Leadership and Management Skills in ASDA

This report analyzes the various leadership and management skills practiced in ASDA, including contingency theory, situational leadership, and system leadership. It also explores the role of leaders and managers in achieving business objectives through operational management.

MANAGEMENT &
OPERATIONS
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INTRODUCTION
The leaders and managers both are one of the most important assets of an organization
(Pheng and Meng, 2018). They help in utilizing all the important and required resources of the
company which further help the organization in achievement of necessary goals as well as
objectives by implementing different models and strategies. Present report lay focuses on the
ASDA stores, It is founded in 1949 and its headquarters in leads, United Kingdom. The aim of
the present report is to analysis the various kinds of leadership as well as management skills that
are practised within the firm. It describes various examples of the way in which role of a leader
as well as managerial functions apply within the various situation’s contexts. It also focuses on
various kinds of approaches and theoretical model that involves various kinds of theories such as
contingency theory, system leadership, situational leadership and key approaches to the
operations' management as well as role that the leaders as well as managers play. Furthermore, it
focuses on various factors regarding bushiness environment that influences on the operational
management and focuses on the rationale on accomplishing business objectives by focusing on
operation management values.
MAIN BODY
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Various situations that focuses on the effectiveness of the ASDA that involves the
concept for the detailed activity of the outcomes that increases three most valid situations.
Situation 1 – A Manager of the ASDA is assigned with a new task by the top management as
also he wants tasks ca be done through his team members in a particular specified time.
It is also known as the specific management theory of the ASDA in order to accomplish the best
outcomes as this is the theory that enhances the efficiency of the output (Dykstra and Sun,
2019). It also helps the managers so that they can examine management related conditions
implements this theory by Managers as well as by skills . Managers of the firm could focus on
planning their all kinds of operations as well as working activities. It also gives incentives for
boosting the staff members in order to develop excellent results as well enhanced outcomes and
satisfaction (Pheng and Meng, 2018).
Stable situation
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These are the situation has consist that the firm ASDA will prone to any kind of changes which
will impact within the firm purposes as well as maintain outcome stability. Such as if the
market there are no changes arises that involves inflation, the market will also uniform ,boom or
recession will stable as well as not affected within the firm (Le and et.al., 2019).
Fast changing situation
This is the situation that is currently fastest changing situation within the firm purposes as it can
draw down the fast as well as changing situation as per the requirement of the market. Such as
Stock market ,these are the rapid changes that can be driven as per the market environment.
Such as stock market, these are the rapid changes that can be driven as per the situations such as
BSE, NSE as well as this will impact on the investors (Hopkin, 2018).
ASDA focuses on adopting slow situations to moderate situations within the firm focuses on
including various methods to handle as well as safeguarding the aim of the firm benefits as well
as this will not impact to the outcomes. ASDA is known as the popular firms within the United
Kingdom so as per these strategies enables the functions that focuses on the relatives benefits of
the purposes regarding the benefits of the firm (Dorfman and Henderson, 2018).
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Leadership within an organization assist in motivating the staff members by evaluating the needs
as well as desires. There are various styles of leadership that are explained below.
Situational leadership
This is the leadership that assigns the work as well as activities as per the skills as well
as talent. Here leadership analyses the conditions of the market and also the decisions that are
being taken within the firm. With the help of this theory finding out the best outcomes as well as
decisions and also plays negative outcomes. Such as increase in conflicts within the
team ,responsibility and roles regarding other staff that can be changes along the team . This
decision assist within solving the conflict as well as issues and also completing the project on a
specific period (Ren and Huang, 2018).
System leadership
It is a type of leadership style that focuses on outcomes (instead) than procedure. It
emphasis on the outcomes that can be attained through activities that can be planned earlier. The
ASDA is considered as the largest financial firm that consist of various types of department and
also each division has its own goals as well as objectives (Dykstra and Sun, 2019).
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Contingency leadership
This style is applied when any specific situation arises in organisation Any issues or case
that are being random is picked as well as solutions are obtained by staff members of the firm .
This strategy is utilize to find out different paths to accomplish the various objectives of the firm
(Wong and et.al., 2019).
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TQM works on the principle of the customer focuses process and aims regarding the
continuous enhancement of the operations regarding business. It assures all the associated staff
members work towards the common goal of improving the product or services quality and as
well as removing deficiencies in procedures of production.
Customer focuses- ASDA needs to focus on the satisfaction of the costumers as they are
ultimate judge of the services and product of a firm within a market. Thus, all the products are
developed to keep in mind that the requirements as well as satisfactions of the costumers
(Dorfman and Henderson, 2018).
Strong leadership is also a crucial principle regarding TQM as without a strong leader the
projects within the firm cannot be monitor and directed properly and also no proper decision are
taken. Thus, for TQM it requires high quality leadership to take effective decision (Dykstra and
Sun, 2019).
Continuous improvement
A firm must need the in order to sustain in such a intense competitive market as market
is fluctuating frequently at rapidly as well as therefore the firm will strive for the continuous
enhancement instead being satisfied within nature.
Role regarding leaders that can play in TQM approach
To assure continuous improvement business efficiency as well as production process of the
ASDA business.
People involvement
The engagement of employees regarding TQM is vital as by the more team working
regarding variety of people of firm at all the level no tasks cannot be accomplished in effective
way as teamwork is considered as pillar for success in business as therefore the involvement
regarding all department of ASDA firm is very essential element (Dorfman and Henderson,
2018).
