Report on Leadership and Operational Management Strategies at Tesco

This report provides an analysis of Tesco's operational management and leadership strategies. It begins with an introduction to leadership and its importance in operational functions, particularly within a large retail organization like Tesco. The report then delves into the key operations of Tesco, including its supply chain and online shopping services. It explores the roles and responsibilities of managers in operational functions, emphasizing their importance in organizing, controlling, and monitoring various departments. Furthermore, the report examines the impact of the external business environment, such as political, economic, technological, and environmental factors, on Tesco's decision-making processes. It also discusses management and leadership approaches used to improve operational efficiencies, including active listening and workforce development. The report concludes with recommendations for improving performance and emphasizes the significance of leadership in managing operational functions and adapting to external factors, referencing various academic sources to support its analysis.

LEADERS AND OPERATION MANAGEMNET
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 INTRODUCTION
 Key operations of Tesco
 Roles and responsibilities of manager in operational functions
 Impact of external business environment
 Management and leadership approaches use in improving efficiencies of operations.
 Conclusion and recommendation
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
Table of context

INTRODUCTION
 Leader is a person who makes an exciting vision of present or future. They
motivate or support people to connect with that goal. Leadership is a skill that
every manager and leader should have in its profession when they are
performing in the organization.
 They lead employees and other staff members in work areas to finish their task.
Through this skill they can operate operation management function in firm.
Tesco is a huge groceries service and products provider retailer industry in UK.

Key operations of Tesco
 Tesco is a biggest retailer organization in UK; they supply their services of
products to people everywhere in the world.
 Organisation also provide online shopping facility to society that can save their
time without standing in queue to purchase goods for themselves.
 Tesco followed different operations that help in improving their business
position more than now. They need to innovate in their products as per the
needs and demands of customer
 It provides things that have better features, healthier and tasty products.

Roles and responsibilities of manager in operational
functions
 Tesco has to spread their business in all over the world. Thus, for this they have
many operations in management like insurance service and retail banking etc.
according to these functions firm need a person who manage their overall
business performance effectively.
 Managers play their important role in organizing and controlling the process of
firm. Their part is to control or monitor the other department in each and every
level of organization.
 Manager are very important for managing the activity and operations of the
stores and are responsible for making available all the commodities and
products at required time at right place.

Impact of external business environment
 External factors impact on business making decision by manger and leader PESTEL is the way to
know about the effect of outcome environment factors.
 Political factor: political factor is based on government policies, it heavily impact on business
activity and leader decision making process. Some time legislation make changes in trade policy,
labor law, and tax policy that affect Tesco production structure totally .
 Economical factor: economic changes also impact on business and its profitability in organization.
Increasing rates, economy growth, inflation, income of clients etc. are included in factors of
economy. Increasing people demand affects business work performances at high level. Thus, for
this manager has to prepare their plans regarding this change.
 All these factors impact on decision making of manager. Changes in government laws affect the
overall management functions of organization, thus for this mangers need to make modified there
strategies and plans according to it.

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 Technological factor: new technology is very important at the time of facing competitors in market
place within same services or products. Manger should produce their services and goods by suing
new technologies in the process of production.
 They also need to apply different way of distributing their products to customers that attract them
towards their business and facilities.
 Environment factor: environment factors are highly impact on Tesco business and manager decision
in making products and services. People used those products which is environment friendly and
easily available in every situation according to changes in environment.
 Thus for this manager has to recreate their decision, and complete regarding the changes and people
needs. It highly affects business growth and profitability. Some changes are happen through heavy
rainfall and due to thunder storm.

Management and leadership approaches use
in improving efficiencies of operations
 Tesco need to make an effective workforce that help in achieving business
objectives and goals successfully. Good management improved organization
position in market place better than its competitions.
 Approaches deals with management and leadership both. Active listening is the
best way for making firm more powerful than the other firm has. It can increase
the capability of employees and employer.
 It attracts more customer than in the present. It also help in making decisions at
the time of conflict conditions, that impact positively in business or firm.

Conclusion and recommendation
 In the end of all the explanation operation management is an effective and
important part of business
 They need to make more plans and strategies for facing situations. Manger
need to control business activity through commanding.
 Leaders recommended training and development session to improve their
performance level better than others.
 Managers and leaders both need to improve there motivation skills that help
through motivating employees.

CONCLUSION
 It has been concluded that leaders is very essential for managing the operation
management function in the organization. It define the manager an leader role
and responsibility that help in improving organisation positions in business
world.
 It has concluded that leaders can mange the overall activity of business and
different management levels, that can raise organisation growth and
profitability.
 Firm business get affect of external environment factors that impact on
managers and leader decision making activity.

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 Hempsall, K., 2014. Developing leadership in higher education: Perspectives
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