{"id":700,"date":"2019-04-17T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/?post_type=chapter&p=700"},"modified":"2024-04-24T22:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:46:17","slug":"introduction-to-leadership-vs-management","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/chapter\/introduction-to-leadership-vs-management\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Leadership vs Management","rendered":"Introduction to Leadership vs Management"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Describe the history, context and utility of the distinction between leadership and management<\/h2>\r\nThe ideas of leadership and management were developed independently and under vastly different circumstances. The concept of the \u201cgreat man\u201d was the birth of the idea of leadership, celebrating the qualities and accomplishments of men who changed the world. The idea of \u201cmanagement,\u201d which included the study of employee tasks to determine which methods of performance were most productive and profitable, came from a very different, more pedestrian place. Management was a means to an end. Leadership was almost godlike.\r\n\r\nToday, there\u2019s less of a divide between \u201cleader\u201d and \u201cmanager.\u201d \u00a0So much so, that we contemplate and argue the differences between the two functions.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do:\u00a0Describe the history, context and utility of the distinction between leadership and management<\/h2>\n

The ideas of leadership and management were developed independently and under vastly different circumstances. The concept of the \u201cgreat man\u201d was the birth of the idea of leadership, celebrating the qualities and accomplishments of men who changed the world. The idea of \u201cmanagement,\u201d which included the study of employee tasks to determine which methods of performance were most productive and profitable, came from a very different, more pedestrian place. Management was a means to an end. Leadership was almost godlike.<\/p>\n

Today, there\u2019s less of a divide between \u201cleader\u201d and \u201cmanager.\u201d \u00a0So much so, that we contemplate and argue the differences between the two functions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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