LEADERSHIP VERSUS MANAGEMENT
OTS Topic

Leadership is just as important to Air Force officers as Management.

April 2011

Compiled by Bibliography Branch
Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
Maxwell AFB, AL

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Internet Resources

Air War College: Strategic Leadership Studies. 
Available online at: http://leadership.au.af.mil

Air War College Gateway to Internet Resources: Leadership Theory, Models, and Tools. 
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-ldrt.htm#mgtldr
Links to articles and tutorial on Leadership vs. Management.

Dexter, Barbara and Prince, Christopher.  Turning Managers Into Leaders: Assessing the Organizational Impact of Leadership Development.  Strategic Change 16:217-226 August 2007. 
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eoah&AN=12478909&site=ehost-live

Free Management Library: All About Leadership. 
Available online at: http://www.managementhelp.org/ldrship/ldrship.htm
This library provides easy-to-access, comprehensive resources regarding leadership and management.

Kotterman, James.  Leadership Versus Management: What's the Difference?  Journal for Quality and Participation 29:13-17 Summer 2006. 
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=22035378&site=ehost-live

Leadership and Force Development: Air Force Doctrine Document 1-1.  75 p.
Available online at: http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFDD1-1.pdf
The February 18, 2006 interim change to the February 18, 2004 edition.

Maccoby, Michael.  Understanding the Difference Between Management and Leadership.  Research Technology Management 43:57-59 January-February 2000. 
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=2678130&site=ehost-live

Toor, S. R. and Ofori, George.  Leadership Versus Management: How They are Different and Why.  Leadership and Management in Engineering 8:61-71 April 2008. 
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eoah&AN=13897180&site=ehost-live

Young, Mike and Dulewicz, Victor.  Similarities and Differences Between Leadership and Management: High-Performance Competencies in the British Royal Navy.  British Journal of Management 19:17-32 March 2008. 
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eoah&AN=13741601&site=ehost-live

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Books

AU-24: Concepts for Air Force Leadership, edited by Richard I. Lester.  5th ed. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, Air University Press, 2008.  536 p.
Book call no.: 358.4133041 C744 2008

Bass, Bernard M. and Bass, Ruth.  The Bass Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications.  4th ed. New York, Free Press, 2008.  1516 p.
Chapter 23, Managerial Work, pp 651-681.
Book call no.: 301.155 S873h 2008

Kotter, John P.  John P. Kotter On What Leaders Really Do.  Boston, Harvard Business School Press, 1999.  184 p.
With a new introduction, this collection of classic articles by Kotter offers an assessment on the real work of leaders, including challenges in managerial work and what differentiates effective from ineffective responses.
Book call no.: 658.4 K87j

Leed, Maren and Sokolow, David.  The Ingenuity Gap: Officer Management for the 21st Century.  Washington, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2010.  55 p.
Book call no.: 355.61 L484i

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Periodicals

Alvesson, Mats and Sveningsson, Stefan.  Managers Doing Leadership: The Extra-Ordinarization of the Mundane.   Human Relations 56:1435-1459 December 2003. 
Also available online at: http://hum.sagepub.com/content/56/12/1435.full.pdf+html

Kline, John A.  Managing People and Processes: Leadership Without Management Is Vision Without Fulfillment.   Armed Forces Comptroller 53:26-29 Winter 2008. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=31189663&site=ehost-live

Kotter, John P.  What Effective General Managers Really Do.  Harvard Business Review 77:145-159 March-April 1999. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=1613208&site=ehost-live

Kotter, John P.  What Leaders Really Do.  Harvard Business Review 79:85-96 December 2001. 
"Leadership and management are two distinctive and complementary systems of action." - Article. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=5634852&site=ehost-live

Long, Kenneth.  Helpful Thoughts for Junior Leaders.  Army Logistician 40:15-17 May-June 2008. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=34410225&site=ehost-live

Mintzberg, Henry.  Rounding out the Manager's Job.  Sloan Management Review 36:11-26 Fall 1994. 
Also available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=34447&Fmt=6&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Mintzberg, Henry.  The Manager's Job: Folklore and Fact.  Harvard Business Review 68:163-176 March-April 1990. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=9005210828&site=ehost-live

Oh, Paul S. and Lewis, David E.  Management and Leadership Performance in the Defense Department: Evidence from Surveys of Federal Employees.  Armed Forces and Society 34:639-661 July 2008. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=33065159&site=ehost-live

Turk, Wayne.  Manager or Leader?  Defense AT&L 36:20-22 July-August 2007. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=25688246&site=ehost-live

Wolfe, Adam C.  Combating the Managerialist Scourge.  U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 135:28-32 November 2009. 
"The article discusses the managerial characteristics needed for the U.S. Army officers.  It is stated that the language of the modern military as well as the mindset is pervaded by a ridiculously corporate way of thinking." - Abstract. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db-aph&AN=45383651&site=ehost-live

Zaleznik, Abraham.  Managers and Leaders:  Are They Different?  Harvard Business Review 55:67-78 May-June1977. 
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=3867468&site=ehost-live

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Multimedia

What Is A Leader?  Boston, Harvard Business School Publishing, 2003.  1 computer optical disc. 
This presentation explores the qualities and character of a successful leader. 
CD/DVD-ROM call no.: 658.407124 W555

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