Qualification: Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF)
Unit: Unit 1: Leadership and Management in Adult Care
Learning outcome: 1 Understand the concepts of ‘leadership’ and ‘management’ in adult care settings
Assessment criteria: 1.1 Explain the concepts of ‘leadership’ and ‘management’
- Leadership is the art of creating a vision and inspiring others to ‘buy-in’ to it and work to achieve it
- Leadership is people-orientated and focuses on change
- Management is the skill of planning and organising through systems and processes
- Management is task-oriented and focuses on order and consistency