Leadership and Management Report: Bill Gates and Abraham Lincoln

This report provides an overview of leadership and management, focusing on the operational strategies of Bill Gates and Abraham Lincoln. It begins with introductions and biographies of both leaders, highlighting their career achievements and key roles in their respective organizations. The report then delves into the core operations of the organizations they transformed, such as Microsoft's rise in the software market. It evaluates both the internal and external factors influencing operational management, including human and capital resources, as well as legal and customer-related factors. Furthermore, the report examines various management and leadership approaches, including classical, behavioral, authoritarian, and delegative styles. Finally, it offers recommendations for operational improvements and concludes with a summary of the key findings, supported by a list of references.

TASK 3
Management and Operation
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Covered content
• Introduction
• Biography of leader and manager and their career
highlights.
• Introduction of the key operations of the
organisations transformed.
• Evaluation of the internal and external operation
management
• Management and leadership approaches
• Recommendations and conclusion
• References

Introduction
Management and operations is the proper arrangement of all the activities in the organ
isation. It involves designing and controlling the various process in the organisation.
Managers and leaders play a vital role in guiding the employees of the organisation. S
o that those activities are carried out in a effective and efficient manner and the goals
and objectives of the organisation is achieved. The manager and leader taken in this re
port is Bill Gates and Abraham Lincoln.

Biography of leader and manager
Abraham Lincoln is regarded as one of the best leaders in the world. He was a self tau
ght lawyer, a good legislator and also a communicative opponent of slavery.
A short overview on the Abraham Lincoln biography's is mentioned below:
He was born on 12 February, 1809 in a Cabin in Kentucky. And after that his famil
y shifted to Indiana in 1816.
He learnt law by himself and passed the bar examination in 1836.
He won is first U.S. Election in 1846 and started serving the people of U.S.
In March 1861 became the 16th president of U.S.

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Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft and is known as one of the most richest pe
rson on the planet. He was born on 28 October 1955 IN Washington. In th
e very age age his family encouraged him to work hard and earn money fr
o himself.
 At the age of 13 he went to a private school.
 In 1973 Gates went to Harvard fro studying mathematics and computer sci
ence.

key operations of the organisations
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates in 1976. IN 1980 IBM approached Microsoft for
new basic operating system for their computers this proved as turning point for
Microsoft. By this Microsoft was able to gain a dominant position in the market. After
the boom in the computer software market Microsoft Word and Excel become a
industry standard.

Internal and external operation management
Internal factors:
 Human resource- Human resource is considered as one of the most
important factor which lead to the growth of the company.
 Capital resource- Fund or capital is also the most important internal
factor which will help the company to be successful.
External factors:
 Laws- The legal rules and regulations of the country affects the working
of the organisation.
 Customer demand- The needs and demands of the customers must be
kept in mind before taking any decisions regarding the business.

Management and leadership approaches for the operational
efficiencies
Management approach: There are two types of management approaches which can be
used for meeting the business objectives are mentioned below-
Classical approach- This approach based on using researches and studies on managem
ent.
Behavioural approach- it is concerned with the behaviour of the individual in the orga
nisation.

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Leadership approach- The two types of leadership approach which can be used by the
organisation for achieving the organisational goals are discussed below:
Authoritarian- Under this type of leadership approach the leader directs the
employees what is to be done and how it is to be done.
Delegative- In this leadership approach the employees are also involved in the decision
making process of the company.

key operations of the organisations
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates in 1976. IN 1980 IBM approached Microsoft for
new basic operating system for their computers this proved as turning point for Micros
oft. By this Microsoft was able to gain a dominant position in the market. After the boo
m in the computer software market Microsoft Word and Excel become a industry stand
ard.

key operations of the organisations
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates in 1976. IN 1980 IBM approached Microsoft for
new basic operating system for their computers this proved as turning point for Micros
oft. By this Microsoft was able to gain a dominant position in the market. After the boo
m in the computer software market Microsoft Word and Excel become a industry stand
ard.

Recommendation and conclusion
The recommendations which can be taken by the leader for the improvement and better
ment of the organisation can be the work can be divided according to the skills and tale
nt of the individuals. The management and leader must know the skills of the employee
s so that it can be used properly can be improved. As there are various factors which af
fect the environment of the business.

REFERENCES
 Belchior, R.F. and Liñán, F., 2017. Individual and cultural values as psychoso
cial cognitive antecedents and moderators of entrepreneurial intentions. In The
Emergence of Entrepreneurial Behaviour. Edward Elgar Publishing.
 Bratton, J. and Gold, J., 2017. Human resource management: theory and pract
ice. Palgrave.

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