MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Kotter cited the difficult times being experienced by many American industries, such as increased competition, as a justification for a demand for a new type of corporate leadership. Conveniently overlooked, however, was that American always has experienced often wrenching change. Effective leadership has always been required by American industry. The demand is not a contemporary phenomenon.

Kotter also pointed to the fact that managers were being asked to develop new products, new distribution channels, new marketing methods, new manufacturing processes, new financing strategies, and much more. While all of these things were true and continue to be true, they did not then and do not now represent a departure from the history of American business enterprise wherein management and leadership have always gone hand-in-hand embodied in the same person. It is foolish to assume that a company chief executive officer (CEO) will state something such as the following: "This morning, I will manage development of a new strategy", and "this afterno

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here simply are no viable organizations with a separation of these two concepts. To attempt such a separation would be the utmost folly. The most important thing that one should know about differences between management and leadership is that precious little difference exists between the two. The more important issue is what approach to leading organizations is most relevant in the early years of the twenty-first century. Bateman and Snell (2003) suggest that transformational leadership is the approach required in today's organizations. This contention appears to be reasonable; thus, it is useful to contrast transformational leadership with transactional leadership. Leadership is the ability of one person to influence a group toward the achievement of common goals. When comparing leadership styles, the focus typically is on the effectiveness of leaders. Effectiveness, in turn, typically is the extent to which the leader's group or organization performs its tasks successfully or attains its goals (Bateman & Snell, 2003). Transformational leadership is comprised of four components. These components are (a) idealized influence, (b) inspiration, (c) intellectual stimulation, and (d) individualized consideration. Idealized
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