New York Science Journal 2014;7(4) http://www.sciencepub.net/newyork 17 Distinctiveness And Characteristic of Competent Manager and Leader In This Advanced Epoch Engr.Muhammad Mujtaba Asad 1 , Engr. Fahad Sherwani 2 , Muhammad Ejaz Asad 3 1. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia,Parit Raja Batu Pahat, mujtabaasad11@gmail.com 2. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Batu Pahat, fahadsherwanis@gmail.com 3. Manager, Pakistan International Airlines PIA Karachi Pakistan. Abstract: In this paper researchers try to identify the characteristics and differences of competent manager and leader. Leadership and management are terms that are often used interchangeably in the business world to depict someone who manages a team of people. In reality leadership vs. management have very different meanings. To be a great manager you must understand what it takes to also be a great leader. Management and leadership skills are often regarded as one and the same to many businesses. While the two inherently share many similar characteristics, they differ in that not all managers are leaders, but all leaders are managers. They are complementary qualities inexorably linked to each other, and any attempt to extricate one from the other is impossible. Whereas the manager exists to plan, organize and coordinate, a leader serves to inspire and motivate. Militarily speaking, a manager is the battlefield general while the leader is the commander-in-chief. A great quote that shows the differences between managers and leaders: 'Leaders conquer the context - the volatile, turbulent, ambiguous surroundings that sometimes seem to conspire against us and will surely suffocate us if we let them- while managers surrender to it. The manager administers, the leader innovates. [Engr Muhammad Mujtaba Asad, Engr. Fahad Sherwani, Muhammad Ejaz Asad. Distinctiveness And Characteristic of Competent Manager and Leader In This Advanced Epoch. N Y Sci J 2014;7(4):17-20]. (ISSN: 1554-0200). http://www.sciencepub.net/newyork . 4 Keywords: Leadership; Management; Human resource, visible leadership, Business environment, Change management. 1. Introduction The manager is a copy; the leader is an original. The manager maintains; the leader develops. The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people. The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. The manager imitates; the leader originates. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his own person. Managers do things right; leaders do the right thing.' - Carter-Scott, C. (1994). According to Dennis Kinlaw (1989), the distinction between a manager and a leader is that “manager” is an assigned organizational role, whereas “leader” is a role that can be assumed by anyone. Thus, not all managers are leaders and not all leaders are managers. In practice, people in organizations tend to identify managers as leaders more often than they do any other set of employees. Kinlaw’s studies indicate that by studying superior leaders in organizations, we inevitably study managers. He does, however, report some differences between what superior manager’s do that causes them to be identified as superior and what superior leaders do that earns them a similar distinction. 2. Purpose of study "Leaders focus on the future while managers focus on the present (CTU, 2009)." Leaders are more focused on what will happen in the future if certain actions are taken while managers focus on the present and what would help best for the moment. Managers may make a monthly schedule to handle volume in the store on any particular day while leaders look for innovative ways to better staff the store and drive business. If managers are focused on today, this week and this month, leaders look towards the next 2, 3, and 4 years. A manager might motivate his staff to make more sales calls and increase business. Leaders, on the other hand, evaluate different markets and how the sales team can reach those markets (Straker, 2009). Managers are the rule makes and abiders. They are the government within the business which makes sure that tasks are performed on time and accurately. Rather than "stir the pot" and cause commotion, they would like to maintain a calm business environment. Managers are the employees that do as their told and rarely go against the grain. In real life and work, people often leadership and management as synonymous; in fact, the two differ greatly. First, we look at the concept of