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Activity Description

For this week, you will read Chapter 5 in your text and reflected on operationalizing the early childhood program. For this assignment, reflect on what you have learned about leading and managing personnel. Write a paper justifying the differences between leadership and management.

Address the following questions in your response:

• Define if one is more effective than the other (leadership and management).
• Using examples from your own professional experience, compare and contrast management versus leadership. Please explain the similarities and differences.
• Describe circumstances where management is a necessary component of leadership.
• Describe the most important traits of leadership.
• Evaluate elements of key leadership and management theories.
• Judge the impact of leadership and management on the success or failure of an early childhood program.
• Describe how leadership in early childhood programs is different from leadership in other organizations. Define the implications for leaders/managers of early childhood programs.

Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages.
References: Minimum of five (5) scholarly resources.