ESSAY

"Leadership is about creating value, generating creativity, inspiring change and

innovation and communicating vision for the future (Johnson 2009) whereas managing is

about bringing order from chaos, getting employees to move in the same direction,

cutting administration, sales and production waste, and building organisational

productivity (Hogan, 2008)" (Bartol et al, 2011).

1. With view to the above, distinguish ten characteristics between Leaders and

Managers.

2. In your opinion, is it the leader or manager who motivates the workers most and how?

Support your answers with relevant examples in organisational context.

3. From the lesson learnt in your lecture coverage, outline the major sources of a leader's

power and explain how leaders can use power to encourage subordinate commitment.

Support your answers with relevant examples.

4. If you were given the role of a leader to accomplish a major goal in organisational

context, what sources of power would you use, and why to get favorable response from

your team?