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Administrators who cannot let go: the super manager syndrome.
1University of Texas at El Paso.
The Health Care Supervisor
|February 7, 1993
Summary
Super managers focus on internal organizational success by ensuring units perform well. Leaders transcend boundaries, fostering team development and innovation by empowering nonconformist individuals.
Area of Science:
- Management Science
- Organizational Behavior
Background:
- Distinguishing between management and leadership is crucial for organizational effectiveness.
- Traditional management often emphasizes boundary maintenance and task completion within defined structures.
Purpose of the Study:
- To delineate the distinct roles and responsibilities of 'super managers' versus 'leaders'.
- To highlight how leadership transcends traditional managerial boundaries for enhanced team development and quality.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of management and leadership theories.
- Comparative examination of managerial and leadership functions within organizations.
Main Results:
- Super managers maintain boundaries to ensure organizational unit success.
- Leaders transcend boundaries, focusing on team development and empowering individual initiative.
- Leadership involves seeing the broader organizational 'forest' rather than focusing on individual 'trees'.
Conclusions:
- Effective leadership requires boundary transcendence and fostering an environment for nonconformity.
- The distinction lies in the scope of focus: internal unit performance versus holistic organizational development and innovation.