Management and Operations at Toyota Plc.

Management and Operations at Toyota
Plc.
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Table of Contents
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Define and compare the different roles and characteristics of a modern leader and a
manager in general context..........................................................................................................3
P2 Examine examples of how the role of a leader and the function of a manager apply in the
different situational context in Toyota.........................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6
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Task 1
P1 Define and compare the different roles and characteristics of a modern leader and a
manager in general context.
Managers: In Toyota manager play a very major role in the growth and development because
they manage and design whole work to achieve set goals and objectives effectively. Managers
develop various plans and strategies for accomplishing set target in the certain time period
(Morley, et. al., 2015).
Managers are the person who appraises employees for their performance so that they can
perform allocated task in a proper manner. The manager hires high skilled and qualified
employees for the organisation in order to enhance organisational revenue and sales. In an
organisation, it is a major responsibility of managers to control, design and manage all business
activities (Ramos, 2014).
Leaders: They also very important role in the Toyota by motivating and encouraging employees
through their communication and leadership skills. Leaders encourage employees to work in
same directions to attain objectives and target (Yukl, 2013).
Leaders are those who provide right directions to employees and encourage them to attain the
better result. The major role of leaders is to inspire as well as encourage employees to increase
their productivity for achieving organisational goals and objectives (Johnston and Marshall,
2016).
Difference between modern leader and manager are as under:
Managers Leaders
Toyota is a largest automobile manufacturing
company in all over the world in which
managers set objectives and goals for the
Leaders of Toyota help to achieve the set goals
and objectives in the certain time period.
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