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Operations Management Assignment: Hyundai

   

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MANAGEMENT ANDOPERATIONS
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1 : Comparison between leaders and managers...................................................................1P2 : The role of a leader and function of a manager in different situational context.............3P3 : Different theories and models of approaches..................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8P4 : Key approaches to operation management and the role of leaders and managers ofHyundai..................................................................................................................................8P5 : The importance and value operations management plays in Hyundai in achievingbusiness objectives...............................................................................................................11P6 : Factors within the business environment that impact upon operational management anddecision making....................................................................................................................11CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS..........................................................................12REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................14
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Illustration IndexIllustration 1: Situational leadership model.....................................................................................4Illustration 2: Six-Sigma Model.......................................................................................................7Illustration 3: Lean production system............................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTIONManaging operations and functional activities within the business is a crucial andcomplex task and it is essential to adopt a strategic approach to implementing the desiredoperation. The manufacturing businesses are concerned with controlling and designing of theproduction process and redesign their operations in order to increase production of goods andservices. The management and operations work as a combination which ensures that businessactivities are well efficient in using the resources as per the need of meeting the requirements ofa customers. The present research is based on given case study of Wiseman Group. In this report,different roles and characteristics of leaders and managers are compared. Along with this,different leadership theories and models are also discussed. TASK 1P1 : Comparison between leaders and managersThe terms leader and Managers often used interchangeably, but they are fully differentfrom each other.Leader : According to the Gleanings, a leader is an individual who has the power andability to influence a group of people in order to accomplish organizational goals.Leaders are those people who help themselves and others to do the right things. Theydevelop an inspiring vision, set direction and encourage to create something new(Alderton and Saieva, 2013). Manager: Managers are described as a person who is in-charge of a certain group oftasks. They fulfil the responsibility of managing their staff appropriately and adequately.Different department designates their managers as per the requirement (Anderson andet.al, 2015). According to the case study Liz Wiseman, president of Wiseman group, emphasizes uponher experiences about “Why great doers Don't make great leaders”. The case is considered asadvice to an individual who is appointed to a leadership position for the first time. The givencase is clearly defined some of the important characteristics which a leader must perform: Ability to delegate: A leader should know about the strengths and weaknesses of everymember of a team. This is the responsibility of a leader to utilize those strength, whichwill allow everyone to grow and flourish with a team (Berenguer and et.al, 2015).1
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