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P1 Comparison between leaders and managers and their different roles

   

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Management and Operation
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3LO 1......................................................................................................................................................3P1 Comparison between leaders and managers and their different roles....................................3LO 2......................................................................................................................................................6P2 Role of a leader and manager in different situational context...............................................6P3 Different theories of leadership.............................................................................................7LO 3......................................................................................................................................................9P5 Importance of operations management in achieving business objectives...........................10LO4.....................................................................................................................................................11P6 Factors affecting in business operation management and decision making by leaders andmanagers....................................................................................................................................11CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................13REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION“Management is an art of getting things done by others”. Management includes setting upof strategies for an organization as well as coordinating with the employees efforts in order toachieve the organizational objectives by using various resources available such as financial,technological, natural and human resources. Operations management is a part of management whichis concerned with the designing as well as managing the production of goods and services for theorganization. Operations management in simple terms can be said as the management of productionof goods in a scientific manner that creates positive impact on the organization (Heizer, 2016). Thisreport will highlight the role of a manager as well as characteristics of a leader and a manager.Further it will focus on the application of managerial role in different situational contexts and alsoexplain the different leadership theories beneficial for the organization. The report will alsohighlight the key approaches of operations management and role of leaders and managers in case ofoperations management as well as explain the importance of operations management in achievingthe business objectives. Additionally, the report will also highlight the impact of different factors onoperation management and decision making of leaders and managers. LO 1P1 Comparison between leaders and managers and their different roles.Management- “To manage is to forecast and plan, to organise, to command, to co-ordinate and tocontrol.”Leadership- “ Leadership is an art of motivating and influencing a group of people to act towardsachieving a common goal”(Northouse, 2018).
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Both management and leadership are the essential components for an organization as managementis concerned with the planning and controlling the different activities and leadership refers toleading and directing a group of employees in order to achieve the organization goal. Comparisons between leaders and managersBasis forcomparisonLeadersManagersMeaningLeaders are the persons leading the peopleby encouraging and influencing them tomake them work for one commonobjective (Thompson and Glasø, 2015).Managers carry out the processof managing the activities of theorganization.BasisLeaders initiate their duties on the basis oftrust and confidence they have developedin the mind of their followers(Valmohammadi and Roshanzamir, 2015). Managers manages theiractivities on the basis ofacquiring control over theirsubordinates and employees.Emphasis onLeaders emphasize on inspiring people tofollow up the activities directed by them(Heizer, 2016).Managers are concerned withthe management of theactivities as for the achievementof organizational goals. StrategyLeaders are proactive in nature.Manager's strategy is reactive innature (Xu and et.al., 2016). PerspectiveLeaders requires a good foresightedness oftheir objective (Weiss and Kivetz, 2018).Managers have a short range ofperspective.FormulationLeaders formulates principles andguidelines for the team (Yenipazarli andet.al., 2017).Managers formulates policiesand procedures to beimplemented to thesubordinates(Lussier andAchua, 2015).Differences in roles as in case of leaders and managers-Leaders create vision, managers create role- Leaders create a picture of vision that theyvisualise and inspire and engage people to convert that vision into a reality. Leaders focus onteam building and believe that high functioning teams can accomplish and contribute morethan an individual, in achieving a specific goal. Managers on the other hand focus on settingup, measuring and achievement of organizational goals. They often control and manage the
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