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Management and Operations - Unilever

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Management and Operations - Unilever

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MANAGEMENT ANDOPERATIONS
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1P1 Different roles and characteristics of leaders and managers..................................................1Roles of a leader..........................................................................................................................3Function of managers..................................................................................................................3LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4P2 Roles of leaders and function of manager in different situational context............................4P3 Different theories and model of approaches..........................................................................5LO 3.................................................................................................................................................6P4 Key approaches to operation management and roles that leaders and managers play..........6P5 Importance and values of operations management...............................................................8LO 4.................................................................................................................................................9P6 Factors that impact upon operational management and decision making.............................9CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTIONManagement is the art of getting people in the organisation and to accomplishing thework and desired goal of the organisation by coordinating and using of all the available resourcesin the organisation effectively and efficiently to obtain the desired objectives (What isManagement,2017). Whereas operations are the activity to convert the raw materials into thefinished goods, products and services and provide them to the end customers (What areOperations,2019). This assignment is based on the Unilever company which is a transitionalconsumer goods company based in UK. This will also include how different roles of managerhelps organisation in different situational context. This report will include the key approaches tooperation management and role that manager and leaders play and importance and value ofoperation management in achieving business objective. With the help of this assignment, role ofleaders and mangers in their operation management and how decision-making is being affectedwill be explained. Different roles and characteristics of leaders and managers.Roles of leadersAs the leaders are those who help to lead the team and employees in the organisation bymotivating them and provide clear guidelines to them. The leaders of Unilever play various rolein the organisation like:Provide the clear vision to team members that help them to achieve target of Unilevercompany.Develop the winning strategies that the employees and team members are follow. And byfollowing it it reaches to the their objective.Implement and execute those strategies effectively in the Unilever operation to obtain thetarget (Nakamura and et.al, 2015).Motivate their team members to work efficiently.Building the moral of the employeesRoles of managers
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Managers of Unilever play vital role in the organisation and help the organisation tomanage each and every activity in the Unilever organisation. These roles of manager in Unileverare as below:Manager help in daily operation and functions of the Unilever employees and ensure thatthey are working effectively (What is Management,2017).Manager also play the role of staffing the Provide the clear vision to team members that helpthem to achieve target of Unilever company.Develop the winning strategies that the employees and team members are follow. And byfollowing it it reaches to the their objective (DiFazio and Chitrapu, 2016).Implement and execute those strategies effectively in the Unilever operation to obtain thetarget.Motivate their team members to work efficiently.Building the moral of the employeesy help the Unilever company to get best employees for theorganisation through recruitment and selection and provide proper training to new employees. Another role is to sting goal. Manager set the clear goal for the organisation andemployees and they have to work accordingly.Other roles are administration, liaising, training, evaluation and many roles which areplayed by the managers of Unilever. Characteristics of leadersTo play the roles and responsibility effectively in the Unilever organisation leader musthave some characteristics, these characteristics and quality make the task easy for them and helpthem to play roles of leader in organisation and separate them from others.Leaders of Unilever company are very honest toward to their work and responsibility.And also honest toward the team members and do not biased with them.Leaders have the quality and they personality is like they inspire others to do their bestin the organisation.Leader of Unilever have good decision making skill that help them to take any decisionquickly and can work according to it. Characteristics of managers
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