Management Style and Principles of Ken Murphy in Tesco

Organisational theory and
practice

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Management style and principles of management of Ken Murphy used in Tesco......................3
Organisational structure and culture of Tesco and its impact on employees..............................4
Leadership style of ken Murph to improve organisational effectiveness....................................5
Impact of power, influence and conflict at Tesco........................................................................6
Different types of motivational practices implemented at Tesco................................................6
Corporate examples and literature...............................................................................................7
Recommendations for improving organisational performance...................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Management refers to a specific method of managing the people and the organisational
practices by the top leaders or senior management positions such as the chief executive officers
of companies. This report will study the management style of the CEO of the UK retailer giant
Tesco, ie, Ken Murphy. Tesco is a UK based groceries and general merchandise retailer with
over 7000 stores across multiple countries headquartered in Welwyn Garden city, England. The
report will analyse steps taken by CEO for organisational structure and culture, describe
leadership style, analysis of the effects of power, influence and conflict of Tesco and various
types of motivational practices implemented in the company. Also, various corporate examples
will be evaluated from literature and recommendations will be provided for increasing the
organisational performance of Tesco.
MAIN BODY
Management style and principles of management of Ken Murphy used in Tesco
Management styles are defined as the specific management and leadership method that is
employed by senior management and leaders of an organisation for leading, directing and
operating the organisation. In case of Tesco, which is a British retailer for grocery and general
merchandise, the management style adopted by its CEO Ken Murphy is democratic style of
leadership also known as participant leadership style. In this leadership style, all the employees
and team members of Tesco are given opportunity to interact and state their point of view for
making management level decisions. The communication is flexible and operations are
conducted as per the job roles. Creativity and innovation are encouraged and all the employees
tend to feel highly engaged in the entire management and operational process, thereby creating a
robust workplace culture (Ayub and et.al., 2017). The various principles of management that are
implemented by the CEO are planning, organising, directing, staffing, controlling and leading.
Also, the style of transformational leadership is adopted for conducting various functions in
Tesco as the company is run by a visionary leader focussing on high performance, growth,
innovation, creativity, quality and productivity. The vision of Tesco is to continue to lead in the
retail sector across the globe and expand its operations in different markets as well as focussing
on its long-term objectives. The CEO imbibes this vision in his management style for conducting
all the functions of management. In planning function, all the employees tend to take part and
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