Difference IN Leadership and Management

LEADERSHIP

• Is a process that is used to move a group towards a goal setting and goal achievement.

• This process maybe used by any person in the group.

• Ability to influence others especially getting others to reach challenging roles.

NURSING LEADERSHIP

• is the process whereby a nurse influences one or more persons to achieve specific goals in the provision of nursing care for one or more patients or clients.

Purpose of Nursing Leadership

• Improving the health status of individuals or families

• Increasing the effectiveness and level of satisfaction among professional colleagues.

• Improving attitudes of citizens and legislators toward the nursing profession and their expectation of it.

Leadership Roles

• Visionary

• Influences

• Communicator

• Teacher

• Mentor

• Decision maker

• Risk taker

Three Requirements for being a leader

• One must have a goal or an idea to which one is strongly committed.

• One must have at least one follower to lead.

• One must employ the leadership process.

Types of Leaders

• Emergent Leader – person who is chosen by the group members who have recognized and accepted the leader’s influence.

• Organizational or Imposed Leaders – person who is appointed to the position by a person or group.

Four attributes of a Leader must possess

• Awareness

• Assertiveness

• Accountability

• Advocacy

MANAGEMENT

• A form of work that involves coordinating an organization’s resources towards accomplishing organizational objectives.

NURSING MANAGEMENT

• Can be viewed as a relationship of inputs and outputs in which the workers (all members of healthcare organization), physical resources and technology (include building, ground, supplies) are merged to bring about the organizational goals for delivery of quality nursing care.

Three basic skills in Management Process

• Conceptual

• Human Relations Skill

• Technical Skills

Common Management functions

• Planning

• Staffing

• Organizing

• Directing

• Controlling

• Decision making

A successful manager must:

• Understand the work to be performed

• Master the skill in performing the job

LEADERSHIP VS. MANAGEMENT

• Leaders may or may not have official appointment to the position

Managers are appointed officially to the position

• Have power and authority to enforce decisions only so long as followers are willing to led

Have power and authority to enforce decisions •Leadership

Management

• Influences others towards goal settings, either formally or informally

Carry out predetermined policies, rules and regulations

• Interested in risk taking & exploring new ideas

Maintain an orderly, controlled rational & equitable structures

•LeadershipManagement

• Relate to people personally in an intuitive and empathetic manner

Relate to people according to their roles

• Feel rewarded from personal achievements

Feel rewarded when fulfilling organizational mission or goals

•LeadershipManagement

• May or may not be successful as managers

Are managers as long as appointment holds

• Envisions possibilitiesCalculate probabilities

•LeadershipManagement

• Is followedRules

• Do the right thing Do things right

•LeadershipManagement

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