Peggy Lee
HCS/514
September 22, 2014
Kerubo (Happiness) Kinaro
E-mail to Coworker To: cm_rn9520@gmail.com Cc: plee0602@gmail.com
Subject: Difference between management and leadership
Hello Carly,
I enjoyed our discussion about the leadership program training offered here at the Community Memorial Home Health Agency for new nurses’. Your feedback was very helpful. Our shift ended before I could respond to your question: What is the difference between management and leadership?
Carly, I always thought management and leadership were interchangeable. When I started composing my response to your question, I could not define the terms or provide any examples. I decided to do some research on management and leadership.
Coulter and Robbins (2012) defines as the process of coordinating and overseeing the work activities performed by others who are responsible for completing these activities. Management provides the necessary inputs (resources) in an order to obtain the desired outputs (products or services) needed to achieve the desired goals.
There are several levels of management: top management, middle management and …show more content…
He or she uses the unique interests and needs of every member of the work group to inspire goal-directed behavior that is consistent and efficient. To influence and induce others to strive toward a goal, a leader must have a deep vision of that goal and the ability to communicate the goal effectively to the group. The knowledge, insight, and skill of the leader are greater than those of other members of the group. A leader achieves the work by coordinating the work of the group. He or she is enthusiastic and self-confident and inspires confidence through both emotional and knowledge ties with his or her group. One of the major factors that characterize a successful leader is the willing acceptance of that leadership by his or her