Leadership and Management: An Individual Reflection Report

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Part A. .........................................................................................................................................1
Part B...........................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Leadership refers as building social relationship among two or more person who are
dependent on each other to achieve certain goals that are mutually based (Connolly and Pyper,
2020). Management usually refers to as procedure of planning, directing, organising as well as
controlling various employees activities in collaborating with other resources used to achieve
organisational objectives. This is an individual reflection report of myself on basis of incidents
which I have experienced during my training under a HR executive.
MAIN BODY
Part A.
Leadership and management are terms that are interlinked with each other. Leadership is
referred as potential that influence as well as drives group efforts towards achievements of
organisational objectives or goals (De Oliveira, Cavazotte and Alan Dunzer, 2019). Leadership
accompanied along with management which sets a new direction as well as helps organisation to
make essential use of resources to accomplish them. A leader is also refers as manager who
guides and manages work between teams. Usually leadership is used to create an effective
management system. I have learned about qualities of a effective leader which are required in
retail industry that a good leader must have quality and skills that helps to influence a whole
team of group of employees working together. I have also learned that leadership is a cause that
is used to conduct people in order to guide individuals and exercises in coordinated endeavours.
Leadership is usually a capability which helps a leader or a manager working in a retail industry
to evaluate long term strategies towards achieving a specific goals or objectives. I have learned
strategies that helps a person to become a good leader which are being transparent with in terms
of information to team, accepting your mistake, giving opportunities to every team member to
convey their thoughts and ideas etc. I have learned that management is taking leadership aspect
in cutting out and putting action to achieve goals. I have also learned that a effective leader must
have an attitude of learning new things and being updated with changes in technologies, market
environment, political policies, etc.
I have also been familiar with some roles of a leader under an organisation which are as
below-
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