Between Management and Leadership : A Comparative Study with Reference to Zayed Al Nahyan, Henry Kessinger and Nelson Mandela

Dalia Mohamed Mostafa Mabrouk

doi:10.12816/0050531

Article Details

Between Management and Leadership : A Comparative Study with Reference to Zayed Al Nahyan, Henry Kessinger and Nelson Mandela

Authors:

Dalia Mohamed Mostafa Mabrouk

Publisher:

Markaz al-Buḥūth wa-al-Dirāsāt al-Indunīsīyah

Main Topics:

Management

Journal:

al-Istiwāʼ 2018 Issue 12, pp.188-202

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

127845

Frequency:

Annual

pISSN:

23569808

DOI:

10.12816/0050531

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Abstract:

 In this paper I am reflecting on Abraham Zaleznik’s paper “managers and leaders: are they different?” He was a prominent Harvard business school professor who attacked management style for depending only on rationality and achieving goals. He believed that managers and leaders are totally different persons. He described managers as inscrutable, detached and manipulative. Plus, while managers are interested in control and how things are done, leaders are more concerned with ideas and innovation. I try to probe into various questions related to both management and leadership to approach a clearer opinion for these inquires: do managers and leaders really have completely different personalities? Or are they both competing for the same target of getting work done through people? Is management upgradable with more knowledge and hard work? Are leaders more empathetic than managers? What makes managers inscrutable and manipulative? Is this innate or acquired? In which way leaders are different? Seems a huge task but I will tackle this issue by conducting a comparative study among three prominent figures as Zayed Al Nahyan, Henry Kessinger and Nelson Mandela. I will trace some points of similarities and differentiations based on the timeless lessons from their life stories that will endure for years to come. All were gifted visionary individuals who exercised full range of cognitive, emotional and behavioral abilities to bring about profound change in their countries.

Article Details

Between Management and Leadership : A Comparative Study with Reference to Zayed Al Nahyan, Henry Kessinger and Nelson Mandela

Authors:

Dalia Mohamed Mostafa Mabrouk

Publisher:

Markaz al-Buḥūth wa-al-Dirāsāt al-Indunīsīyah

Main Topics:

Management

Journal:

al-Istiwāʼ 2018 Issue 12, pp.188-202

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

127845

Frequency:

Annual

pISSN:

23569808

DOI:

10.12816/0050531

Descriptors:

MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

LEADERSHIP

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS

SOCIETY

MANAGERS

STATESMEN

Issues

Article Details

Between Management and Leadership : A Comparative Study with Reference to Zayed Al Nahyan, Henry Kessinger and Nelson Mandela

Authors: Dalia Mohamed Mostafa Mabrouk

Publisher: Markaz al-Buḥūth wa-al-Dirāsāt al-Indunīsīyah

Main Topics: Management

Journal: al-Istiwāʼ 2018 Issue 12, pp.188-202

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 127845

Frequency: Annual

pISSN: 23569808

DOI: 10.12816/0050531

Descriptors:

MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

LEADERSHIP

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS

SOCIETY

MANAGERS

STATESMEN

Issues

Authors:

Dalia Mohamed Mostafa Mabrouk

Publisher:

Markaz al-Buḥūth wa-al-Dirāsāt al-Indunīsīyah

Main Topics:

Management

Journal:

al-Istiwāʼ 2018 Issue 12, pp.188-202

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

127845

Frequency:

Annual

pISSN:

23569808

DOI:

10.12816/0050531