PUB AD:Leader Vs Manager

Leadership vs Manager
A leader is a person who inspires people in a desired direction. He sets the vision for an organization and initiates change. He aligns people and empowers them to achieve the goals. He is more informal in behavior. A leader has stylistic gift of grace and enjoys power
A manager gets things done. He helps in achieving the vision by monitoring and controlling the employees. He plans the path towards achieving the goals. He has a status and authority.
In an organization, both leader and manager strive towards the same goals. But their style of functioning is different. A leader achieves the goals by empowering the people while a manager achieves by monitoring and controlling people. A manager is directly involved at the field level in achieving the goals while leader is indirectly involved. The common functions of leader and manager are

a) Decision making
b) Human relation
c) Achieving vision
A leader performs decision making by setting a vision while a manager does so by planning and budgeting.
A leader has a informal relationship with his followers and inspires them to achieve the goals while Manager has a formal relationship with subordinates and organizes and staffs them
A leader achieving the vision by communicating the vision while manager strives to achieve vision by monitoring and controlling the subordinates.
A manager is wary of creation of power centres. Hence he monitors and controls subordinates after delegating authority to them.
For optimal effectiveness of an organization , both leaders and managers are essential.