Report on Business Operations, Leadership, and Management Strategies

This report provides an overview of business operations, leadership, and management. It covers topics such as the functions of business operations (production, supply chain, logistics, and quality control), the role of managers in effective operations, and the differences between leadership and management. The report also examines the functions of business management (planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and coordinating), the qualities of a good manager, and how managers influence organizational culture. Additionally, it explores employee management (recruitment and retention), a SWOT analysis of Amazon, and the concept of teamwork with an example. References to relevant books and journals are included to support the analysis.

QUESTIONS

1. The functions of business operations; Production, Supply chain, logistics, location
strategies, quality control and HR
Production function help business in producing the goods and services. Supply chain function
help the business in managing the supply of the raw material (Lazarov, 2017). Logistic function
of the business includes the transporting of the product and services from one place to another.
Location strategy and quality control assist company in managing business.
2. What role managers have in effective operations
Role of manager in effective operation is to control all the activities of the business so that the
company can attain all the objectives of business.
3. The difference between leadership and management
Leadership is related with providing guidance and direction to the employees for attaining
business objectives. On the other side management help the company in managing the direction
of leaders.
4. Function of business management
The function of business management are planning, organizing, directing, controlling and
coordinating.
5. What makes a good manager
The qualities like leadership, inspiring others, time management, coordination, proper
communication, clear vision and mission and other make a good manager.
6. How managers can influence organizational culture
Manager influence organizational culture by allocating the work to the employees that is which
work will be performed by which employees.
7. Employee management; recruitment and retention
For employee management the most essential thing is the better recruitment as this help company
in hiring employees and for retaining employees it is essential to provide better motivation
techniques.
8. Please explain the SWOT analyst of Amazon

Strength
Cost leadership
Economies of scale
Weakness
Low global market segment
Selling t zero margin
Opportunities
Acquisition and merger
More adaption to the latest technology
Threat
Competition
Changes in taste and preference of consumer
9. What is teamwork give example from your choose case study
Teamwork is referred to as working in a group for a common objective. For example on Amazon
all the employees work as a team to increase the profits of company (Akyürek and Guney, 2018).

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Lazarov, A.S., 2017, October. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LEADER AND A BOSS IN
AN ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT. In International Conference on
Management and Industrial Engineering (No. 8, pp. 371-376). Niculescu Publishing
House.
Akyürek, S. and Guney, S., 2018. Effects of Learning Styles and Locus of Control on the
Decision-Making Styles of Leader Managers. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science
and Technology Education, 14(6), pp.2317-2328.
Online
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