Management and Operations in ASDA

Management and
operations

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Covered in PPT............................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
P2. The role of leader and the function of manager apply on different situational context........1
P3. Different models and theories of approach...........................................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
P4. The key approaches to operations management....................................................................3
P5. The importance and value of operation management in accomplishing business goals.......5
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................6
P6. The factors within business environment that influence upon operational management and
decision making...........................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Management is the activity of planning, managing, leading, controlling and conducting the
business operations and actions so that business of the company can operate in better manner.
Operation management is the management of business process to earn the highest level of
effectiveness potential in the business organisation. It is consumed with changing materials and
labour into the products and facilities as effective as potential to increase the earning of a
venture. It can be an activity of adequate administration of assets that are considered by the
enterprise in business operation such as worker, technology, equipment and many more (Bozarth
and Handfield, 2016). This written document is based o ASDA which is a British supermarket
retail sector company. This venture was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in West
Yorkshire, England. The written document will explain about role of leader and function of
manages in diverse situations and application of several conceptions models of approach,
Moreover, it will defined the key tools of operation management and the essentialness as well as
value of operation management in term of attaining business goals. Along with this, it will
describe about different business environment factors that impact operation management and
decision making.
TASK 1
Covered in PPT
TASK 2
P2. The role of leader and the function of manager apply on different situational context
There is some organisational situation in which leader and manger play an effective role,
the explanation of them in reference to ASDA is as under:
Conflict resolution- In ASDA, the circumstance of conflict resolution can create and
occur when company need to devise innovation in its busyness by offering mobile application to
its customers so that they can earn the advantages of the facilities and commodities of this
venture in effective manner. To make this innovation, the administration can make a group so
that workers can work in context of it. In group, the situation of conflicts can occur when
teammates will not share information and strategies across the group. So the situation of conflict
arises due to ineffective communication and creates issues within the team. In context of
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