Management and Operations in Tesco

Management and Operations
Higher Nationals
– BTEC (RQF)
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Unit Number and Title Unit 4 – Management and Operations
Academic Year 2019/2020 Cohort April 20 Term
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Assessment Title
Understanding how management and
operations make a positive, efficient and
effective contribution to an organization
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Management and operations

Management and Operations
Table of Contents
Higher Nationals .........................................................................................................................................1
– BTEC (RQF)................................................................................................................................................1
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Differences between the types of leader and the functions of a manager.............................................4
The role of leaders and managers in an operational functions of an organization in given contexts.....7
Acknowledging the role leaders and managers in an operational functions of organization...............14
An interrelationship in between leadership and management within contemporary business
environment.........................................................................................................................................17
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................21
References/Bibliography ..........................................................................................................................22
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Introduction
Leadership as well as management both are an indispensable part of conducting an effective
organization for meeting the Tesco goal or profit. It helps to strengthen the company’s structures
and policies to lead a more designed and polished strategy for the organization. The assessment
looks out for various types and styles of leadership and management proficiency to determine the
SWOT analysis for respective institutions, also for its organizational and management necessities
and situations.
Differences between the types of leader and the functions of a manager
Leaderships and management have different meanings but most often these terms are
used for same purposes. Leadership is basically a part of management which refers to providing
directions or vision and motivate others to help them reach a pre-planned Tesco (Lin and et. al.,
2018). Whereas, management includes overall activities of planning, organizing, staffing,
directing, motivating, coordinating and controlling. The different roles and comparisons between
the character of a manager and leader in case of Tesco organization is presented below:
-COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: Leadership is defined as the ability to influence and
guide a group towards the attainment of goal. Management always make sure that certain
balance is maintained within the working so that accomplishment of success and growth become
easier and flexible.
 Leadership is the process pf leading others through communication and motivation to a
desired goal. Management means to systematically organize and coordinate resources in
an effective way.

Management and Operations
 Leadership is the quality that inspires others to trust on the leaders. Management is more
about controlling and coordinating the subordinates.
 Leaders must be foresighted, but managers do not require such.
 All managers cannot be a good leader whereas all leaders are good managers.
 Leadership is proactive in nature however management is reactive.
 Leaders need to set a varied list of guidelines and principles. Managers set Tesco,
procedure and policies on which the desired goal is implemented.
Role of leaders
 Arise vision: Leader of Tesco make sure that clear vision is established under which
employee get clarity about what to achieved and how to as well. In this adequate path is
provided to all so that success is achieved with better sustainability.
 Simulator potential: A leader has higher potential so that others get influenced with
easiness so that standardized outcome is achieved with appropriateness.
Characteristics of Leader: -
 Attractive: It is a characteristics in which employee get attracted formerly with others so
that task and actions is completed within timely basis.
 Effectual Communicator: It is a quality under which leader of Tesco has transferred dif-
ferent information with certain uniqueness so that ability to reduce redundancy is getting
managed.
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Roles of Manager:
 Create Policies: Manager has design different policy and strategies that is followed by
all the individual's so that productive outcome is achieved as while managing durability.
 Mandate Duty: In this manager segment overall task and actions with suitability so that
working capabilities is increases over repetitive basis (Matthews and et. al., 2018).
Characteristics of Manager: -
 Time Management Skill: It is a skills in which manager not only divide the task in dif-
ferent format but also ensure that favorable ending is resulted within certain period of in-
stance.
 Trenchant Social Skills: It is a characteristics in which manager of Tesco promote
effectual interaction so that clear information in processed that furthermore enhances
productiveness.
The leader and manager has played different roles and characteristics that is as illustrate
below as:
Basis Leader Manager
Role A leader play vital role within the
working completion of Tesco as they
have provide and offer appropriate
guidance to all the individual's so that
work is completed on time as along
with certain efficiency as well. In
addition leader also looking forward to
transfer clear and transparent goals and
Tesco under which mission and vision
of business become more clearer.
The manager always make sure that
certain control on administration
procedure is processed. In this each
individual's performance has been
considerate and analysed with
perfection and then other beneficiary
facilities is provided and offered
accordingly.
Characte
ristics
It is essential that leader must have
strong interactive and communication
The manager has vibrant and
confident personality as by which