This week’s topics
Leadership versus management: inspiring people and planning the work
- Soft leadership (inspiration, motivation)
- Hard management (policymaking, planning)
- Difference between leader and manager
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Differentiate between leadership and management.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then discuss how they apply to this week’s topic and note one example from a real business.
Study materials
Videos
- What is power and influence? · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students
- Tools for planning · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students
Further resources
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 12.1: The nature of leadership · PDF · OpenStax (2019), leaders vs managers; pp. 328–329 · for registered students
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 6.1–6.5: The functions of management · PDF · OpenStax (2026), planning, organising, leading, controlling; pp. 188–202 · for registered students
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 13.1–13.2: Power and its uses · PDF · OpenStax (2019), types of power and influence; pp. 366–375 · for registered students
- CEO Behavior and Firm Performance · Open-access article · Bandiera et al. (2020), Journal of Political Economy. Tracks how 1,114 bosses spend their time and sorts them into 'leaders' and 'managers'. · for registered students
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