Roles of Managers and Leaders in Operations Management - Aston Martin

Management and
Operations

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Comparison of different characteristics and roles of managers as well as leaders.....................3
Difference between a leader and a manager................................................................................4
Different style of leadership .......................................................................................................5
Roles played by leaders and functions maintained by managers in different situations.............6
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................7
Various Theories and Models of Leadership..............................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
Operation management refers to that area of business which involves designing and
controlling business operation in production processes. It is also responsible for managing
redesigning activities which are linked to product and service development. Every senior
manager have an important role that relates to manage activities and goals of business. Following
report is based upon Aston Martin (Valiga, 2019). The company was discovered by Lionel
Martin and Robert Bamford. The following report describes leadership and management. Roles
of managers as well as leaders along with difference between them is discussed. Various roles of
leadership and managers are also discussed in this report.
Task 1
Comparison of different characteristics and roles of managers as well as leaders
A manager is an individual in organisation who is required to control as well as
administer all the employees in an organisation. On the other hand a leader is someone who only
directs and commands the members in team so that all the goals and objectives of organisation
can be achieved in required time period. Below mentioned are their roles and characteristics:
Role of leaders:
 A manager works as a Decision-maker in an organisation in a number of different
situation. It is necessary for leader to take various decisions which will bring benefits for
company as well as employees. It is essential for an effective leader to have good
communication skills. This is required so that information which is shared by leaders
have positive impact on employees. A leader also plays role of a Vision setter, it is required by them to guide team members
towards objectives and aims. Once proper vision is created the employees can then
effectively work according to leader after they are effectively guided by their leaders. It is
an important role of leader which sets a path for employees in the organisation.
Role of managers:
 A manager also plays the role of a Resource allocator in organisation. It is required that
a manager makes sure that all the resources of organisation are utilised properly so that
they can effectively manage demand without wastage of resources. It is also duty of
manager to make sure that resources are available whenever required in organisation.