Session 3-1

Leadership vs. Management

- Are they different?

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 Leadership vs. Management

• Type of Role

 Administration
• Vision : Set a Goal

 Management
• Plan : Achieve the Goal

 Organization
• Device : Develop the system
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Leadership vs. Management

• Are they different?

– Management – Leadership

• Planning and budgeting • Establishing direction

– Step, timetables, resource – Developing a vision
• Organizing and Staffing • Aligning people

• Controlling and problem • Motivating and inspiring

solving
• Produce a degree of • Produce change
predictability

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Leadership vs. Management

• Aptitude and Role

Aptitude
Leader Manager Engineer
Role

Administration

Management

Organization

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Leadership vs. Management

• What would one think of him/her?

Engineer Manager Leader

Engineer

Manager

Leader

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Session 3-1 Summary

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 Session 3-2

Manager vs. Engineer

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Manager vs. Engineer

• Manager vs. Engineer – Attitude(1)

The engineer The manager
seen by manager seen by engineer
1. Only interested in 1. Only interested in
new knowledge results
2. Tends to extend 2. Emphasizes the
Attitude the objective conditions only
3. Specialist, like 3. Engineer is just
lawyers and another type of
doctors occupation

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Manager vs. Engineer

• Manager vs. Engineer – Attitude(2)

The engineer The manager
seen by manager seen by engineer
4. Cannot achieve 4. Creates rules and
performance pressure
without rules or
Attitude outside pressure
5. Complains that the 5. Links every profit
pay is small and achievement
compared to work with the company

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Manager vs. Engineer

• Manager vs. Engineer – Environment

The engineer The manager
seen by manager seen by engineer
1. Wants to do 1. Says performance
uncertain things needs environmental
because of support, but in reality,
personal/academic they provide nothing
interests
Environ-
2. Thinks things over 2. Requests immediate
ment
and over decision/action
3. Takes pride in 3. Takes pride not in
their knowledge themselves, but in
and special skills the company’s
potential
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Manager vs. Engineer

• Manager vs. Engineer – Environment

The engineer The manager
seen by manager seen by engineer
1. Thinks he is the 1. Wants creative
professional in answers to ALL
suggesting creative problems within the
ideas company
Creativity 2. Ignores short-term 2. Converts managerial
factors, always skills, methods and
bases decisions on objectives into money,
solid grounds does everything
short-sightedly

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Manager vs. Engineer

• Manager vs. Engineer – Environment

The engineer The manager
seen by manager seen by engineer
1. Want to solve 1. Want things done
problems soundly, NOW.
Problem regardless of
-Solving circumstances
Abilities
2. Needs perfection 2. Needs profit

1. Decides not on the 1. Decides only on 5Ws

Decision
macro-level, but and 1H
Making
on technical stuff

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Manager vs. Engineer

• Manager vs. Engineer – Environment

The engineer The manager
seen by manager seen by engineer
1. Hinders the 1. Puts the company’s
company’s profit for objective in front,
the sake of personal not considering
and academic glory individual purposes
Objectives
2. Is only satisfied 2. Is only satisfied
after learning new after productivity
technology and/or and/or profitability is
knowledge improved

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Manager vs. Engineer

• Manager vs. Engineer – Environment

The engineer The manager
seen by manager seen by engineer
3. Tends to avoid 3. Regards administration as
administrative roles and a means to personal
responsibilities achievement
4. Always requests more 4. Thinks differently about
supports to the MGT the meaning of
Obj. contribution
5. Thinks social 5. Thinks that corporate
contribution should also activities eventually
be recognized contribute to society
6. Wants to be friends/co- 6. Thinks they should
workers with the MGT convince the engineers
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Session 3-2 Summary

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