Managers Can Be Developed, but Leaders Are Born, Not Made.

Managers can be developed, but leaders are born, not made. Table of contents Table of contents ii 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 BODY OF ARGUEMENT 1 2.1 THE ROLE OF THE MANAGER 1 2.2 THE ROLE OF THE LEADER 1 2.3 OVERLAP BETWEEN THE ROLES OF MANAGER AND LEADER 2 2.4 CAN THE ROLES OF THE MANAGER AND LEADER BE DEVELOPED? 2 2.5 CAN GREAT LEADERS BE DEVELOPED, OR ARE THEY BORN? 3 3 CONCLUSION 4 4 REFERENCES 4 1 INTRODUCTION To debate the statement ‘managers can be developed, but leaders are born, not made’ we first need to gain an understanding of the roles played by managers and leaders, outlining the perceived differences and how these have evolved over time. This will provide the context for discussion of†¦show more content†¦Zaleznik (1977) contends there has been a shift from the leader being viewed as an idolised head of business, to an artist. This has been summarised by Angelucci (2005: 12) as leadership revolving around the art of managing people â€Å"which requires willingness to accept and understand their human aspects and diversity†. Singe (1997: 32) went further by suggesting we have â€Å"to surrender the myth of leaders as isolated heroes commanding their organisations from on high†. In future, leadership â€Å"will be distributed among diverse individuals and teams who share responsibility for creating the organisations future†. These findings suggest the isolated roles of manager and leader should cease to exist, and that all organisations need elements of leadership throughout. 2.4 CAN THE ROLES OF THE MANAGER AND LEADER BE DEVELOPED? Management in its basic technical form is tangible and can be developed. Budgeting, resource allocation and human resource management courses are widespread. Interestingly Bennis (2009) found throughout his study that United States organisations were under-led and over-managed. 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