Roles and Characteristics of a Leader and Manager in Sainsbury plc

Management
and
Operation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Define and compare the different roles and characteristics of a leader and manager by
using Examples of selective organisation...................................................................................1
M1. Analyse the differentiate between role of leader and manager function that effectively
applying range of theories...........................................................................................................3
There are concept of leadership and management theories.........................................................3
D1. Critically evaluate the different theories and approaches of leadership...............................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................5
P2. Examine how role of leader and and function of manager apply in different situational
context. ......................................................................................................................................5
P3. Applying different theories of leadership in context of organisation...................................6
M2. Examine strength and weakness of leadership theories.......................................................7
TASK3.............................................................................................................................................1
P4: Explain the role of manager & leader in key approaches of operations management..........1
P5: Discuss the importance of operations management in accomplishment of business goals.. 3
M3. Evaluate how leaders and managers can improve efficiencies of operational management
to successfully meet the objective. .............................................................................................5
Task 4...............................................................................................................................................5
P6. Analyse the factor for business environment that create an impact as well as on
operational management and decision making. .........................................................................5
M4. Different factor that affect to the business environment. ...................................................7
D2. Critically evaluate the application of operation management and factor which would
impact on business environment. ...............................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8

REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Management is a type of administrative of an organisation where it undertakes the regular
operating activities related with profit and non-profit. It is needed at different level as per
requirements in context of utilising term for production process in organisation. The activities
which driven in operation as logistics, distribution, procuring and further more. The concept of
Operation Management is helpful for particular company in order to commodities cost that assort
for maximisation profitability towards company.
In this report the organisation has selected Sainsbury plc, it is second largest chain of
supermarket in United Kingdom and was founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury. The
company becomes largest retailer groceries in 1922. Overall number of location where Sainsbury
shops existed up to 1,428 in international with revenue generates 29.007 billion pounds. As in
report topics are discuss the difference between characteristics and roles of leaders and manager
along with describe the functions of manager in different situation based. Apart, it apply theories
and approaches of leadership with better understand about leader roles and function of manager
as they plan for operation function of company. In Last, it depicts about relationship with
leadership and management in related business environment.
MAIN BODY.
Task 1.
P1. Define and compare the different roles and characteristics of a leader and manager by using
Examples of selective organisation.
Management: It is framework of art which is useful to getting people for involving in
activity which has necessity to presumes as in all types of management. Effective management
brings positive outcomes in premises in terms of productivity or making successful the company
in another level. The management system of Sainsbury plc, their manager are efficient enough as
having ability to scrutinize and handle situation perfectly even they motivate to employees
through which they can accomplish targets. Some of activities which Sainsbury company's
manager assort to motivate, planning and controlling activities as well as it increase their
decision making power towards desired goals and objectives.
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 Motivation: This practise of management helps to influence, guide and initiates for goal
oriented behaviour as it also involves biological, emotional, social and cognitive forces
which utilise by manager of Sainsbury where workforce can accomplish their goals. Planning: According to this process as it thinking about activities that required to
achieving organisation objectives. As the manager of Sainsbury plc, they plan to
execute specific activity to having motive for successful attain overall goals.
 Controlling: As it defines function of management which support to identify difference
or gaps in perspective to take corrective action. This practise is optimise by Sainsbury
plc manager, who responsible to detect errors which creating conflicts in achieving the
targets in specific task that helps to reduces to bringing flexibility.
Leadership: It is undertaken the concept which depicts about a leader who provide
positive influence and motivate towards goals for accomplish. By implementing of influencing
or guidance by leader of Sainsbury plc, it create an impact on individual employee performances
as well as their behaviour where they accomplish the task effectively. Employees get benefit by
getting guidance from proficient leader as they shows correct from of path where they could
attain their essential organisation based objectives.
Basic Leader Manager
Meaning  A word leader came from
leadership that describes process
of social influence in which
individual person who tend to
support and provide optimum
guidance to accomplishment the
common task.
 Manager are those who
monitor and control the
activities with other in
organisation. They basically
control the activities by
utilising of managerial skills
or holding the organisational
whose having high
competency to command a
certain unit.
Role  As Sainsbury plc, approaches
leader for making their staffs
 By having a manager in
Sainsbury plc it would brings
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productive through getting learn
skills and knowledges from
leader that provide benefits to
organisation.
the sort of discipline and
having ability to control the
situation.
Characteristics  An effective leader are type of
systematic personality that
develop trust with employees.
Similarly, leaders of Sainsbury
plc are supportive and provide
guidance to workforce about
how they pursue their task in
compliance oriented manner.
 Leaders are more focuses and
having good perception power to
enhancement of people , as
Sainsbury plc leader commence
their planning to guide
employees by evaluating
individual behaviour.
 The manager are less
supportive rather than
provide order to complete
task. In Sainsbury plc,
manager scrutinize their
employee performance and
assigned task on the basis of
capabilities.
 The power of decision is
undertaken through manager
and handed over to board of
director who are involve in
discussion to evaluating the
alternatives. As manager of
Sainsbury they creates
policies and instruct to
employees to pursue the
work on the basis under
regulation.
M1. Analyse the differentiate between role of leader and manager function that effectively
applying range of theories.
There are concept of leadership and management theories
Leadership Theory: As in this theory, it defines about the set of brought to reflect traits
which helps to individual for aspiring to become a proficient leader. There is one of the theory
which elaborates behalf of Sainsbury plc
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