Leadership vs. Management

Are leaders and managers the same?

 

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No believe it or not, they are not the same. According to Chapter 1 of "Organizational Behavior" by Hellriegal and Slocum, "a leader is a person who exhibits the key attributes of leadership, ideas, vision, values, influencing others, and making tough decisions." Leadership involves developing a vision for the future and influencing others' perspectives and outlook on particular issues. Management, however, focuses on enhancing the present and directing others. Managers "direct, control, and plan the work of others and are responsible for results." To be successful advocates in the workplace, managers should exhibit leadership qualities. All managers are, or should be leaders, but all leaders are not managers. Leaders can be identified by more titles than "manager", such as, executive, supervisor, team leader, etc. To be considered an effective leader, one must not necessarily control, but take the initative to make change when necessary. Effective leaders and managers in an organization typically carry the roles of authority, responsibility, and accountability. Although managing and leadership seel a common goal of organizational success, they both have slightly different characteristics as far as their way of initation and outlook.

Discrimination in the Workplace

Employment discrimination has a long, enduring history in the United States. Public attitudes towards discrimination as a whole have flunctuated over time. This increased concern particularly rose durign the Civil Rights Movement. During this influential period in history, minorities, particularly African Americans and women, were evoked of their rights as U.S. citizens.

 



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Twenty years from now, I hope and believe that people's prevailing attitude towards discrimination will be one of societal agreement, movement, and further abolishment. Unfortunately, to date, over fifty years post the Civil Rights Movement, people fail to realize that discrimination in the workplace and elsewhere violates the Constitution on which this country was built upon and lacks both ethics and morals. I believe that when the year 2033 comes to be, there will be less or hopefully no discrimination in the workplace simply because America, in relation to the descimination of the past, has began to accept and acknowledge the fact that regardless of race, culture, sexual orientation, etc., that we are all human and deserve to be treated equally. With the rise of legistlation regarding this present issue, an increased public awareness of the economic imbalence within the workplace has risen.