Management and Leadership VATL Meeting

Management What is Management? McLaughlin (1994) says that: “Management can be defined as the effective utilization of resources (both human and material) to achieve an organization’s objectives”. (p.3) Hunter (1991) “In some ways the task of supervising is more demanding than that of more senior management. The managing role can be described under five headings […]. These are: Planning Organising Directing Controlling Staffing.”

The Management Process What has this to do with management theories?

Management Theories Weber: Bureaucratic Model of Management: Chain of Command Taylor: Scientific management: time and motion Mayo: Norms powerful control over workers Maslow: Needs Hierarchy McGregor: Theory X and Theory Y Hertzberg: Hygiene or Motivation theories Likert: Human behavior/motivation and leadership style associations. Used to Explain Human Behaviour in different contexts:

Leadership: A Facet of Management Managers think incrementally Leaders think radically “ Managers do things right, while Leaders do the right thing” (Pascale) Managers follow the rules; Leaders follow their intuition Leaders stand out by being different. They question assumptions and are suspicious of tradition. They seek out truth and make decisions based on fact not prejudice Leaders are observant and sensitive people. They know their team and develop mutual confidence within it (Fenton) Are you a leader or a manager? Many people by the way are both, they have management jobs but they realise that you cannot buy hearts, especially down difficult paths, so they act as leaders too. Research indicates managers tend to come from stable backgrounds, led relatively normal comfortable lives, which leads them to be risk averse and seek to avoid conflict where possible that is run the happy ship Many people by the way are both, they have management jobs but they realise that you cannot buy hearts and minds esp down difficult paths, so they act as leaders too. Research indicates managers tend to come from stable backgrounds, lead relatively normal comfortable lives, which leads them to be risk averse and seek to avoid conflict where possible that is run the happy ship.

Management Vs Leadership

Subject Leader Manager Essence Change Stability Focus Leading people Managing work Have Followers Subordinates Horizon Long-term Short-term Seeks Vision Objectives Approach Sets direction Plans detail Decision Facilitates Makes Power Personal charisma Formal authority Appeal to Heart Head Energy Passion Control Dynamic Proactive Reactive Persuasion Sell Tell Rules Breaks Likes Striving Action Risks Takes Minimizes Conflict Uses Avoids Direction New roads Existing roads Credit Gives Blame Blames

Change

Factors Needed for Successful Change

Quotes: Heraclities 535‑475 BC notes that there is nothing permanent except change. Anatole France all changes, even longed for change have their melancholy, for what we leave behind us is part of ourselves; we must die one life before we can enter another Alfred North Whitehead Accept change and get stability ‑‑ resistance produces chaos. He suggests that the art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to pressure change among order. "The past is gone; the present is full of confusion; and the future scares the hell out of me" (D.L. Stein). Advanced Library and Cultural Studies Project2008.doc

Adoption of Change

Rate of Change

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