Developing Leadership and Management: Tesco Case Study Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of leadership and management concepts, focusing on the case of Tesco, a major UK retailer. It begins by critically evaluating contemporary definitions of leadership and management, exploring the roles and responsibilities of both leaders and managers within the organization. The report then delves into different theoretical approaches to leadership and management, comparing their effectiveness in the context of Tesco. It examines the Great Man theory, behavioral theory, and situational theory, assessing their relevance and application. The report also includes a comparison of successful leaders, analyzing their critical skills and behaviors. Finally, the report explores methods for developing leadership and management skills, providing insights into how Tesco can further enhance its organizational effectiveness. The analysis includes Tesco's specific strategies, roles, and responsibilities of leaders and managers in relation to the selected theories, and provides a critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the current leadership and management practices within Tesco.

DEVELOPING
LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGMENT
DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGMENT.................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Critically evaluate the contemporary definitions of leadership and management, consider
current perspectives of the roles and responsibilities of both leader and manager......................3
Critically compare what makes leader distinctly successful with different theoretical
approaches to leadership and management to underpin the discussion.......................................6
Critical comparison of three key contemporary leader and analyse the critical skills and
behaviour of successful leaders...................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Developing of leadership and management is an process that is used for skills and capability of
worker appointed as leader and manager. Also improvisation required to be done. Both of them
is considered to be a very important part of an organization and is also involved in various kinds
of important operations taking place in an organization. It contains innovation and change in an
business in which influence is done to the employee and accept changes in efficient manner. An
agenda is required by the company to work in order to get efficient and valuable outcomes from
it. The organization that has been taken in this report is Tesco which is a retailer supermarket
brand in Britain. Its headquarters is in Welwyn garden City Hertfordshire. In these report things
that is going to be covered is leadership and management concept, theories and approaches of
both leadership and management, comparison between the contemporary leaders. Then methods
of developing management and leadership are to explained.
MAIN BODY
Critically evaluate the contemporary definitions of leadership and management, consider
current perspectives of the roles and responsibilities of both leader and manager.
Leadership is the term that is been defined through various approaches that can be used
by them to create an influence on the individual working in an organization. Management is
defines as that element of an organization that is responsible for all process and activities to be
performed in easy manner with smoothness. It also deals with administrative work of an
organization and is ensuring that they have to achieve higher gains on continuous basis and has
full control on a task that is to be performed as per daily basis.
Leadership help in establishing of culture that is responsible for accomplishing of task
with due efficiency and work is done with more positivity. It is personality of an individual that
is responsible for creating influence over other persons working in an organization and helps in
achieving target in smooth manner. It always guide other and act as a mentor or coach to guide
through unique ways of achieving target in effective manner. A personality that is present in each
of the team and this always leads towards achieving of better results by the panel after the dead
line of project. It is an quality that is more effective and attracts other people that increases
following of them in an organization which helps in getting more success to them. They are also
helpful in creating of vision for the team and help in setting up manager an adequate task by
applying different technique. It has to be stated that all well-known author. Management si the
process through which a manager processes certain task and the process that is being implied in a

company leaders are provided a path over which is related to themselves in adequate task. Skills
in management is to be used to make planning, ordination, directing, controlling, organizing and
implementing different kinds of operations within an business in systematic and appropriate way.
Managerial skills is to be used to solve different types of complex problems by assigning of
adequate path to be emphasized on business. It always try to build a tendency and confidence
between the team (Malik, Dhar, and Handa, 2016). Also higher goals can be achieved by making
an extra effort that is implementing of skills and abilities to make extra effort. Manager also
build an avidity in the employees and always try that an individual also performs work by getting
out of their own pool of knowledge to learn new things to make better outcomes. The mangers
also give guidance to the organization through which higher success could be achieved under
aggressive market condition. Leaders are there to provide a pathway to the employees which
helps in achieving of goals in specific period of time. Management also try to solve different
types of situation in which an effectual style is formed in which a production is managed in
effective manner. Selecting of an adequate candidates as an employee is necessary through
which skills, abilities and knowledge of the employee is improvised also performance is
improved in an organization. Tesco being one of the biggest organization in UK and consists of
variety of products and services. All this is required to be managed by mangers and leaders with
coordination in contribution. Such roles played by them has been defined as follows:
The different roles and responsibilities of manager within the Tesco:
 Envisioning goals: Goals of the company is to provide the manager and for this purpose
they are provided with mapping of all the activities that makes vision, mission and
objective of Tesco to be achieved (Limani, and Stapleton, 2016).
 Supervision the growth: It is the responsibility of the manger of Tesco through which
develop and long term goals for the company and by this better strategy is going to be
included upon analysing the internal and external factors effect upon an business. For
generating of positive results out of internal aspect the manager should include best
technically skilled candidate this is going to help in managing of external factors like
macro-environmental factors and then take different step to achieve better outcome.
 Innovation: Managers of Tesco has been curiously trying to make an initiative of
creativity and innovation n of lot of concepts within a business that increases
manufacture and production. Rate of these is also going to be impacted which decreases
profit that an organization has gained.
 Recovering and Examination the efficiency: Manger of Tesco is able to enhance
growth and success of business which makes batter and efficient utilization of all
resources which is available to make development and improvement possible.

