the plan back on track

Management

Correct choice. A major component of the work of management is to devise processes to make it easy for people to complete their daily jobs. Managers use processes like controlling activities and problem solving to reach this goal. In contrast, the work of leadership is to set direction, align people to a vision, and motivate these people to achieve it.

Leadership

Not the best choice. A major component of the work of management is to devise processes to make it easy for people to complete their daily jobs. Managers use processes like controlling activities and problem solving to reach this goal. In contrast, the work of leadership is to set direction, align people to a vision, and motivate these people to achieve it.