Concept of leadership and management within the manufacturing industry

Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1, Glynd¿r University, Wrexham known as NEWI (NEWI - Wales, Business School), language: English, abstract: Before discussing the concept of Leadership and Management within the Manufacturing Industry, it¿s important to define clearly what does Leadership and Management mean, because these two words are often used interchangeably. Most people think there exists no difference between a Manager and a Leader, therefore they think, that the person who seems to be the Leader must be a Manager, or the other way round, every Manager must be a Leader.

In this paper the differences of Leadership and Management is defined. Furhtermore it discusses several management systems as well as several Leadership models. The difference between Leadership and Management is elaborated and discussed.

Management can be seen as the formal structure of an organisation. The main goal is to find a structure, in which the people can work together very effective, to increase productivity. On the other hand Leadership deals with people. It tries to change the behaviour of the superior itself admit a better co-operation between each employee. Therefore the communication and trust between superior and subordinate as well as the communication between subordinates becomes very important. It can be also seen as the informal structure of an organisation. Who are the people who trust people, and are willing to follow?