Key Approaches to Operations Management and the Role of Leaders and Managers

Management
and
Operations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1. Comparison and definition of mangers and leaders ............................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P2. The role for the leader, the functions for the manager apply for various situational contexts
......................................................................................................................................................4
P3. Application of various theories..............................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P4. Key approaches to operations management and the role that leaders and managers play.. .7
Operations Management..................................................................................................................7
P5. Importance and value of operations management in achieving business objectives.............9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
P6: The factors for the business which impacts the management decisions for leaders and
managers:...................................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Management implies administration and coordination of various tasks to achieve set
desired goals (Oloruntoba, Hossain and Wagner, 2019). These activities of administration
involve framing of firm’s strategies and coordinating the efforts of staff to accomplish these
objectives with the utilization of available resources. It defines longevity structure of all the staff
members within the organisation. These goals can be attaining through management of
operations which is concerned with designing, controlling and redesigning operations of business
in the production activities of product and services. For with report Waitrose & Partners
enterprise in consider, which is a British brand of supermarkets establish in 1904. They are the
eight largest retailers in UK for groceries.
In this report various roles along with features of leaders and mangers, different models
of approach and theories are also discussed. Further this report, includes key approaches to
operation management with role of leaders and value as well as importance of operation
management. Apart from this report, also throw light on the factors that impact operation of
management within environment of business.
TASK 1
P1. Comparison and definition of mangers and leaders
Leader: Leaders are those how visualises how things should be done, improve and they
gather people in order to move towards better vision (Magnet and Tschandl, 2020). Waitrose &
Partners leaders ensures that all employees work, understand and embrace in the same direction
for achieving objectives.

Manager: Managers are those who are liable for getting things done, setting and
achieving organisational goals (Mishra, 2019). Waitrose & Partners managers develop and
carries management process effectively so that their stores run and generate more income.
Difference Between Leader and Manager:
Basis Leader Manager
Role Waitrose & Partners leaders
perform following role-
 They ensure time
management in order
to do finish each
activity on time.
 Motivate and inspire
subordinates to
improve their working
skills.
 They inspire other
works.
Waitrose & Partners managers
perform following roles-
 They help management
to take effective
decisions.
 They monitor work as
well as employee’s
performances.
 They help enterprise to
allocate their resources.
Characteristics Features of Waitrose &
Partners leaders are-
 They are self-aware
about their qualities
and know how
effectively they can
do various things.
 They are focus on
how they can develop
skills of their staff
members.
Waitrose & Partners manager’s
characteristics are-
 They build work
culture were everyone
can easily trust each
other.
 They understand
employees values and
try to retain them in
entity.