Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, , language: English, abstract: According to Armstrong (2009), “Management is concerned with the effective use of all resources, including people. While leadership concentrates on getting the best out of people to do their best to achieve a ...

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, , language: English, abstract: According to Armstrong (2009), “Management is concerned with the effective use of all resources, including people. While leadership concentrates on getting the best out of people to do their best to achieve a desired result. It involves developing and communicating a vision for the future, motivating people and gaining their engagement.” These definitions mentions that there are several different between leading and managing people in businesses and organisations. In general, people consider management is all about planning, organising, leading and controlling while leadership is more concern with qualities such as motivation, innovation and support to achieve the goals and objectives.This essay will explain the major different between the leadership and management. By comparing the differences, I will first define the concepts of leadership and management, their roles and how they inspire, lead, support and motivate people in the workforces. Second I will analyse more detail on leadership and management functions are widely operation based on several scholar and academics and business perspectives, and finally I will use the several leadership and management theories to explain key differences between leadership and managerial behaviour in order to predict the future managerial leadership skill in organisations.