Leadership and Management

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The paper explores the progression of managers into leaders and analyzes the leadership styles in Microsoft Corporation. The paper explains that this company was specifically chosen due to the fact that management does not necessarily connote leadership in its culture and trust is more difficult to achieve as a leader there. The paper discusses J.R.P French and B.H. Raven's definition of a complex relationship of power and applies it to Microsoft where programming expertise is valued more than the traditional forms of power. The paper shows how Microsoft's culture is built on intellectual performance and competition as opposed to rewards to those with the longest tenure, regardless of contribution.

From the Paper:

"Bateman, Thomas S., Snell, Scott (2004) define thoroughly the differences between managers and leaders. The authors contend (pg. 371) that the most commonly used and oldest leadership perspective is the trait approach, which looks to the attributes of the world's most successful and well-known leaders as the basis of defining what leadership are. Drive, leadership motivation, integrity, self-confidence, and knowledge of the business are all aspects of the behavioral aspects of leadership."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bateman, Thomas S., Snell, Scott (2004) - Chapter 12(2004) - Management: The New Competitive Landscape, 6e, 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. Chapters 12 and 16.
• French, J. R. P., & Raven, B. H. (1959). The bases of social power. In D. Cartwright (Ed.), Studies in social power (pp. 150-167). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.
• Perrow, C. (1967). A framework for the comparative analysis of organizations. American Sociological Review, 32, 194-208.
• Schein, E. (1983). "The Role of the Founder in the Creation of Organizational Culture" MIT Sloan Working Papers. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/2039
• Geert Hofstede (2006) - Summary of Ideas about Cultural Differences. From Geert Hofstede's personal website: Accessed on June 16, 2006: http://feweb.uvt.nl/center/hofstede/page3.htm

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