Management and Operations in Tesco

Management and Operations

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Activity 1.........................................................................................................................................1
Company Background.................................................................................................................1
Comparison Between a Leader and a Manager...........................................................................1
Theories and Models of Approach...............................................................................................3
Activity 2.........................................................................................................................................4
Covered in PPT............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Management and operations are major practices of the business which regulated and
operated for the purpose of gain high profit in the market. The management is basically comes
under the administration of any business or company. It is completely responsible for manage all
operations within business environment. There are main functions of the management are
planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, and directing etc. the management is also responsible
for the decision-making. In which the top-level management at any firm need to take some
effective decisions for run all operations on a progressive path. Operations include all those
activities which a company cover for achieve its decided goals in the any market segment. These
all operations of the company are supervises by the management of the company. This is
discusses the management and operations of the Tesco.
Activity 1
Company Background
Tesco is one of the leading British retail companies, headquarters in England, United
Kingdom. Currently the company mainly offers groceries, clothing, and consumer goods etc. in
13 countries, like; UK, Malaysia, Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, etc. It has almost
6800 supermarkets and stores in these countries and other side 450,000 number of employees are
currently working in this organization. The Tesco following the hierarchical management
structure in their business operations. With this structure the management at the company is
smoothly giving their orders and commands in a systematic channel from the top-level
management to the lower level management.
Concept of Leadership and a Leader
Leadership is the quality of lead and inspire people or employees in the teamwork for
achieve common goal. In other side the leader is a person which embody leadership actions and
mindset (Aga, Noorderhaven and Vallejo, 2016). For effective leadership the leader always need
to improve their some skills, like; motivation, time-management, communication etc. These all
skills are very necessary for a person which want to be a good leader for their team.
Concept of Management and a Manager
Management is a administrative practice which supervise and operate by the manager.
The manager is the only person which responsible to take decisions for make an effective
management environment for the company. For run all operations within company the manager
at Tesco also need to use major management skills, like; decision-making, planning, innovation,
communication etc. in their daily life. There are many activities called; planning, organizing,
staffing, controlling, and directing are comes under the management work, and the manager
needs to cover these all activities in productive way.
Comparison Between a Leader and a Manager
Roles
Leader Manager
Position or Purpose A leader is a person which
responsible for lead and
motivate to those employees or
member which comes under
their command. The leader
also work for implement
decisions of the top-level
A manager is a person which
responsible for manage and
operate all business activities
with their management skills
(Mochklas, 2016). It is also
responsible for take major
decisions for the growth of the
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