Leadership, Management, and Operational Strategies at ASDA: A Report

This report delves into the distinctions between leadership and management, focusing on their application within the ASDA organization. It highlights the core differences, emphasizing how leaders create visions while managers focus on execution and control. The report explores various leadership style...Read More

MANAGEMENT &
OPERATIONS

Definition of leader and manager
 Leadership has the art of the leader that motivate the group people to act towards the
achieving the common goal.
 Whereas management is responsible for to manage and control the departments in the
ASDA organization

Difference between leadership and
management
Leadership Management
Leader creates the vision of the company by seeing the possible
things and inspire & engage the employees to turn towards the vision
to reality.
Whereas the manager mainly focus on the measuring setting and try
to achieve the goal of the ASDA company goal and try to control the
situation that exceed and reach the objective.
Leader is change agent, as the leader are a proud disputer. Leader
make change & know the all things are working well or not and can
be better for the further or not and also understand the changes and
accept To make some changes in it.
Manager are mostly stick with the things what the authorize people
are hiring, They just follow the structures and the procedure and
make sure that it is working properly or not.
Leaders are always unique in nature , as they always willing be
themselves As leader work actively and are self-aware and build
different and personal brand. And are transparent and authentic.
Manager are copy, as the manager mimic behaviors and
competencies which they learn from the others & also adopt the
leadership style.
Leader are risk taker and willing to try the new things whether they
fail in that. As leader know the failing is the first step of the success.
Whereas manager control the risk and try to reduce the risk and seek
to control and avoid the issues rather than increasing.
Leader think for the long term purpose and they have intentionality.
And the leader what commit and also do it and keep on motivated
towards big, that often distant goal.
Manager are for short term thinkers and are work for the short term
of goal, by seeking more regular accolades and acknowledgment
Leader builds the relationship by giving more focus on the people
and all the stakeholder, as they require motivate in order to make
them realize the vision of ASDA. The leader know very well know
the stakeholders and spend time with them and build the trust and
loyalty with them.
Whereas the manager build the process and system and are focus on
the structure that are necessary to achieve the goal. Manager also
make sure that system are place properly and attain the desired
outcomes.

Theories of leadership
 Situational Leadership- One theory that consider that no style of leadership is suitable to
every situation and hence leadership should be based on situation a leader is dealing with.
This theory says that leaders who can change their style as per task and situation like their
group and its members typically known as those who are going to follow the leader are
best.
 System Leadership- an approach of leadership that enables leaders to create an
organisational condition where individuals at every level can work productively and to best
of their potential. For this leader uses principles of human behaviour and models to be a
good leader and organisational strategy and system and social process

Transactional and transformational leadership
 Transactional – it is a style in which leader motivate employees through both rewards
and punishment. With this, they are able to encourage them.
 Transformational- it is a style in which leader motivate staff to work in creative way.
They provide them ways and guide in right direction. Through this, leaders are able to
bring creativity in their work.

Action centered leadership
 This is a leadership style where leader focus on taking risk and completing task. Here,
leader is seen as prime achiever. Basically, this style is used in small and medium firms.
It can work in larger organization if the nature of the task is simple enough for
everyone to observe and relate to.

Hard and soft leadership skills
 Hard skills – It focuses on skills required for putting pressure and negative motivation.
It supports in motivating staff and forcing them to work under pressure.
 Soft skills – it refers to yielding pressure and focusses on communication, compassion,
etc. Through this, it becomes easy to work with leader in effective way.

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