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Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to leadership and management

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Management & Operation INTRODUCTION 3 LO13 P1 Define and compare the different roles and characteristics of a leader and a manager.3 M1 Analyse and differentiate between the role of a leader and function of a manager 4 LO25 P2: Different roles of leadership and management in applicationto different organisational situations 5 P3: Strengths and weakness of different approaches to leadership and management 6 M2 Assess the strengths and weaknesses of different manageresto situations within the work environment. 7 D1 Critical

Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to leadership and management

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3LO1..................................................................................................................................................3P1 Define and compare the different roles and characteristics of a leader and a manager....3M1 Analyse and differentiate between the role of a leader and function of a manager.........4LO2..................................................................................................................................................5P2: Different roles of leadership and management in application to different organisationalsituations.................................................................................................................................5P3: Strengths and weakness of different approaches to leadership and management............6M2 Assess the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to situations within the workenvironment............................................................................................................................7D1 Critically analyse and evaluate the different theories and approaches to leadership in givencontexts...................................................................................................................................8LO3..................................................................................................................................................9P4 Explain the key approaches to operations management and the role that leaders andmanagers play with reference to the chosen organisation. ....................................................9P5 & M3 Evaluate how leaders and managers can improve efficiencies of operationalmanagement to successfully meet business objectives..........................................................9LO4................................................................................................................................................11P6 & M4: Impact of external business environment factors that affect decision-making byleaders and managers............................................................................................................11M3 Operational efficiencies can be improved to successfully meet business objectives usingappropriate management and leadership approaches...........................................................12D2 Critically evaluate application of operations management and factors that impact on thewider business environment.................................................................................................13CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................13REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION Operation management is refer as an effective process that involves organizing, planning,controlling and managing and supervising the manufacturing and production processes. Themain aim and motive of operation manager is to check timely delivery of the goods and to turnthe raw material into into finished products in successful manner. For this report, givenorganisation is Toyota which is a Japanese car manufacture company and mainly belongs inAutomotive industry. This report divided into different parts which includes characteristics androle of a leader and manager in different organisational situation. Along with this, keyapproaches to operations management and impact of external factor on decision making processof leader and manager also covered in this project. LO1P1 Define and compare the different roles and characteristics of a leader and a manager.Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacture company headquartered inAichi, Japan. It was founded in August 28, 1937 by Kiichiro Toyota. Company mainly specialisein marketing of Auto mobiles, commercial vehicles, luxury vehicles, engines etc. The companywas producing almost 5 million units in annually basis in the late 1990s and managedapproximately 9.8% of the international market for auto mobiles (Webb, 2017). Toyota sells itsvehicles in almost 190 nations and regions. Markets of Toyota for its auto mobiles are NorthAmerica, Japan, Asia and Europe. Management structure is related with the organisational structure of Toyota. Companyfollow Hierarchy structure which is mainly based upon the different number of businessoperations executed by organisation all across the globe. Toyota is a auto mobile manufacture inall over the world and employ a hierarchical structure which highly help them in accomplishingbusiness goals and strategic aims (White, 2016). The effectiveness and growth of theorganisation is depend on in maintaining these functions and till now accomplishing goals.Organisational structure of the company is mainly classified into different features such as globalhierarchy, geographic division and product based division. Manager: It is an individual who manage the business functions and is responsible forplanning, directing, coordinating and controlling entire activities related to the company.
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Leader: It is a person or individual which influence and motivate their subordinates toaccomplish a specified goal and objectives for company. Role and characteristic of a leader: Role as a guide: A business leader is responsible for guiding or leading a group ofworkers as they done a project. Leader of Toyota is also responsible in retaining employees forlong time by providing accurate guidelines regarding business policies and procedures. Communication skills: A business leader of Toyota must be capable to communicate allprocedures and policies precisely, effectively and clearly. This can helpful and beneficial inpersuasion and stimulation. Thus, it is also essential for the company to achieve better resultswithin given time period. Role and characteristic of a manager: Role as a team manager: The manager of Toyota is responsible or liable for overseeingand managing entire work of a team (Wang and Cullinane, 2015) . They also responsible forplanning and handling work systems, policies and procedures that enable and promote theoptimum performance of their workers and other resources in an organisation. Motivator: It is a best characteristic which is possess by manager of Toyota to motivatetheir employees by providing fair salary, incentives and many other rewards. Thus, all these arealso beneficial for the company to attain long term goals within given time period. M1 Analyse and differentiate between the role of a leader and function of a managerDifference between management and leadershipBasis of comparisonManagementLeadershipMeaning Management refers as an art ofsystematically organizing andmanaging things efficiently.Thus, it helps the manager ofToyota to attain better resultsfor the organisation. Leadership introduce as a mainskill which is possess by theleader of Toyota in order tolead subordinates. Emphasis on Main focus of management ofcompany is to manage eachactivities of organisationsystematically. Main focus of leadership is toinspire other people toaccomplish business goalwithin given time period.
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