Management and Operations: Leader vs. Manager Roles at IEKA

This report provides an overview of the operational structure of IEKA, a multinational furniture company. It focuses on the roles of leaders and managers within the organization. The report begins with an introduction to IEKA, highlighting its business model and brand image. The core of the report compares and contrasts the characteristics, responsibilities, and contributions of leaders and managers. It defines a leader as someone who inspires and guides, setting the vision, while a manager focuses on organizing, directing, and controlling operations. The report emphasizes how effective leadership and management are crucial for IEKA to achieve its goals and objectives, improve operational efficiency, and sustain a competitive advantage. The conclusion reiterates the importance of both leadership and management in driving IEKA's profitability and success.

Management and Operations

Table of Content
 Introduction
 Background of organisation
 Define and compare the role and characteristics of a leader and a manager
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
 Operations and management is about arranging, putting together, checking, coordinating and
controlling with regards to assembling or creation of any great or administration. Each
association attempts to rehearse most significant level of productivity with smallest expense
conceivable.
 This report focuses on organization IEKA and how effective operations help IEKA in achieving
its goals and objectives. This report help in understanding importance of operations in IEKA and
how effective utilization of resources is necessary in functioning of IEKA.

Background of organization
● This part of report is based on introduction of organization IEKA. IEKA is
Swedish multinational conglomerate that designs and sell ready to assemble
furniture, kitchen appliances among other products and home services.
● IEKA managers focuses on building an brand image for organization by
providing stylish and environment friendly furniture to consumers.
● IEKA focuses on attracting people by providing stylish furniture.
● Uniqueness in IEKA products help them in achieving competitor advantage over
competitors.

Define and compare the role and
characteristics of a leader and a manager
 Leader: A leader is an individual who goes first for the group and leads by a model, with the end goal
that others get roused to follow him. To be a leader, an individual ought to have profound established
responsibility towards the objective that pushes him to achieve it regardless of whether nobody
follows him.
 Qualities: A leader is in every case clear about his targets. He/he knows the reason for exercises they
perform. They are conclusive about the things they have made psyche. Whenever they have made
their psyche, they don't sit back or wonder whether or not to submit. A leader is valiant and intense
individual.

Continued….
 Job: A leader is needed at all degrees of the executives. At high level he is needed to make
co-activity in the detailing of plans and arrangements. At the center level, he is needed to
interpretive and executes the strategies and plans outlined by the high level. Effective leader
can help IEKA in achieving its goals and objectives. IEKA employees depends on its leader
efficiency and effectiveneess A leader addresses his association, he goes about as a genuine
face whose means are being trailed by all. His job is to go about as a companion, thinker and
gives direction to its kin.

Cont...
 Manager: A manager is an individual who is liable for getting sorted out, coordinating and
spurring the representatives for the advancement of an association. Manager is responsible for
managing process related to operation and other functioning departments of IEKA. Effective
utilization of resources is also dependent on manager effectiveness.
 Qualities: In request to an effective manager, an individual need to have an involvement with the
field he is dealing with the work and group. He should have the leadership quality to lead his
colleagues the ideal way. Likewise a manager ought to have great relational abilities so he ought
to be a lot of clear in his order, work duties of his individuals and assumptions he have with his
group. To be successful manager, he should know about the field of work.

Continued..
 Job: A manager has the accompanying job
 Checking: The significant part of a manager is to notice and screen the presentation and
work of his representatives. He routinely minds his colleagues and notes down the
presentation from which he later on investigate what individual is missing behind in his
work and which individual's exhibition is huge (Gurmu and Aibinu, 2017).

Cont..
 Difference between a leader and a manager
Basis Leader Manager
Definition He is a person who has the ability
to influence the people or
employees in a particular
direction and he also forms the
mission and vision for an
organization.
They are responsible for
planning, organizing, directing
and controlling the tasks
Mission and vision They make vision for association. They make objectives for the
office.

Conclusion
From the PPT presented above, the role and responsibilities of a leader and a manger has been
mentioned. This presentation help in understanding role and responsibilities of leader and
manager in IEKA work process and how leader can implement effective strategies which can help
IEKA in boosting their profits. Leader is a person who set the mission and vision for an
organization

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