Drax Company: Leadership, Operation Management, and Knowledge Management

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Drax Company Ltd.

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Executive Summary
Drax Company wants to become a learning organization and wants to expand for the growth and
expansion of the business in market. The areas which are focused for learning and management
of organizational resources include the issues of leadership, operation management, change in
the skills, knowledge management and human resource management. The various theories are
included in the report for improving the performance with the help of effective leadership and
financial analysis for effective decision making. It is analyzed that the process and systems must
be updated for the effective utilization of resources. In order to add value in the systems and
improving the performance of the business, managing resources it is important factor for the
organization. SWOT-analysis helps the Drax Company for the immediate and incremental
changes in the business and analyzing the new business opportunities. SCM is vital for
interacting with the other teams like marketing, sales, human resources, and finance and
accounting. Various recommendations were provided to Drax company for the growth in the
market. they can adopt the innocation practice for the satisfaction of the customers and updated
echnology in systems will helps the company in generating revenue and make the successful
position in future.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Analysis...........................................................................................................................................3
SWOT Analysis...............................................................................................................................4
Leadership....................................................................................................................................5
Operation management................................................................................................................6
Knowledge management and information technology................................................................6
Finance.........................................................................................................................................7
Human resource management......................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
Recommendation.............................................................................................................................9
Reference.......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Drax Group is a public limited company that generates electric power and it was founded in
2005. Its headquarter is in Drax, North Yorkshire, England. The products are electrical power
and by-products of power products. In Drax group, the number of employees is 2,558 and its net
income is worth 20.2 million pounds. The key asset of Drax Group is Drax power station. Drax
power station is responsible for providing 12% or renewable power to UK (Cummings and
Worley, 2014). Their business is to enable a zero-carbon and low-cost energy future. The aim of
the company is to be leader in providing power system stability They want to build a long-term
future for biomass as they believe that biomass can deliver carbon-negative dispatchable
renewable energy. In this report, the implications of leading and managing the organizational
resources will in included which are required for introducing new products and services after
adopting emerging technologies. In order to improve the information, analysis will be done for
the integration between management accounting, operation, and leadership (Stewart, 2007). The
theories will be discussed which helps in improving the performance of the business. For the
furture growth in the market, recommendations will be provided for the Drax company in order
to make the effective decisions and nake the business successful.