A Report on Leadership and Management: Roles, Theories, and Practices

This report provides a comprehensive comparison of leadership and management within the context of operations management. It begins by defining and differentiating the roles and characteristics of leaders and managers, highlighting their distinct responsibilities in motivating employees, setting organizational direction, and achieving business objectives. The report then delves into the practical application of various leadership and management theories, illustrating how these concepts are utilized to enhance employee performance, allocate resources, and formulate effective strategies. The analysis includes real-world examples, such as the practices of Morrisons, to demonstrate the impact of leadership and management on organizational success. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings, emphasizing the importance of both effective leadership and management in the planning, organization, and performance of an organization.

Operations and
management

Table of content
 Introduction
 Define and compare the different roles and characteristics of a leader and a
manager
 Difference between leader and manager by effectively applying a range of
theories and concepts
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
 Operations management is referred as a process which includes different
functions like develop planning for business strategies and policies, organise
business resources so they are available on right time, evaluate and examine
organisational process in order to ensure that production process is running
efficiently and goods and services are produced properly.

Define and compare the different roles and
characteristics of a leader and a manager

Leaders and managers
 Leader: Leader is referred as an individual who
perform various functions such as motivating
employees and provide them direction to
perform organisational functions in best
possible manner for attaining defined
objectives.
 Manager: Manager referred as the person who
are responsible to perform different functions
and roles such as create planning, assign work
to employees and direct them to achieve
defined goals for growth and development of
organisation.

Differences between management and
leadership:


Management
leadership
Management referred as the process that is
used in organisation for managing all
organisational activities and functions in
order to accomplish defined goals and
objectives. Basically, it is the procedure of
managing, organising and directing
employees in order to getting things done
by them for completing work.
Leadership referred as activities that concentrate
on motivating as well as inspiring organisational
employees for leading them towards achieving
personal and professional and enhancing
performance level. Leaders direct informal and
formal groups in organisation.
Morrisons management department is
responsible for communicating all policies
and strategies to employees and manage
their work properly. There are different
strategies and planning developed to attain
objectives.
Leadership motivates employees to boost their
performance. Leaders perform their activities
under the guideline that is developed by the
management department.

Differences between roles of leaders and
managers
 Roles of leaders
 Leader of Morrisons communicate all vision and mission
of organisation to employees and motivates them through
financial as well as non-financial benefits to work
efficiently towards attaining goals.
 Leaders of Morrisons create suitable organisational
structure that help to maintain proper communication in
business that help to convey all strategies and policies
among all department and employees (Osejo-Bucheli,
2021).

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 Roles of managers
 Manager of Morrisons perform different roles in
organisation like directing employees, examine business
factors and develop policies properly as well as various
legal formalities are fulfilled.
 Managers perform informational and decisional role to run
all business functions through monitoring all department
activities and taking effective decisions according to
situations to attain defined objectives.

Differences of characteristics of leaders and
managers:
 Characteristics of leaders:
 Leaders develop proper strategies for employees and all team members and upgraded the
understanding of employees of Morrisons that guide them to perform in well-defined manner
to accomplish goals efficiently.

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 Characteristics of managers:
 Manager of Morrisons are confident that enables him to
inspire employees to perform all task properly
(Rabrenović, Mitrović and Kovačević, 2020). Managers
of respective organisation take effective decisions as per
the situations in order to gain various competitive
advantages.
 Managers of organisation has effective communications
skills that help to convey all policies and strategies to
employees and resolve their problems properly.

Difference between leader and manager by effectively
applying a range of theories and concepts

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Different management as well as leadership concepts
and theories are used by the Morrisons organisation to
perform all activities and functions properly. In order to
ensure their efficiency, leaders and manages perform
various functions and roles.
Leader role in leadership theories: Leader perform
number of roles and responsibilities in Morrisons
organisation in inspiring and motivating employees for the
purpose of enhancing their performance and productivity
level.

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 Managers functions in management theories: Managers allocate variety of
resources all over the organisation and ensure their proper utilisation for the
purpose of gaining sustainable competitive advantages than others. In Morrisons,
managers perform various functions in creating effective strategies and policies as
well as develop positive employee relation that enhance overall performance of
organisation (Shen, 2019).

CONCLUSION
As per the above report, it can be concluded that there are various function
are performed by the operations management department such as planning for
attaining goals, allocating, organising resources and manage employees
performance.

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