Leadership and Management Principles Quiz

Leadership and Management Presented by: Joy V. Malilay, MAN, RN MANAGEMENT is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; LEADERSHIP determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. —Stephen R. Covey Management is the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization through the deployment and manipulation of resources. Leaders are in the front, moving forward, taking risks, and challenging the status quo. A Comparison of Traditional Management and Leadership Components Managers Are assigned a position by the organization Have a legitimate source of power due to delegated authority that accompanies their position Have specific duties and responsibilities they are expected to carry out Emphasize control, decision making, decision analysis, and results Manipulate people, the environment, money, time, and other resources to achieve the goals of the organization Have a greater formal responsibility and accountability for rationality and control than leaders.

Management emphasizes control, decision making, and results; leadership is about taking risks and challenging the status quo. (correct)

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Management manipulates resources to achieve organizational goals; leadership is about rationality and control.

Managers are assigned a position and have specific duties; leaders are in the front, moving forward and challenging the status quo.

Emphasize control, decision making, and decision analysis.

Are assigned a position by the organization and have specific duties.

Are in the front, moving forward, taking risks, and challenging the status quo. (correct)

Manipulate people, the environment, money, time, and other resources to achieve the goals of the organization.

<p>They have a legitimate source of power due to delegated authority.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emphasizing control, decision making, and results.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Managers have greater formal responsibility and accountability for rationality and control than leaders.</p> Signup and view all the answers