Management and Operations - Aldi

Management and
Operations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1 .................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Roles and characteristics of a leader and manager ...........................................................1
D1. Various theories and approaches to leadership and management in Aldi ......................2
M1 Functions and Roles of a manager and leader in Aldi using various theories ................3
LO2..................................................................................................................................................4
P2 Roles and functions of leaders applied in various situation within Aldi ..........................4
P3 Theories of leadership applied in the Aldi group..............................................................5
M2 Strength and Weaknesses of various methodologies of Leadership in the Aldi .............7
LO3..................................................................................................................................................7
P4 : The key approaches to Operation's Management and Role of Managers and leaders.. .7
P5 The values and importance of Operations Management within the Aldi to achieve the
business objectives.................................................................................................................9
M3 How the managers and leaders can improve efficiencies of operation management to
obtain business objectives....................................................................................................10
LO4 : .............................................................................................................................................10
P6 and M4 and D2 Analysing various factors affecting the business environment.............10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
Books and Journals ..............................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Operations management is an area that focuses on the manufacturing of products and
services. It is responsible for ensuring that the company's operations are utilising resources
effectively and efficiently. The present report will determine the concept of operations
management along with roles and responsibilities of an Operation Manager.
The report is in context to Aldi which is a leading retail company in United Kingdom. The study
will determine the role played by managers and leaders in the chosen organisation. It will also
include theories of leadership along with their strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore,
importance of Operation Management in Aldi will be discussed in brief.
LO1
P1 Roles and characteristics of a leader and manager
Aldi operates its business operations or functions under the control of different managers
and leaders. Manager and leader both play an important part in a business.
 A Manager is an individual that performs various managerial functions which is very
important to link the firm with its stakeholders such as customers, employees, suppliers.
 A Leader is the one who encourages or motivates his or her followers to develop
willingness in their performance for effective achievement of organisational goals and
objectives.
There are many similarities and differences in the roles or duties of manager as well as leader in
the organisation such as Aldi
BASIS LEADER MANAGER
Definition He is the one who gives guidance to
an individual and control activities
performed by Aldi’s employees. He
or she is effective just for the group.
The Manager is an individual who
control and additionally coordinate
the entire association. He is the
person who allots work to the
representatives of Aldi.
Focus The leader focuses on
accomplishing objectives and
destinations. They concentrate on
The focus of the manager in Aldi is
to create coordination between
people
1

their colleagues which they are
driving and in addition directing.
Decision making
process
In the basic leadership process, the
leader participates in decision
making. In any case, if there should
arise an occurrence of equitable
leader if any choice is made for the
group, at that point he incorporates
all the colleagues in the basic
leadership process.
The Managers are incorporated into
each choice of Aldi in light of the
fact that they are the person who
know the real position of the
association and even the
circumstance in which the
organization is performing its
activities.
Power The power is given to the leaders of
Aldi by their followers. If he has
decent initiative characteristics he
gets the help of the supporters.
Power is in the hands of managers
in light of the fact that the position
just has offered capacity to him to
arrange and deal with the activities
of Aldi.
Personality The identity of the leader is
charming and he has the ability to
impact the conduct of workers. They
are sharp in their thinking and
motivate followers to accomplish
objectives and goals.
Managers are the people who are
quiet in nature and their emphasis
is on keeping up and planning the
action of the Aldi. The identity of
director can be characterized as
diligent with the goal that they can
adequately deal with the objective
and accomplish the outcome.
Risk The leaders are thought to be the
risk taker; they generally pick the
difficult way and dependably go out
on a risky condition.
They can also be considered as the
risk takers, In Aldi they take after
the standards and controls of the
association which are developed by
the firm.
2