Peter Druckers

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RAMATU ISSAH
LEADERSHIP MIDSIM
13/04/14
LEADERS AND MANAGERS
Peter Drucker was a philosophical and a practical founder of the modern business corporation .A leader in the development of management education who invented the concept known as management by objectives (MBO).He made a quote that managers do things right and leaders do the right things. By this he meant the manager’s job is to plan, organize and coordinate while the leader is one who will inspire and motivate. “The leader is aware that people as humans are living systems and therefore come with their own needs and desires that has to be addressed by the organizational environment under the light of corporate goals and tasks. Motivating people in this context means to ensure that this two set of goals are linked so that performance is assured. The managers go by a set standard or way while the leaders explore different means of achieving their objectives.”
Understanding yourself will help immensely in achieving your set goals.” This is because it will help you know what you are capable of and what you would have to delegate to others to do. Managing yourself depends on knowing yourself, so that you can build performance on the characteristics that support your achievement. Most people assume that they know what they're good at and what they're not good at and that these constitute their strengths and weaknesses. Concentrate on your strength and don’t try to build performance on your weakness, but rather try managing your weakness” (Komives, 2007) .Understanding yourself entails knowing your values that guides your action, because beliefs shape our actions. When you are known for a solid value system based on integrity ...

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...and and believe in your vision and to work with you to achieve your goals while managing is more about administering and making sure the day-to-day things are happening as they should

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