The Role of Leaders and Managers in Operation Management
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Running Head: Operation and ManagementOperation and ManagementNameInstitution Name
Operation and Management2ContentsDefinition and comparison of roles of a leader and a manager....................................................................3The roles of a leader and a manager in different situations..........................................................................5Different theories and models of approach, including situational leadership, Systems leadership and contingency.................................................................................................................................................6The key approaches of operation management and the roles of leaders and managers..............................10Importance of operation management to achieve business objectives.......................................................12The factors of leaders and managers that put impact upon the operation management and in decision making process..........................................................................................................................................14References.................................................................................................................................................16
Operation and Management3Definition and comparison of roles of a leader and a managerLeader: A leader is the one who motivates the employees. In every aspect of a given task, a leader takes all the responsibilities and help the employees or the workers of the organization in an effective way. It is to be said that a leader of an organization(Moore, & Williams, 2011) takesall the responsibilities on his or her shoulder and helps to achieve the organizational target. A leader leads the teams to complete any task. The leaders also set good examples for the employees. These examples can be considered as the paths of work and the workers follow that particular path. It makes the job easier for the employees, and they are satisfied with the servitude of the leader. The employee satisfaction is maintained in this way.Manager: In an organization there can be many managers for a different department. The jobs ofthe managers can be explained in many ways depending on the different section of the works. The main task of a manger is to maintain the organizational environment. They are the ones who takes the jobs and divide them among the employees. There are many departments like financial department, working department, management department(Nomination of Elaine C. Duke, 2009), etc. They are considered to be the main persons of the organization. They hold the positions just after the authority of the organization. It is to be said that depending on the work distribution of the mangers of the organization, the leaders play their roles.ComparisonThe comparison between the leaders and the managers can be explained through various aspects.The comparisons are as follows:The managers have employees, such that the managers of the organization do everything concerning the presence of the employees of the organization. The tasks are divided
Operation and Management4among the employees by the managers and they wait for the outcomes whereas the leaders help the employees to complete a particular task given by the manager. It can be firmly said that the leaders have followers rather than employees. The employees of the organization are the one who can be considered as the followers where it comes to the point of view of a leader. It is so because the leaders lead the employees all the way through to complete a particular task.The managers mainly want the given task to be completed by the given deadline. According to the managers if any changes are needed in the organizational environment(Zhong, & House, 2012) then it must be done by the employees only, but the leaders, in this case, helps the employees to make the required changes in the organization. The leaders take all the responsibilities to help the employees of the organization. It is to be said that the leaders are the ones for whom the organizational environment is maintained and the employees are satisfied.The managers of the organization give good ideas whereas the leaders of the organizationimplement those ideas in order to complete the given task. The managers of the company give the direction to the groups of the employees, and the leaders of the organization create their teams.Managers want a given task to be completed in the given time. They are focused towards their tasks all the time. But the leaders make all the employees make focused towards the job. It makes the job easier for the employees as all the employees are focused at a time towards their jobs.The mangers take the credit when a job is completed, but the leaders take the responsibility to complete that particular job.
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