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Unit 4 Management and Operations Assignment (DOC)

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Unit 4 Management and Operations Assignment (DOC)

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MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1P1 Meaning and comparison of leader and managers.....................................................................1P2 Role of leader and function of manager applies in different situations......................................3P3 different theories and models of approach, including situational leadership, Systemsleadership and contingency..............................................................................................................5P4 The key approaches to operations management and the role that leaders and managers play.6P5 importance and value of operations management in achieving business objectives..................7P6 factors within the business environment that impact upon operational management anddecision-making by Leaders and managers.....................................................................................9CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTIONManagement and operations covers the area of concerned business with the production ofservices and goods (Slack, Brandon-Jones and Johnston, 2013). It includes the duties of thatbusiness to ensure efficiency of using small resources as needed. It also involves the managingprocedure of converting inputs into outputs. This report covers the definition and comparisonbetween leader and manager also the role and function of a leader or manager in differentsituations. This report also included theories and models of approaches in terms of situational,system and contingency leadership. Explaining the key approaches and role of leaders andmanager in operations management. It also covers the value and importance of operationsmanagement for achieving business objectives and factors that impact operational managementand decision making by managers and leaders in business environment. P1 Meaning and comparison of leader and managersLeadershipLeadership describes the individual ability to motivate, influence and enable others to dotheir best towards the success and effectiveness of M&S Ltd. Leadership requires an effectivevision thinking towards M&S Ltd boundaries (Slack, Brandon-Jones and Johnston, 2013). Manypeople follow a leader as their inspiration. In a business environment, an organisation also canattain leadership by defeating its competitors in the market. ManagementManagement is a way or a technique which is used by a manager for managing anddealing persons or a group to work together towards the common objectives of M&S Ltd (Winterand Knemeyer, 2013). Management is taking care of business needs which can be small or big,budget maintenance of M&S Ltd, making financial decisions, future plans, guiding, organizingschedule for achieving M&S Ltd objectives. Comparison:-BASISLEADERSMANAGERSMEANINGLeadership is a technique of leadingpeople in a organization by examplesManagement is a artwork to manageand coordinate with groups of anorganization.FOCUSMotivating and leading peopleManaging organization work1
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BASISLEADERSMANAGERSOUTCOMESThe achievements (Akhtar, Tse,.and RaoNicholson, 2017)The resultsSTYLESConsultative, Transformation andparticipate Transaction,democratic,authoritative and dictatorial. TASKSLooking at the problems, creativesolutions, motivating and focusingothers to solve problemsCreate policies, strategies, creating acombination of teams and ideas.ORGANISATIONLeaders have their followersManagers have their assistantsORIENTATIONOriented to peopleOriented to taskPOWERPower to influencePower to rule (Heizer, 2016)PERSPECTIVELeadership need good providence Management has a little reach ofperspectiveENVIRONMENTLeaders keep a close eye on externalenvironmentManagers keep their eyes on internalenvironmentCONCERNLeaders prefer effectivenessManagers concern efficiencyNEEDSLeaders always think uponcustomers demandManagers thinks customers demandwithin organization capacity. EMBODIESLeaders sets the vision and mission(Slack, 2015)Managers sets objectives and goalstowards the missionSECURITIES Leaders protect the new technologiesand always try to secure essentialtechnologies for competitive benefitsManagers apply technologies whichis available to them and not try tochange them.Leadership is a structure of leading people in the organisation through motivating andencouraging them and management is a procedure of managing activities within the organisation.A leader requires trust of his followers on his leadership and management needs control over itsgroups or subordinates. Influencing others is a skill of leadership while ruling is the function ofmanagement (Groppi, Bhuiya, and Crawford, 2013). Leadership involves guidelines andprincipals where management require procedures and policies. Leadership makes new changesand management alive the stability of people within an organisation. These comparative points ofleadership and management helps to secure their own duties and responsibilities respectively and2
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