Leadership and Management Concepts

Leadership and Management
Concepts

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1:Comparison between characteristics of leader and manager.................................................3
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................6
P2:Role of leader in different situations......................................................................................6
P3: Application of different theories and models of leadership..................................................7
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................9
P4 Key Approaches to Operation Management..........................................................................9
P5 Importance and values of operation management...............................................................10
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................11
P6 Factors affecting the business environment - ......................................................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Leadership is an important process by which a person can guide, direct and influence the
behaviour and work of subordinates towards accomplishment of organisational goals in a given
situation. Leadership is the ability of a manager to induce the subordinates to work with
confidence and zeal and motivate them. It is an important branch of management and researchers
are still trying to find what is the great leader made of.
Corus Group was formed through the merger of Koninklijke Hoogovens and British
Steel plc in 1999. It was acquired by Tata of India in 2007, and renamed Tata Steel Europe in
September 2010. Corus operated steel making plants (blast furnaces) in Port Talbot, Wales
Scunthorpe and Teesside, England; and Ijmuiden, the Netherlands, with additional steel making
facilities in Rotherham, England, as well as downstream steel production of both long and flat
steel. .
Above study will give an idea of leadership and management based on Corus group. It will
study upon the role of leader and function of managers and their comparisons, how leadership is
applied in different situations. Appreciation of role leaders and managers in operation function of
the organisation & lastly relationship between leadership and management in Business
environment.
LO 1
P 1 Comparison between characteristics of leader and manager.
Manager :- A person who is in-charge of the group which controls the carried out tasks or a part
of an organization. Manager is a person who is responsible for all the tasks occurring under them
and responsibility of the result which must be maintained under a manager.
Leader :- A Leader is a person who encourages team to achieve a common goal. Purpose is
defined by a leader who encourages workers in achieving a common goal and works for
upbringing of firm by various pros and corns to work for betterment of the firm.
There is a huge difference between being a manager and being a leader. Leadership is a
type of skill and the person who has this ability is known as a leader whereas, Management is a
discipline, and the practitioner of this discipline is known as the Manager.
Leader and manager have different roles in an organization, a leader is the one who
inspires, encourages, influence and motivate his team to work efficiently and effectively to

attain organizational objectives. Whereas, a manager is an important link between the
organization and its stakeholders, which are employees, shareholders, customers, suppliers,
government, society etc. Manager is the one who performs basic managerial functions.
(Barkema and et.al., 2015)
Basis Leader Manager
Explication A leader is the one who
influences, inspires, encourages
and motivates his subordinates
to achieve a specified goal.
A manager is the one who manages the
organisation and is responsible for different
managerial functions such as planning,
direction, coordination and control.
Perspective Leaders set vision and strives to
turn the vision into reality.
Leaders think beyond what
subordinates are capable of and
try to make everyone part of
his/her vision.
Managers set goals and directs subordinates
towards these goals.
Attribute Leaders think long term and
always look at the big picture
and think about the next phase
to set the direction towards the
final goal.
Managers usually think short term and are
short sighted
Style Leaders are willing to be
themselves, are self-aware and
work actively to build their
unique and differentiated style.
They are comfortable in their
own shoes and willing to stand
out and are authentic and
Managers mimic or copy the competencies
and behaviours learnt from others and adopt
their leadership style rather than defining it
themselves.