Chapter 1, Fulfillemnt
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Question 1:
1a) Explain the difference between effective leaders and effective managers. Can someone be effective at both managing and leading? Illustrate your answer with reference to:
i. Current thinking in leadership and management
ii. Leaders / managers you have experienced
1b) What are your own strengths and weaknesses as a manager and a leader and how do you balance the demands of both these roles? What impact do your own personal preferences have on your abilities as a manager and a leader?
How to solve this question??
• Why would you answer this?
• What are you answering?
• How do you answer it?
• What have you answered?
Work out definitions:
1. What does effective mean?
2. What is a manager? What is a leader?
3. Difference between leader and manager?
Read theories:
- Which are there. Which are famous?
- Compare theories on managers and on leaders. Where are the differences and where are the comparisons?
- Could there be ‘overlap’?
Personal experience on managers and leaders:
- Managers: Henry, Rolf, Brian, Sander
- Leaders: eBuddy
Own strengths:
- Feedback training
- Compare with 1a.
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Notes:
- Not agreeing with CMI view on management. Too simplistic and narrow formulated.
- CMI view on Leadership: very HR centric. Creating the framework for people to work in is missing.
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Quotes:
THEJOURNAL FOR QUALITY & PARTICIPATION Summer2006, James Kotterman page 13 - 17
Many leadership theorists have noted that there are nearly as many definitions for leadership as attempts to characterize it (Bass, 1990; Kotter, 1990, 1999; Terry, 1993; Zaleznik, 1998).
A review of leadership and management performance literature reveals a wide array of definitions, usages, and results. Although...
1a) Explain the difference between effective leaders and effective managers. Can someone be effective at both managing and leading? Illustrate your answer with reference to:
i. Current thinking in leadership and management
ii. Leaders / managers you have experienced
1b) What are your own strengths and weaknesses as a manager and a leader and how do you balance the demands of both these roles? What impact do your own personal preferences have on your abilities as a manager and a leader?
How to solve this question??
• Why would you answer this?
• What are you answering?
• How do you answer it?
• What have you answered?
Work out definitions:
1. What does effective mean?
2. What is a manager? What is a leader?
3. Difference between leader and manager?
Read theories:
- Which are there. Which are famous?
- Compare theories on managers and on leaders. Where are the differences and where are the comparisons?
- Could there be ‘overlap’?
Personal experience on managers and leaders:
- Managers: Henry, Rolf, Brian, Sander
- Leaders: eBuddy
Own strengths:
- Feedback training
- Compare with 1a.
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Notes:
- Not agreeing with CMI view on management. Too simplistic and narrow formulated.
- CMI view on Leadership: very HR centric. Creating the framework for people to work in is missing.
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Quotes:
THEJOURNAL FOR QUALITY & PARTICIPATION Summer2006, James Kotterman page 13 - 17
Many leadership theorists have noted that there are nearly as many definitions for leadership as attempts to characterize it (Bass, 1990; Kotter, 1990, 1999; Terry, 1993; Zaleznik, 1998).
A review of leadership and management performance literature reveals a wide array of definitions, usages, and results. Although...