Roles and Characteristics of Leaders and Managers in CORUS

Management and
Operations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1) Explain and conduct comparison among several roles and characteristic of a leader and
manager..................................................................................................................................1
P2) Examine examples of how the role of a leader and the function of a manager executed in
various conditions context......................................................................................................3
P3) Implement distinguished theories and models................................................................5
P4) Explain the key approaches to operations management and the role that leaders and
managers play.........................................................................................................................6
P5) Discuss importance and value of CORUS operations management in fulfilling set
standards of business..............................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Leadership and Management plays a significant role in an organization growth and
success. Management is about planning things whereas, leadership refers to as inspiring people
to work more effectively and efficiently. Lack of leadership and management directly impact the
day to day operation activities of the company. Leaders motivates staff members to perform
better in order to gain competitive advantages against rivalry. Management running smoothly aid
to survive in open market place for longer time period (Armstrong, 2016.). This report is based
on CORUS which is a part of TATA Steel group. Along with this firm is leading their business
in manufacturing steel across the globe. This report includes roles and characteristic of leader
and manager as well as comparison is done. It will focus on role of leader and function of
manager implemented in distinguished circumstances. Moreover, several models of approach
and theories (Contingency, systems leadership etc.) will be studied. The factors are assessed
within business environment which impact operational management decision making by leaders
and mangers. Additionally, the importance of operation management helpful in meeting business
objectives is studied.
P1) Explain and conduct comparison among several roles and characteristic of a leader and
manager.
Leader: Leaders are those individually personality who has the art of boosting or motivating
other people to work day and night in order to attain common goal. They guide and support
CORUS sub-ordinate to increase their overall workforce efficiency to meet desire results.
Benefits of good leader are:
 Improve productivity of the workforce
 Increases confidence in your team.
 Raises ability to work under pressure.
Manager: Manger is that person who is accountable for controlling all business related activities
in an organisation. Manger of CORUS shows high degree of respect and kindness to their staff
members. Effective manager keep eye on all business activities so as to gain competitive
advantages against rivalry (Bedeian, 2018).
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The role of Leader are:
Active listener: Leader of CORUS is good listener due to he/she is able to convince
workers to follow their instruction accordingly to achieve the desire outcomes. The role of leader
is to listen all the quarries of the employees and then best decision respectively.
Delegator: CORUS leaders examine every workers capabilities and abilities before
assigning the task. By doing so assigned task can be completed in short time duration without
any mistake because work is assigned according to their potential level.
Decision maker: Good leader is one who take best decision in adverse conditions for
betterment of both employer and employees. CORUS leader train themselves to take best
decision in any kind situation as it will help them to achieve their set goals and objectives easily
(Thomas and Peterson, 2016).
The characteristic of Leader are:
Communication: The main characteristic of effective leader is communication. Having
good command in communication helps CORUS leader to push other people to agree to their
point. Along with this information is easily transferred which reduces mis-understanding.
Positive attitude: This is another characteristic of effective leader posing positive
attitude every time in any favourable or unfavourable condition. Leaders of CORUS have
positive attitude this is the reason firm and staff members are able to create tough competition for
others in intense competitive world.
The role of Manger:
Monitoring: The role of manger is to monitor all the business activities in an
administration. The Manger of CORUS tackle all the business activities in effective manner due
to which set objectives is attained. Along with this by monitoring all the activities regularly the
chances of error can be reduced and best outcomes can be attained (Binder, 2016).
Disturbance handler: Manger of CORUS delegate the authority and work according to
the workers capabilities and abilities. Manger by performing this role effectively it leads in
increasing productivity and profitability ratio of the company.
The characteristic of Manger:
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