Leadership & Strategic Management
Leadership & Management There are so many various definitions concerning the difference between leadership & management. Some philosophers consider that the leadership is no different from the social impact practices happening among all members of a group & others considers that the leadership is everything somebody is done in order to lead the group effective. According to Kotter (1990) “leadership is different from management, but not for the reasons most people think. Leadership is not mystical & mysterious. It has nothing to do with having “charisma” or other exotic personality traits. It is not the province of a chosen few. Nor is leadership necessarily better than management or a replacement for it”. In Kotter’s view the management is concentrated on creating order through procedures & processes, whereas the leadership is focused on creating opportunities through a correct vision. The purpose of management is to achieve clearly demarcated o...