The different roles and responsibilities of leader within the Tesco:
 Couch team members: In this kind of leadership leader are required to help in guiding
and coaching to all employees of Tesco. As it leads towards achieving of task to bring
best capacity of employees. Pressure is not put upon the employee and are always treated
equally with a belief that all individual is a valuable asset to an organization. Working
with their full ability is beneficial for the company.
 Enlarge the strength of team and advance the weak areas: All leaders are responsible
for the leader through which strength of an employee is identified and tries to get sharpen
them. Also is helpful in marking out weakness and way to remove it. This leads to
removal of uncertainties form employees. This always try to bring the best form of entire
individual and applies different stability in working of employee.
 Identify and appraise goal and progress of the team: It is more necessary for business
that individual has some strength as this is going because this is going to lead towards
success of the company. Tesco’s leader’s also has more charismatic and reduction in miss
communication from team by which more clarity that is going to lead towards gain of
profit in future time (Lárusdóttir and O’Connor, 2017). .
 Doggedness the conflicts: Leaders in this is solves various conflicts which has been
occurring due to certain situation where view does not agree of employer and employee.
Conflict is required to be solved in proper and timely manner in order to make the
smoothness maintained in activities for achieving of task. Tesco is required to make a
relationship better in employees and employer. Coordination is required to be maintain
which can be achieved through balance of opportunities that has to be maintained by the
employees and success in personal life.
Various roles and responsibilities is there on Leaders and mangers of Tesco to enhance working
performance of an organization with improvement in workforce quality.
Critically compare what makes leader distinctly successful with different theoretical
approaches to leadership and management to underpin the discussion.
Various theoretical approaches are there that can be used by the leadership and management of
Tesco has been explained below:
The great man theory: According to this leadership theory there should be more
reliability for employees working in an organization. Also such theory states that every

individual consist of special set of skills, knowledge, belief, attitude experience, capability,
abilities towards work. All of this helps a person to be unique form each other. The quality and
personality of leader has influential impact over all necessary employees with much capability to
understand each other. It is a major aspect through which an employee and the leader could get
distinguished more and great man sate that neither developed nor created and has specialty since
the time of their birth. Tesco is required to perform functions of such type over different parts
that is having wider networks and important role. Also it is going to enhance ability to work in
employees and there way of working. Leaders should possess different qualities which helps in
reflecting personality through enhancing of sociability, conscientiousness, self-motivation,
initiative, reliability, extroversion etc. They does not have limited scale of range through
diversification of knowledge that is helpful in complex situation. Mangers of Tesco is able to
assign role which is dependent on leaders of organization.
Behavioral theory: In this theory the state of employees is having various behavioral traits in
them. It is dependent upon the mental and physical capacity of employee. Also way of
motivation has an important role to play. That is why behavior is required to study and change
mindset of learning of employees. So, this theory majorly focuses upon mental ability and
behavioral aspects changing. The employee are of different personality some will like to get
join with other people while some other are who will be more introvert and never like to get
involve with random peoples. Thus in this different kind of leadership style as like Democratic
leadership in which leader provide more freeness to the employee and takes the decision that is
in the favor of the overall team. Autocratic leadership style must be directed over employees that
have been there in taking decision by themselves which has to be provided with relative
information of employees. Laissez-fair leadership under which various types of leaders is willing
to work as “let it be” and provide equal opportunity of all employees.
Situation theory: Under this kind of leadership approach a leader is required to act according to
various kinds of situation that is going to help in choosing of leadership style and is going over
improvise upon productivity in a business. Tesco consist of various kinds of products and
services with lot of employees are there that is working within business and has various kinds of
aspects that could affect the emotion of employee that is working in an organization. The leader
must get recognized the attitude and the on time behavior of the employee and then get try to
motivate them in effective manner. Thus the leader must use the style of leadership as per the
situation that strengthens the opportunity in the business for the employees (Muenjohn and
McMurray, 2018).
Tesco is having various functions that are being managed within the business. Leaders an
mangers has to use various approaches which has been enhanced by the performance of an
employee. Leaders of Tesco have to utilize the situation theory through which it is going to try
over resolving issues. This has been used over much useful and removing of conflicts that hs
occurred over performing of employees.

