2.3 Leadership Management

Assessment Objectives
The key functions of management	AO2
Management versus leadership	AO2
The following leadership styles: Autocratic Paternalistic Democratic Laissez-faire Situational	AO3
How ethical considerations and cultural differences may influence leadership and management styles	AO3

Leadership

• 5 Leadership Lessons from Nelson Mandela

• What are the Four Basic Functions that Make Up the Management Process?

• Leadership vs. Management – explaining the differences between management and leadership.

• Family business leaders who think they “know best” and adopt a paternalistic leadership style can lead to unsuccessful succession transitions, by leading to feelings of dissatisfaction and inertia in the next generation – research and the paternalistic leadership style.

• Organisational Culture: When the Culture Needs to Change – examples related to leadership and concepts.

Case studies

• Ferguson’s Formula – Harvard Business Review’s case study on Alex Ferguson.

• Speed, Simplicity, Self-Confidence: An Interview with Jack Welch – explores the secrets of leadership success and values and ethics in leadership.