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Role of leader
To assure the effective involvement as well as use of the whole work forces.
To establish performances measurement regarding the process.
Role of the manager
To treat suppliers as partners of the ASDA firm.
Just in time inventory.
This model improve efficiency as well as decrease wastes from goods when there is a
requirement within overall process ,thus also reducing inventory costs (Wong and et.al., 2019).
The application assists the firm within reduce space of storing goods as it is stored when is used
as well as it reduces overall cost and expenses of firm. This theory assists by minimising wastes
only receives when requirement is there, also within this way wastage regarding goods is also
still and also it needed to enhance the invest cot of the firm.
Role of managers within the just time approach is given below
They order the right amount of goods after evaluating the demands.
Order the goods ,regarding suppliers at the right time (Dorfman and Henderson, 2018).
Role of leaders
To assure all the staff members are aware of their roles as well as responsibility.
To check and monitor machinery that are used within the production process.
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Business of the ASDA includes Operation management such as the designing, overseeing as
redesigning the operation ,controlling the process regarding production as well The functions
regarding the operational management id given below.
The controlling as well as distributing function is very factors within the operational
management that is accountable within the production process's controlling as well as assures of
the product's proper distribution as within order to completes the objectives of the ASDA firm
(Pheng and Meng, 2018). It fulfills the objectives of the company that is known as thethe
resource's proper utilization of being followed. Distribution system's efficiency can be
improved through improves logistics infrastructure and adopting the strong control system of the
ASDA plc to fullfill the objectives needed for firm. It is concerned with the distribution of
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the resources as well as proper control of resources that is assured by the firm as well as
products that are effectively diffused within markets (Dykstra and Sun, 2019).
Raw materials' Transforming into finished goods as well as services
By evaluating the demands of the customers, it is one of the crucial functions within
operation management as regarding the product's raw materials that can be utilized to get the
final product of the company after utilization of the resources of the firm . To meets the
demands of the firm that is manufacture quality of commodity for their consumers who are
known as potential customers (Dorfman and Henderson, 2018).
Process designing
For the operational management The designing regarding the production's process of is
considered as crucial function as through process's specifying within the production process as
the production is carried out by ASDA's product , so that demands be fulfilled completely to
make the profits form it that will turn the objective of the firm. This also fulfill objectives
regarding ASDA (Ren and Huang, 2018).
Capacity management
As per this management no extra goods are manufactured within a specified process as
it will also enhance production process's pressure of the as well the quality regarding products
that can hampered also earn the bad reputations for the ASDA firm that is against of the
objectives regarding firm. It also meets objectives regarding the production capacity as well as
gods that can be production as per the demands of the market (Dorfman and Henderson, 2018).
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Environment of the business get effects by a number of the reasons that can affects the
operations regarding business as well ASDA's as decision-making part of. Thus, it is very
crucial from the point of the firm to recognize the influences regarding the influences that are
known as External influences on the environment of the business (Dykstra and Sun, 2019)
Corporate social responsibility is considered as a framework that can be contributed the
development regarding social, as well as environment and economic benefits to all the
stakeholders of the firm. Here the firm can adopt the goals that are short term must be
advantageous for the organization within long run. Thus, ADSA requires to make the minor
adjustments as well as integrate CSR practices (Berenguer and Shen, 2019). Company also
requires a large portion of their CSR policy that is dedicated to the betterment regarding
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community that is known as local community, where they can do the business so that they
assist within the growth of the persons of the local community, suffered due to the activity of the
firm. The decision-making system of the company also affected by Policy of the CSR , Also
content regarding CSR policy make the policy-makers of the firm to make the decisions which
may be ethical and also advantageous within welfare regarding stakeholders (Hopkin, 2018).
Sustainability is considered as a Framework that highlights on completing the demand
regarding the present generation without haggle the requirements regarding the generation of
future. It is known as essential regarding the business that can promotes them. The
organization is responsible to the general consumers so that the consumers are more known
about the company. It is essential from the ASDA point of view ,who's aim within saving of
the resources that will be needed by ASDA within future. ASDA's daily business must
sustainable within nature to defend the environment properly (Ren and Huang, 2018).
Technological changes- They arises within extra environment on each new day as these are
the changes that can be adopted through ASDA, when the manager as well as leaders predict the
changes and future plans (Dykstra and Sun, 2019).
Legal as well as political changes- A change that can effects the firm's decisions as these
changes are taken into considered which unable in forming policies that is being implemented
within the firm and also effect the plan that are been made within ASDA. Also, the leader's role
to predict the changes of the future and at the same time manager fulfill its roles through
arranging as well as managing the resources. It also focused on the Corporate social
responsibility contributed the sustainable development ,firm can adopt the short term goals from
all their part to practice requires a large part of their CSR policy towards the betterment
regarding the decision-making system (Wong and et.al., 2019).
CONCLUSION
The above study it had been concluded that the Managers minimizes risks While
Leaders try news ,new innovations. Managers mimic the behaviours and leaders work
effectively to build unique personal brand. Operation management includes the
designing,redesigning the operation such as Transforming raw materials into finished goods as
well as services, Process designing and Capacity management. Also ,Total quality management
focus on the satisfaction of the costumers Continuous improvement within order to survive the
competitive market at a rapid rate. It also focused on the Policy of the CSR also affects the
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decision-making system that can promotes themselves as the responsible to the general
consumers without compromising the needs of the future generation.
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