Leading in a Changing

 Analysis of Leadership and Management The topic of the differences between leadership and management, as well as their similarities, have been a topic of fascination for all those who study management or philosophy. The main difference between management and leadership is that leaders provide new ideas and influence the entire organization towards a new vision, while managers focus on controlling the employees and work processes within the organization and avoiding chaos(Algahtani, 2014). Besides, according to Peter’s series of theories, the primary goals of managers are achieving the specific goals of the organization, making workers more effective in achieving their goals, and managing the social impact and social responsibility of the organization in a broader social context, which can be seen to be more focused on work completion and efficiency and thus differentiated from leadership(Greenwood, 1981). Despite the many differences, leadership is strictly a branch of management,...

Managing diverse team and the challenge As the degree of economic globalization increases year by year, multinational corporations full of employees who came from all over the world, which urge those companies needs to embrace and utilize this diversity to create more value in terms of become more successful. Many well-known companies such as Sony, Samsung and Adidas have made good use of the changes that cultural diversity has brought to their companies. Therefore, how to manage diverse team well become a subject for every manager or leader nowadays. The theories There have been many effective theories on the management of groups with different cultural background, among which Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory and Belbin’s team roles theory have attracted the most attention. Hofstede believes that members of every social group have a set of common behavior patterns, from the country, society to the small family and unit, which correspond to different levels of culture, including n...