Management and Operations in ALDI

MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATIONS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1...........................................................................................................................................1
P1 Compare various roles and characteristics of a leader and manager.....................................1
M1 Differentiate between the role of a leader and function of a manager..................................3
D1 Different theories and approaches to leadership...................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P2 Role of a leader and the function of a manager apply in different situational.......................4
P3 Different theories and models of approach............................................................................5
M2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to situations..........................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P4 Key approaches to operations management and the role that leaders and managers............7
P5 Importance and value of operations management.................................................................8
M3 Leaders and managers can improve efficiencies of operational management.....................9
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
P6 Factors within business environment that impact upon operational management and
decision-making..........................................................................................................................9
M4 Different factors affect the business environment..............................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Operation and management are main factors of capability in firm. Operation management
refers to management area related with designing as well as controlling production process and
also redesign all business operations in manufacture of services and goods. It includes
responsibility of assuring that all business related operations are more efficient in context to
using few resources as effective and required in terms of meeting needs of consumers. This
present report is based on the ALDI business firm and it is a supermarket chain with more than
10000 stores in around 20 countries. It is one of the favourite American grocers. Under this given
report mention about the comparison among characteristics and roles of leader and manager. In
this, role of leader and functions of manager applied in various situational context. Different key
approaches related to operation management and role that managers and leaders play will be
discussed in present assignment. In this mention report also mention regarding value and
significance of the operation management and necessary role which managers play. The role of
leader and also manager functions apply in various citations will be discussed ibn mention
assignment. The factors with in business environment which effect on operation management as
well as decision making through managers and leaders will also be mentioned in report.
TASK 1
P1 Compare various roles and characteristics of a leader and manager
Management refers to a process of getting resources together in order to attain
organisational objectives in an effective or proper manner. Management works on minimize
resource wastage and enhance attainment by proper resources utilisation. It is hierarchical
responsibilities order as well as distribution of work to attain goals.
Manager is a person that design and also manage work of firm in a direction to achieve
set aims and goals of firm. In context to this, for successful achieving set aims, there is a need to
manager to create and establish effective policies and strategies and ado develop plan so that all
employees can work accordingly (Ageron, Gunasekaran and Spalanzani, 2012). This person
distributes on different levels in company in context to manage tasks in various departments.
Roles of a Manager is to Develop plans and policies. Under this, main role of manager is to
develop effective policies as well as plans so that firm can achieve its organisational target in an
effective or better manner. In order to this, before implementing business activities in future, it is
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essential for ALDI to create better plan that direct its workforce for perform in proper direction.
Training is a main role of a manager to provide better training which can enhance abilities as
well as skills of staff members. Under this, manager evaluate performance of staff members to
determine gap between actual and also standard performance. Under Monitor and control,
manager monitor as well as control activities of staff members and guide them to perform all
activities and tasks in a proper manner (Benjaafar, Li, and Daskin, 2013). In addition to this,
manager is more liable to control as well as monitor all business operations of firm by offering
better quality of services or products through use of the available resources in a significant
manner.
Leaders are people which get work completed from staff members concern about aims of firm.
They play necessary role in increase motivation of team members by their better leadership and
communication skills. Their main aim is to inspire and influence staff members in context to
enhance their performance and productivity. The roles of a leader can be to represent a
firm. Leaders are main part of an organisation and they are representative. Leader represents
concern conferences, seminars, general meetings. Its major role is to interact rationale of firm to
public. Leaders are necessary in company and required at all levels in ALDI organisation. At top
level, it is necessary for doing all operations on business in developing effective policies as well
as plans (Childe, 2011).
At middle and tactical level, it is necessary for an interpretation as well as
implementation of plan in an effective manner which are formulated through top
management. Leader is manager that entertains along with invite support and also coordination
of employees. It can do through intelligence, experience, personality and maturity of leaders that
can give the positive
Characteristics of manager and leader of ALDI:
Focus is fist characteristic of manager and leaders. The major focus of leader is to attain
achieve target and aims which are set through top management. On the other hand, Focus of
manager on developing effective plans and policies so that employees can work towards attain
aims accordingly. In Approach to uncertainty, Leader is an individual that has proper
capabilities as well as skills in order to with with any challenges. Managers like to deal with any
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