Operations and Management: Roles, Functions, and Approaches

Operations and
management
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Table of Contents
PART 1...............................................................................................................................................
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................
P1 Definition and roles of both managers and leaders and differences between management
and leadership................................................................................................................................
P2 Examine examples of how the role of a leadership and management apply in different
situational context..........................................................................................................................
P3 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to leadership and management.................
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................
PART 2...............................................................................................................................................
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................
1 Details of key operational functions and roles of managers in these functions..........................
2 Explanation of the key operational approaches to operations management and their value....10
3 Operational efficiencies can be improved to successfully meet business objectives using
appropriate management and leadership approaches...................................................................10
4 Impact of external business environment factors on decision-making by leaders and
managers .....................................................................................................................................11
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................................
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PART 1
INTRODUCTION
The management is the process to control whole organisational activities in order to complete
the all objectives and goals. Leadership is referred as the abilities of an individual to influence
and motivated others so they can contribute in the success of organisation. Leaders as well as
managers ensure the smooth functioning of organisation. In this report the chosen organisation is
Tesla which deals in the electric vehicles and clean energy. The organisation is founded in
July1.2003 and headquarter is situated in the California, United States. 70,757 employees are
working in the organization. In this report, various roles of leader and managers and various
approaches are being discussed in the context of Tesla.
PART 1
P1 Definition and roles of both managers and leaders and differences between management and
leadership
Managers: Managers is defined as a individual who are responsible to manage all organizational
functions. Managers has power to hire, fire discipline and monitor performance as well as
appraise employees. He has charge over the specific department and on people who are working
in it(Adnan,and Valliappan, 2019). Basically, the primary aim of managers is to exercise all
managerial functions. Managers of Tesla is responsible for planning, leading, directing,
controlling on the other hand, he has managing skills to manage business to get better.
Roles of managers: Managers have various roles and responsibilities within the organisation to
ensure the smooth working of Tesla. These roles are discussed below:
• Manager's role in the Tesla is to find various relative information’s by scanning the
environment and other internal as well as external factors. He monitors all aspects
then manage organisation accordingly in order to get desirable outcomes.
• Manger of Tesla also have responsibility to motivate, inspire and maintain effective
communication with all level of organisations employees to procced all function in
efficient manner.
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• Entrepreneurial role is very important of manager to create and innovate new process
in order to increase performance and attain all goals in planning phase.
Leader: leader is the individual whom guide and influence other employees and team members
to follow them in order to achieve all defined goals and objectives. He mobiles other people to
perform in defined manner through follow leaders efficiently. He has high skills and capabilities
that help to lead staff to get better outcomes (Bush, and Montecinos, 2019).
Roles of leaders: There are various roles and responsibilities that are undertaken by the leaders
in order to motivate employees and conduct organisation in defined manner. Some of roles are
discussed below:
• leaders have the responsibilities to coach and guide employees in right direction, so
they can accomplish their assigned task within time (Chadwick, and Leigh, 2018).
• Leaders lead the team which is formed for some specific purpose. He has to take
decisions regarding creation of team sprite among all team members.
• Leaders define visions of future at all level and develop a plan to achieve these
visions. He communicates relative information in effective manner.
Differences between the management and leadership
Comparison bases Management Leadership
Visions Management is related to the
create the process, place
activities and prepare budget
in order to achieve visions and
goals.
On the other hand leadership is
related to the direct employees
and motivates them to achieve
defines visions.
Power Managers have formal power
upon their subordinates.
Leaders have informal power
to influence and motivate
employees on their personal
level so, they are able to
complete defined task on time.
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