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The concept of management while Aristotle is the practitioner
draws from and is an object of basing his acts on empirical
study in philosophy, history, search.
political science, sociology,
psychology, military science Weber brought to modern
and theology while the concept sociology and by extension to
of leadership is also an area of management theory the ancient
interest and study for most of Greek term of “charisma”
these fields. which means a gift of grace,
a mysterious personality
A broad discussion has emerged characteristic of an individual
concerning similarities and personality.
differences between leaders and
managers as persons, and of Managers and leaders appeal to
leadership and management as a their subordinates and followers
process revealed by observable because of their heroic, religious
behaviour of such persons. or ethical aptitudes, skills or
dexterities irrespective of the
Bennis and Nanus, in a book reality of actually being so or
considered significant for
management, considered “Great Men” and the Business
managers as persons who world
master routines and accomplish
prescribed activities in contrast As management theories
to leaders who influence others developed in the last few decades,
and provide visions: “Managers the “Great Man” concept in
are people who do things right politics and religion shifted to
and leaders are people who do the the business world. A corollary
right things”. to this was the introduction of the
theory differentiating transactional
leadership and transformational
Plato, Aristotle & Weber leadership.
For Plato, leaders are not born Transactional leadership in
with the innate capacity to management theory presupposes
manage but must be carefully an exchange process of
chosen and trained to do so mutual dependence founded
and through proper education in the authority structure of an
become aristocrats of merit and enterprise or organization. This
knowledge. type of managerial leadership
appeals to the subordinates and
Aristotle did not favour follower’s self-interest and the
aristocracy and insisted that manager-leader’s clarification
leaders-managers should acquire of work tasks and expectations,
‘sophrosyne’ (Σωφροσύνη is and corresponding rewards or
a Greek a term designating punishments.
temperance and prudence and
even a harmonious state of Transformational leadership
self-control). shows the significance of human
relations qualities in the crucial
Placing matters in a interdependency of the manager-
contemporary, modern Human leader-subordinate-follower
Resource management relationship, resulting in elevated
terminology we can say that dedication to goal achievement in
Plato’s is a qualitative approach to private or public enterprises and
management and leadership organizations.
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