Leadership and Management Theory and Practice

Leadership and Management Theory and Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Leadership and management are two important terms which is beneficial for an organisation.
It helps in completing work on time and better plans can be made for growth and development of
company (Harris and Jones, 2018). It is important to apply leadership theories and styles so that
work can be done properly and it help in accomplishing targets of firm. Tesco is a public limited
company which was founded in the year 1919. Its headquarter is situated in Welwyn Garden
City, Hertfordshire, England, UK and serves all over the world. The report examines, critical
reflection of own experience of leadership and development plan for future.
MAIN BODY
Voluntary work
Situation
I was working in Tesco company and managers have given work in team which we have
to complete within the given time period. Different teams were made and leaders were appointed
for every team so that work can be completed on time. It was difficult for manager to distribute
work among employees and divide team because all the people are from different culture and
they are not interacting properly. After work is given to all teams, it was the responsibility of
leader to give instruction to team members so that work can be done properly and to avoid
confusion or misunderstanding. I observe the work done by leader and noticed that it is not easy
to handle all team members as there are many issues which may arise. For accomplishing goals
and objectives, leaders are working hard and making plans or strategies so that task can be
completed on time (Azad and et.al., 2017).
I observe performance of leader and identify that there are some skills which leader
should improve so that better plans can be made and goals can be achieved. According to my
opinion, leader should improve ability to delegate work, communication and take decisions
quickly. For completing task on time, leader should distribute work according to the
specialisation of employees so that they can perform efficiently. Leader of our team has done
proper planning and make a structure in which roles and responsibilities of every member was
mentioned. This helps in completing work on time and avoid confusion or misunderstanding
among employees. This idea was good and successful because all members were doing their
work and it reduces chances of duplicate work. I like this quality of leader and I will apply this in