"Leadership is doing the right things, Management is doing things right"

"Leadership is doing the right things, Management is doing things right"

Leadership in managing an organization mainly deals with setting the right direction for the organization. In other words it includes not only determining the objectives and goals to accomplish but also showing the right path to achieve them. This is nothing but being effective. In other words, according to Peter Drucker’s word, doing right things.

Management mainly deals with the carrying out of all organizational activities and ensuring that the end results or goals are achieved with minimum wastage of organizational resources. This is nothing but making sure that with the minimum usage of physical, HR, financial and informational resources to accomplish a task within the set time. This is nothing but being efficient, in other words doing things right.

For any organization to succeed in today’s global competitive environment, most important requirement is nothing but good leadership, to establish the vision, mission and strategies. But to achieve these mission and to realize the goals, good management of the available scarce organizational resources is also very important.

Thus efficiency and effectiveness can be related to two sides of the same coin. Because one cannot substitute the other, but doing right things (effectiveness) and doing things right (efficiency) are complementing each other. Thus leadership ensures effectiveness and management make sure that you are efficient.
 

prasadgoa

Prasad Phal
Re: "Leadership is doing the right things, Management is doing things right"

Leadership is all about leading the organisation and Management is managing the organisation. Both are the two faces of same coin and also both are interdependent on each other.To become a good leader, he/she should posses good management skills and for better management, a best leader is required.
 

madronny

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Re: "Leadership is doing the right things, Management is doing things right"

"Leadership is doing the right things, Management is doing things right"

Leadership in managing an organization mainly deals with setting the right direction for the organization. In other words it includes not only determining the objectives and goals to accomplish but also showing the right path to achieve them. This is nothing but being effective. In other words, according to Peter Drucker’s word, doing right things.

Management mainly deals with the carrying out of all organizational activities and ensuring that the end results or goals are achieved with minimum wastage of organizational resources. This is nothing but making sure that with the minimum usage of physical, HR, financial and informational resources to accomplish a task within the set time. This is nothing but being efficient, in other words doing things right.

For any organization to succeed in today’s global competitive environment, most important requirement is nothing but good leadership, to establish the vision, mission and strategies. But to achieve these mission and to realize the goals, good management of the available scarce organizational resources is also very important.

Thus efficiency and effectiveness can be related to two sides of the same coin. Because one cannot substitute the other, but doing right things (effectiveness) and doing things right (efficiency) are complementing each other. Thus leadership ensures effectiveness and management make sure that you are efficient.
 

gpuneetg

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Re: "Leadership is doing the right things, Management is doing things right"

Ofcourse all the seniors who are the leaders of their teams are the ones who are a part of the management and if leaders are good, they will guide their team members in a proper way and will ensure the welfareness of the employees and hence will take the appropiate decision and further the management will be considered right.
 
Re: "Leadership is doing the right things, Management is doing things right"

Leadership is not a part of management.however managers and leaders do should have varied combinations of leadership and management with respect to the situations.during strategic thinking processes,like say thinking about products of future or say defeating competitors,one can think of combat strategies by puting the leaders hat.but when those strategies reflect into actionable items,the same leader may have to be more of a manager and less of leader in order to foster the sustenance of strategy. Regarding Peter Drucker's definition,"things" imply everything that is required for executing strategies-tangibles like resources,people and intangibles like thinking,motivating etc.hope now it is crystal clear.
 
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