MNG3702
ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER - 1
DUE DATE: 17 APRIL
2025
"Elevate Your Excellence: Where Distinction Meets Assurance in Every Assignment!"
,MNG3702 ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 1 – 2025
UNIQUE NUMBER: 146411
DUE DATE: 17 APRIL 2025
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, QUESTION 1.
Distinguish between leadership and management and identify three examples of the
application of these concepts at Netcare.
Distinguishing Between Leadership and Management:
In modern businesses, leaders and managers are needed to ensure the success and
sustainability of the business. Management is regarded and the broader ‘umbrella’ term. In
management literature, four functions are usually singled out as the main functions of a
manager, namely planning, organising, leading, and controlling.
A manager is appointed in a formal managerial position in a business, fulfilling an important
role in its hierarchy. Therefore, managers need to execute tasks such as budgeting, assigning
tasks and activities to individuals and groups of individuals, and when these tasks are
executed, managers need to control performance to ensure goals and objectives are attained.
Managers also need to manage risks and implement risk management strategies.
To lead, leaders need to have followers. This is the first difference between managers and
leaders. Second, leaders are not appointed in a formal business hierarchy. Leaders are also
responsible for setting directives, aligning their followers with the vision of the business,
motivating, and inspiring their followers.
Application at Netcare: 3 Examples of Leadership vs Management:
Application of Management to Netcare:
Formulation of the company’s vision, take decisions to invest in people, infrastructure,
and technology.
Set medium term goals, such as the implementation of integrated services across all
platforms, embedded by digitisation and informed by rich data.
Formulate strategy, objectives, plans and projects.
Managers track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to energy reduction, clinical
outcomes, and B-BBEE transformation targets, ensuring accountability and compliance.
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ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER - 1
DUE DATE: 17 APRIL
2025
"Elevate Your Excellence: Where Distinction Meets Assurance in Every Assignment!"
,MNG3702 ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 1 – 2025
UNIQUE NUMBER: 146411
DUE DATE: 17 APRIL 2025
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,2|Page
, QUESTION 1.
Distinguish between leadership and management and identify three examples of the
application of these concepts at Netcare.
Distinguishing Between Leadership and Management:
In modern businesses, leaders and managers are needed to ensure the success and
sustainability of the business. Management is regarded and the broader ‘umbrella’ term. In
management literature, four functions are usually singled out as the main functions of a
manager, namely planning, organising, leading, and controlling.
A manager is appointed in a formal managerial position in a business, fulfilling an important
role in its hierarchy. Therefore, managers need to execute tasks such as budgeting, assigning
tasks and activities to individuals and groups of individuals, and when these tasks are
executed, managers need to control performance to ensure goals and objectives are attained.
Managers also need to manage risks and implement risk management strategies.
To lead, leaders need to have followers. This is the first difference between managers and
leaders. Second, leaders are not appointed in a formal business hierarchy. Leaders are also
responsible for setting directives, aligning their followers with the vision of the business,
motivating, and inspiring their followers.
Application at Netcare: 3 Examples of Leadership vs Management:
Application of Management to Netcare:
Formulation of the company’s vision, take decisions to invest in people, infrastructure,
and technology.
Set medium term goals, such as the implementation of integrated services across all
platforms, embedded by digitisation and informed by rich data.
Formulate strategy, objectives, plans and projects.
Managers track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to energy reduction, clinical
outcomes, and B-BBEE transformation targets, ensuring accountability and compliance.
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