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Leadership and Management Concepts

   

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Leadership and managementconcepts

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................11. Introduction to organisation and management structure ........................................................12. Definition and role of both leader and management, highlight the differences betweenleadership and management........................................................................................................13. Roles of leadership and functions of management in different situations .............................2Introduction to the key operation of the organisation.................................................................4Roles and responsibilities of manager in the key operational functions.....................................5Key operational approaches to operations management.............................................................5Impact of external business environment factors that affect decision-making by leaders andmanagers.....................................................................................................................................6CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................6RECOMMENDATION ..................................................................................................................74. Analysis of chaos theory and management by objective for the growth and sustainableperformance. ...............................................................................................................................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION Leadership in an art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a commongoals. Management is art of getting things done through and with the people in formallyorganized groups. It is create an environment in which people can perform individuals and co-operate towards attainment of group goals. Study lays emphasis on concepts of leadership andmanagement and is function (Avolio, 2017). It also differentiates the role of leader and manager.It also highlights various theories such as chaos and management by objective which supportorganisation in having growth and sustainability. 1. Introduction to organisation and management structure Morrisons is the 4th largest chain of supermarkets in UK. It was founded in 1899 byWilliam Morrisons and headquartered in England. Main business of Morrisons are groceries andfood and have 403 stores across UK with 131000 employees and 10 million customer per week(Avolio, 2017). The annual turnover of the organisation is excess of 15 Billion pounds. Theorganisation and management chart of Morrisons is very simple and systematic. It starts withhigh authorities such as CEO, Chairman of Board, Director and then middle managers are Storegeneral manager, Deputy general manager, Department manager lastly low level staff include;Supervisor, General assistant. The responsibility of higher authorities is to manage wholeorganisation, they are liable for losses and profits of the organisation (Hughes, 2013). Middlemanagers manage employees and various department of stores of Morrisons. Low level staffsupervise employees and take care of day to day work performance to achieve organisationalgoals.2. Definition and role of both leader and management, highlight the differences betweenleadership and managementLeader: A leader is a person who influences their flowers to achieve a specific goal. They are aperson with a vision and inspires the flowers in a way that it becomes their vision. That helpthem making the strategies of achievement of goal. Manager: A manager is a person who manage the organization that is responsible for planning,direction, coordinate and control. They are able to get their work done by the employees throughseveral ways and have the authority to hire or fire the employees. LeadershipManagement1

Roles Motivating employees: they are communicatewith their unit member to learn about theirneeds and motivate them. Interpersonal: they not only motivate theemployees but is also involving in hiring, firingand discipline employees. Support: they support to employees which thegood result in willingness to work and theireffectiveness in running of concern. Discriminator: they received information fromoutsiders or from the subordinates member ofthe organization.Characteristics Honesty: leaders are always concern andhonest about their work.Industry knowledge: manager should haveindustry knowledge. That can help manager toperform work more effectively (Srivastava,Bartol and Locke, 2016). Communication: effective communicationhelp to leaders in keeping team work on rightproject. Delegation: manger have delegate ability. Withthat ability they set their global vision of goal. M1 role of leaders and managers through the theories and concepts In transactional theory model, leaders are supportive and innovative, while managers aregoal oriented and directive by nature (Mujtaba, 2013). The path goal theory adopt by leaders forachieve their goals by directing, guiding and coaching them. Managers follow thetransformational theory for follow the organizational structure, influence employees andprofessional behaviour to motivate. Leader and managers of Morrisons follow the principle toincrease its operational excellence. By the comparison structure of Morrisons, leaders are notsatisfy scored by operation department while manager are high scored by employees. Hence, Morrisons leaders are need to follow transformational model to deliver strategicresults and operational excellence to the organization. Leaders have adopted the transformationaltheories.3. Roles of leadership and functions of management in different situations Management and leadership plays an important role in different situation but they differ in thatsituations like management based on written communication, while leadership based on verbal2

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