Leadership and Management Concepts

UNIT 4
Leadership and
Management Concepts
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART A Report...............................................................................................................................3
Introduction of the organisation...................................................................................................3
Definition & role of leader and manager along with difference between management &
leadership.....................................................................................................................................4
Various roles of managers as well as leader in context of organisational situation....................5
How chaos theory and management by objective is applicable in the organisation and how
they enhance the growth & sustain the performance of business................................................7
Conclusion & Recommendation..................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Management refers to the combination of various types of principles which mainly linked
with various organisational functions which includes organising, planning, controlling, directing
and so on. Therefore, it refers to the practice with the help of which managers & leaders both
conduct their business functions in an effective manner. On the other hand, operation define as
the activity which are related with managing and controlling all the internal work of the company
(Bush, Bell and Middlewood, 2019). This will aid in smooth running of the business organisation
at the marketplace. In the present report, TESCO is chosen as the base company which is a
British Multinational general merchandise and groceries retail which is located in UK. Company
was established in the year 1919 by Jack Cohen. This is the report which is divided into two
main parts where in first section a report is conducted to enhance the understanding about
different roles of manager and leader. In addition to this, difference between management and
leadership is also discussed, also their role in different organisational context is also included. In
the second part, a PowerPoint presentation is going to be developed where role of manager will
be examined in context of key operational function. Along with this it includes influence of
external factors on the overall decision making process.
PART A Report
Introduction of the organisation.
TESCO Plc is a British retail grocery and merchandise store establish in the marketplace of
UK. The name TESCO was taken from a unique of the name of tea suppliers which is T.E.
Stockwell & Jack Cohen who are the founder of TESCO. In the year 1924 the brand name was
appeared and the first store was opened in year 1929 at the marketplace of Burnt Oak, London
and Edgware. TESCO is considered as one of the biggest food retailers across the whole wide
world as they operate approximately 2318 stores and provide employment to around 326000
people all over the world (Weiss, Tappen and Grimley, 2019). It has been said that Tesco has
expanded its business in various areas which includes retailing of clothing, books, toys, furniture,
software, telecoms, financial services, internet services and many more.
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