P1. Different roles and characteristics of a leader and a manager
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Managementand Operations
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3P1. Different roles and characteristics of a leader and a manager..........................................3TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6P2.Different roles of management and leadership according to different organisationalsituations.................................................................................................................................6P3. Different approaches to leadership and management to draw conclusions.....................7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9P4.Explanation of the key operational approaches to operations management and their value.9P5 Importance and values of operation management...........................................................12TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................15P6.Evaluate business environment factors that affect decision-making of leaders andmanagers...............................................................................................................................15CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18
INTRODUCTIONManagement is referred to art or techniques in order to get things done from other inappropriate and effective manner. By this manager and leader of an organisation can coordinateand organised work in effective and appropriate manner. Operations refers to activities andfunctions which is conducted in an organisation in order to attain goal and objective inappropriate manner (Balasubramaniam and et. al., 2016). Both operations and management areessential for an organization in order to conduct functions and activities in effectiveways.Organisation taken in this assignment is Toyota which is established in year 1937 byKiichiro Toyoda. They are conducting their business operation and functions in Automotiveindustry and its headquarters is in Toyota city, Aichi, Japan. Topics covered in this report arevarious roles of managers and leaders, characteristic of both leader and manger, functions ofmanager and role of leader. Along with this it covers different operational functions of anorganisation and relationship among management and leadership in respect to various theoriesand models. TASK 1P1. Different roles and characteristics of a leader and a managerToyota is one of the famous companies in automotive sector which headquarter is inJapan and establish in 1937. There are variety of product and services ranges which is offer byrespective company. Products offer by this company are auto mobiles, luxury vehicles, engines,commercial vehicles and so on and services are banking, financial and leasing. Toyota serve theirproducts and services at worldwide level such as Australia, Bangladesh, Europe, India, Japan,Philippines and many more. This organisation serves their products with various divisions likeToyota, Ranz, Lexus, TRD, Scion, Gazoo, Racing and many more. Management of Toyotaconduct research on regular basis and develop products and services with advance technology. Management structure is referring to series or structure in which an organisation conducttheir work and operations in order to achieve goal and objective in effective manner. It can be oftwo type that is flat structure and hierarchy structure (Christopher, 2016). Management structurewhich is adopted by Toyota company is hierarchy structure. In which work is conduct throughvarious levels and it is considered as a pyramid structure. In this manager or supervisor makestrategies and guide their staff that how they conduct their work in appropriate and effective
manner. In Toyota Strategies and plans are developed by manager who work at headquarter andother locations employees follow guidelines in order to accomplish work and achieve objectives. Manager: - Manager is a person who take in charge and manger their employees andstaff so that they perform their work in effective and appropriate manner in order to achieve goaland objective (Cordray and et. al.,2015). Role of manager: - Role of a manager is making strategies and plans according to situation which companyis facing in current time. Manager of an organisation plan training and development sessions for employees whorequired. So that they enhance their knowledge and conduct work in appropriate wayswithin time. Characteristic of manager: - Manager of a company thinks about day to day activities which help them in makingstrategies and plans in appropriate manner. Illustration 1: Toyota Company Hierarchy(Source: Toyota Company Hierarchy, 2018)
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