Management and Operations: Roles of Leader and Manager in an Organization

Management and
operations

Table of Contents
Introduction:.....................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1:...........................................................................................................................................1
LO1:.................................................................................................................................................1
P1: Examine and compare the roles of the leader and manager in the organisation.............1
M1: Analyse and make a distinction between the role of the leader and function of the
manager in applying to range of theories and concepts........................................................3
TASK 2:...........................................................................................................................................3
Lo2:..................................................................................................................................................3
P2: Explain the how leader and manager function apply in the different condition:...........3
P3: Discuss different leadership style and theories in the organisation:..............................4
M2: discuss the strength and weakness of different leadership theories...............................5
D1: Critically evaluate the different theories and its approaches:........................................6
LO3:.................................................................................................................................................6
P4: examine different approaches to operation management and role of the leader and
manager:.................................................................................................................................6
P5: explain the importance of operation management in achieving the objectives of the
organisation............................................................................................................................7
M3: Evaluate the ways leader and manager can improve effectiveness of the operational
management............................................................................................................................8
D2: Critically Evaluate application of operations management:............................................8
LO4:.................................................................................................................................................8
P6: Disuses the factors within the business environment that affect the operational
management............................................................................................................................8
M4: Analyse how different factors affects the work environment.:.....................................9
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................10
References:.....................................................................................................................................10

Introduction:
The management and operations refers to a process which involves the business practices which
provides different ways and methods which lead to achieve the goals and objectives in the most
effective and productivity manners. it is procedures which helps inn converting the raw material
into the finished commodities and further distribute to the target market with the help of
distribution channels in the different location. in the another words, it includes different
management activities such as planning, organising, controlling and directing which helps in
execution the task in the most productivity manners so that organisation are able to
accomplished the target objectives within the set time period. In the context of the John Lewis,
which is a British multinational company , provides services like clothes, house ware, financial
services to the UK market and to international levels. Further there will be discussion, on the
roles and responsibility of the manager and leader and different leadership style in the
organisation management levels. (Adebiyi, , Oyatoye, and Amole, 2016)
TASK 1:
LO1:
P1: Examine and compare the roles of the leader and manager in the organisation.
Manger: the organisation need one person who can handle the operational activities in the most
profitable ways, that person is known as manger. He controls its sub-ordinates by assisting them
their roles and responsibilities about the task . few of the roles of the manager in the context of
John Lewis are stated as follows”
Role : manger has to conduct different type of responsibility to handle the task in the most
suitable manners. the junior in the team are answerable to the manager for their duties . he has a
ability to executed the plan of action by making the effective strategies for its team members. He
also make the some rules and regulation which are to be followed in the management to achieve
the goals . (Akalin, Huang. and Willems, 2016)
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Characteristic of the manager: He must have strong characteristic at the work places so that its
followers can get good example and also get help in completing the task in the planed ways by
influencing their behavioural at the work places. Some of them as stated as follows”
Effective communication: the good manager is one who have strong communication skills
which helps in transferring the important information to the team members so that task can be
completed within the set time period.
Allocation: here, the manger delegates the roles to its team members so that task can be finished
in the most productivity manners.
Leader: the company need leader , who can influences the team to perform better to achieve the
mission and vision of the organisation. in the time frame. In the context of the John Lewis, the
leader is a person who motivates the employees to perform better in the organisation. the great
leader is make the pre-determine objective achievable in the long run.
Roles: leader has to perform different type of roles to influence and motivates the employees to
give their best in the task. Few of them are as follows: (Bromiley, and Rau,2016)
Encouragement: leader always motivates and encourages its employees to perform better in
the organisation so that company can achieve their objectives in the most effective manners.
Set mission and vision: leader is one who develop the mission of the organisation so that all the
employees work for the common goals.
Characteristic of leader: he has different quality to lead the group of people in the
organisation so that objectives can be accomplished within the set time.
Positive approach and leadership skills: the good leader has quality to lead the team as there
are leader by born and hold the leadership skills which lead the employees.
Challenges: he is person who faces the issues and problems in the most appropriated manners
with the full confidences in its approaches to dissolve the problems.
Comparison of manager and the leader:
Basis Manager leader
implication
Vision:
He has to manage the
employees of the organisation
in such a way that goals of the
company can be achieved.
The manger has to complete
Leader has to influence and
motivates its team members to
perform better in the task.
He has to look after the
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