There is the comparative different between the different leaders that make the distinct successful
outcomes that are as defined below as:
BASIS Greta Thunberg Satya Nadella Bill and Melinda gates
Behaviour Full name is Tintin Elenora
Ernman Thunberg and is a
known activists and protester in
relation to safety regarding
environment. Sweden is the
place from where she belongs
and work for safe surroundings.
Name Satya Narayan Ndella
is an American business man
and CEO of Microsoft. Also
holds post of vice president
in other businesses of
Microsoft.
Bill and Melinda
Both work as a foundation.
That is considered to be a
private institute as the
business is based in
Washington in Seattle and
has been formed in the year
2000. These three leaders has
been involved under the name
if Warren Buffet and Bill
gates.
.
Occupation She has faced lot of problems in
her life of various types. First
she has to fight for parents and
movies has been removed over
using of carbon footprints.
Through which nature becomes
cleaner.
Satay Nadella has to work as
senior vice president and also
manages research analysis
wing which covers online
services.
This foundation is working
for development of helath
care sectoras its is one of the
basic needs of society and
this can also helps in
reducing poverty.
Performance Great Thunberg has to go
through an diagnosed because if
syndrome that has been there in
her. This has made her inclusive
in nature. Also it shows that
norm has to speak about various
things which is coming in her
mind and focuses toward
goals(Sajdak, 2018).
.
He is require using a positive
form of approach in
leadership and has tried the
best input over enhancing
skills of employees. That has
given mental stability o
people getting more
developing. Always focuses
upon sharpening of skills in
systematic manner.
It is believed by them that all
persons having equal right
has to learn and achieve more
heights. Work done is more
in India as they are being
doing more investment to
provide better care over
developing in advance for
future.
Ability Greta Thunberg was born in
January 2003 in Stockholm.,
Sweden and in 2019 step taken
by her made her famous and she
decided ton make the climate
cleaner.
Satya Nadella has a passion
and work towards
development of qualities that
develop leadership skills.
Both of them works with
positive approaches by which
they could provide
employment to lot of people
Operational They are inspiration for other The operation performed by

culture Great Thunberg works and did
protest to get effective
Outcome in the live of people.
persons and allows
Them to work with adhere
skills.
them has got William H.
Gates to perform all across
the world and has more
values to life of all people
living and improvising in life.
Critical comparison of three key contemporary leader and analyze the critical skills and
behavior of successful leaders.
Leaders like Greta Thunberg, Satya Nadella and Bill Gates are individual and have set an
example for how leaders should work because they all achieved higher goals and success within
there working filed. These are recognized across the world with an image of influencing
personality for everyone. Great Thunberg is a young girl and has made certain consciousness
over safety of climate, environment from pollution. Protest is going to be done by her in order to
influence other for getting more understanding about nature. Satya Nadella has also motivated
employees to give their best rest with an outcome and is not hesitating from and effort over never
getting back. Bill and Melinda gates have been working upon giving better life to poor with
improvement in living standard.
Some methods used for development of leadership and management is explained as
follows:
Have a clear vision: Leader must work towards having more clear vision that is helpful in
gaining more clarity in the role of working and is helpful in attaining of better results and more
achievable outcomes (Sebola, 2019)
.
 Be passionate: Leaders have only aspect and will work with more passion and is always
focused upon to get better results and output which helps in reaching of maximum people
through which effective influence is in the behaviour of employees. So, the leaders of
Tesco is more passionate towards the role and have huge knowledge of a field an
employee’s gets more easiness to understand.
There are some several methods through which the leadership and the management that will
get developed and that are as defined below as
 360 degree feedback: In this manner a feedback has to be collected from every
individual that is connected to an organization. Managers and leaders are required to
analyse working criteria over themselves which has helped in making understanding of
the employee and accept their behaviour. When feedback is collected the employee is

going to be provided with review. Manager and leader is going to make future changes
through it and also improves connectivity with employees. Feedback is helpful in
collection review of supervisors, mangers, high authority and staff also.
 Executive couching: In this approach the leader and the manager will take the coaching
or the guidance from the higher level authority or the executive officers. As they have
also gone through with the same phase thus provide the better understanding that is more
relative and better for the leader and manager.
 Self-directing learning: As per the approach leaders and mangers is going to enhance
learning with own experience which can be gained over solving and facing of difficult
situation. It makes them to use various kinds of approach which are to be applied over
connectivity and other employees. Such approach is helpful in making leaders and
management to learn lot of things. It eventually leads towards successful impact.
Various development areas are there which has been explained above but also other areas are
there that helps leaders and management to utilize plan and dynamic strategy that has to be
ensured by the people which are in there favor. Communication is going to be proven to be able
to attain better and quick results and leads toward positive approach for an organization (Tesco
Singh, 2016).
.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that leadership and management has different
roles and responsibility that are very important within an company through which they can
collectively help an organization to attain better and faster outcomes. They promotes towards
growth of an organization. Also various theories of leadership and management has been used by
the leaders to manage all operations and their functions in an organization. Under such an
organization is required to use situational theory and better results can be gained. Leaders like
Greta Thunberg, Stya Nadella and Bill Gates has helped in leading world from there leadership
skills. In the end of this report some of the methods is used for development of leadership and
management for accomplishing of task in efficient manner.

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