Basis |
Manager |
Leader |
Origin |
A person becomes a manager by virtue of his position. |
A person becomes a leader on basis of his personal qualities. |
Formal Rights |
Manager has got formal rights in an organization because of his status. |
Rights are not available to a leader. |
Followers |
The subordinates are the followers of managers. |
The group of employees whom the leaders leads are his followers. |
Functions |
A manager performs all five functions of management. |
Leader influences people to work willingly for group objectives. |
Necessity |
A manager is very essential to a concern. |
A leader is required to create cordial relation between person working in and for organization. |
Stability |
It is more stable. |
Leadership is temporary. |
Mutual Relationship |
All managers are leaders. |
All leaders are not managers. |
Accountability |
Manager is accountable for self and subordinates behaviour and performance. |
Leaders have no well defined accountability. |
Concern |
A manager’s concern is organizational goals. |
A leader’s concern is group goals and member’s satisfaction. |
Followers |
People follow manager by virtue of job description. |
People follow them on voluntary basis. |
Role continuation |
A manager can continue in office till he performs his duties satisfactorily in congruence with organizational goals. |
A leader can maintain his position only through day to day wishes of followers. |
Sanctions |
Manager has command over allocation and distribution of sanctions. |
A leader has command over different sanctions and related task records. These sanctions are essentially of informal nature. |
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