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HND Travel & Tourism Management
Alice Parker
Unit 3: The Developing Manager
Unit code: L/601/1743
QCF level: 5
Credit value: 15
Task1. (Assessment criteria 1.1 and 1.2)
As a researcher the task set is to compare different management styles and discuss the similarities and differences between leadership and management. Also the aim is to identify how leadership and management characteristics differ.
Explain how these various theories can be applied in real work situations. Look at how you have been managed in the past do any of the theories relate to how you were managed.
This task will be produced on a Word Document and will include examples related to the Travel and Tourism Industry.
Introduction
Throughout this word document the researcher will be defining what management and leadership is. They will also evaluate the differences and similarities between management and leadership and discuss the theorists relating to these styles. The theorists will be shown in the form of a timeline and throughout the task I will use relevant industry examples and reference in Harvard style.
What is Leadership and Management?
When defining management there are many different terms for what management is and a definition from the team technology website states that management controls or directs people/resources in a group according to principles or values that have been established. Whereas George R. Terry defines management as a process consisting of planning organising, actuating and controlling , performed to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources. According to this definition ‘management is a process – a systematic way of doing things.
However Leadership is setting a new direction or vision for a group that they follow, ie: a leader is the spearhead for that new direction.
Alice Parker
Unit 3: The Developing Manager
Unit code: L/601/1743
QCF level: 5
Credit value: 15
Task1. (Assessment criteria 1.1 and 1.2)
As a researcher the task set is to compare different management styles and discuss the similarities and differences between leadership and management. Also the aim is to identify how leadership and management characteristics differ.
Explain how these various theories can be applied in real work situations. Look at how you have been managed in the past do any of the theories relate to how you were managed.
This task will be produced on a Word Document and will include examples related to the Travel and Tourism Industry.
Introduction
Throughout this word document the researcher will be defining what management and leadership is. They will also evaluate the differences and similarities between management and leadership and discuss the theorists relating to these styles. The theorists will be shown in the form of a timeline and throughout the task I will use relevant industry examples and reference in Harvard style.
What is Leadership and Management?
When defining management there are many different terms for what management is and a definition from the team technology website states that management controls or directs people/resources in a group according to principles or values that have been established. Whereas George R. Terry defines management as a process consisting of planning organising, actuating and controlling , performed to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources. According to this definition ‘management is a process – a systematic way of doing things.
However Leadership is setting a new direction or vision for a group that they follow, ie: a leader is the spearhead for that new direction.