Leadership vs Management A Business （领导和管理业务）.pdfVIP

Leadership vs Management A Business Excellence / Performance Management view George A. Bohoris Professor in Total Quality Management, MBA TQM Programme Director, Department of Business Administration, Karaoli Dimitriou 80, 185 34 Piraeus bohori@unipi.gr Evanthia P. Vorria Ph.D Candidate in Business Administration Department of Business Administration, Karaoli Dimitriou 80, 185 34 Piraeus evanthiavorria@yahoo.gr Keywords: Leadership, B usiness Excellence, Perf ormance Management, Assessment Frameworks ategory: General Review Introduction Leadership and management are often considered practically overlapping concepts. But are they? Is there a difference between the two concepts or leadership is a facet of management and therefore cannot be separated? Virtually all organizations, including large corporations, academia, leadership theorists, researchers and authors are concerned about the difference and believe it is important. This article aims to focus on the differences and similarities at all organization’s levels and to by reviewing requests of the most known Business Excellence Frameworks. Leadership versus Management Leadership There are many diverse definitions of leadership. Stogdill concluded that there are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept”. While Peter Drucker sums up that: The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers. To gain followers requires influence but doesnt exclude the lack of integrity in achieving this” (Yukl, 1989). Some theorists believe that leadership is no different from the social influence processes occurring among all members of a grou