Individual Report: Leadership, Management Strategies at Sainsbury's

This individual report provides an analysis of Sainsbury's, the third-largest supermarket chain in the UK, focusing on its leadership styles, management practices, and strategies. The report begins with a background and history of the organization, including its vision and market position. It then delves into the leadership style employed, identifying the autocratic leadership style as the primary approach, and discusses its strengths and weaknesses within the context of Sainsbury's operations. The report further examines management practices, particularly those related to customer orientation and employee engagement, highlighting practices like engaging workers, rewarding efforts, and training staff. It also explores the management strategies adopted by Sainsbury's, such as motivation and rewards, and decision-making processes. The report concludes by discussing how these leadership styles, management practices, and strategies are implemented within Sainsbury's to achieve its goals and objectives. The report also touches upon the challenges and recommendations for improvement within the organization.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................2
1)Background and history of the organization.............................................................................2
Vision of the company.................................................................................................................2
Leadership styles .........................................................................................................................3
Management practices.................................................................................................................3
Management strategies.................................................................................................................5
This achieved and implemented in Sainsbury.............................................................................5
Management practices is achieved and implement by Sainsbury................................................6
Recommendations as an improvement for Sainsbury..................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Context business is the method for analyzing the environment for operating the business. This is
the most important and necessary aspect of the business planing. This study will base on the
Sainsbury which is 3 largest chains of the supermarkets which listed in the London stock
exchange. This report will examine the background of the company and also the vision of the
company. It also highlighted the uses and implementation of the leadership styles and
management practices, strategies and it also covers the recommendations that company has to
improve the performance and work in effective ways(Yahaya and Ebrahim, 2016).
MAIN BODY
1)Background and history of the organization.
Sainsbury is 3 largest chains of the supermarket in UK. It covers 16.9% share of the supermarket
sector. It became the largest groceries store and it was early adopted self services in retailing
sector. Its headquarter was in Holborn, London, United Kingdom. There are number of 1,415
Locations of shops across the world. Sainsbury listed in the London stock exchange and the
sectors of retailing is engaged with the operations and their convenience. Financial services of
the company included the operations of the Sainsbury bank pic. The revenue of the company is
28.456 billion and there are 186,900 employees working with Sainsbury. It has the largest
number of stock there are more than 23,000 products in the supermarket. It has geographical
presence in UK and uses the report of corporate social responsibility. The risk of the
environment and impact is transport distribution, packaging of food wastage is the major impact
on the environment of the Sainsbury. There are lots of energy used by the Sainsbury stores such
as lightning, heating, refrigeration, ventilation accounts for the 60% of the supermarket footprint
of the carbon. The target of the Sainsbury is to reduces its own brand packaging in term of
weight and against the baseline. Sainsbury supermarkets connected to the Zero waste of food to
landfill the program.
Vision of the company
The main aim and vision of the company is it has to make the most trusted retailer where every
people has to work together and shop together. It will put the customers at the heart of everything
which customers do and it investing on the stores, and customers get best experience as possible
form the offers of channels. The main strategy of the business outlines to achieve the vision as
the most trusted retailer, it will help the customer’s live as well for less(Arnold and et.al., 2015.).

Leadership styles
There is a method where all the motivations, directions and implementing the plans given by the
leader and it also identifies so many styles which exhibit the leaders in the business, political and
so many there fields. It focuses on the style of leaderships which as follows;
Autocratic leadership style:- this style of the leadership is followed by the Sainsbury
where it is characterized by the individual and control all over decisions and also the little inputs
from the team members. This leadership style make choices and all the decisions are based on
the beliefs of their own and in this it does not involve and allow others in the advice and
suggestions related to the company. It is a form of the styles of the management where only the
leader of the Sainsbury make choices on the basis of the ideas, judgment and rarely accept by the
advice and suggestions from other employees. It also involves the authoritarian which absolutes
control over the groups. It guides and gives directions to the groups which already lead by the
leader or manager which undervalues and ignore the inputs of the teams. There are some strength
and weakness which trusts on the approaches such as the decision making in critical and certain
situations by the leader. It is one of the strongest dimensional of the leader in Sainsbury which
has the full power and authority to take any of decision towards the company(Nawaz, and Khan_
Phd, 2016).
It is so much important and valuable when Sainsbury faces so many problems and crises
at it required an immediate response by the manager for taking and making the appropriate
decision in any of situation. From the uses of this leadership style in Sainsbury it increases the
productivity at larger level and also raise the value of sales of the goods and services. Sainsbury
never demand for the employee's engagement for taking the decision in so many critical
situations which is necessary for controlling the situations.
Management practices
Sainsbury is customer oriented it mainly focuses on the management practices which is
personalized for the long term relationship with the customers. It mainly focuses on the
providing the best facility and quality of the products and services which has been adopted a
policy for the improvement which is related to the customers and it also develops the knowledge
and skill for meeting the needs and demands of the consumers and also introduces the efficiency
for monitoring the systems.

Sainsbury uses the training and development management practices for improving the
overall performance of the business enterprises. Sainsbury find out the different types of needs
training for their employees and it provides the training for improving the effectiveness of work
of the employees at workplace. Theses are the practices which usually refers to the methods of
working which is innovative that mangers using for improving the efficiency and motivation for
the members to works in better ways are communicating, performance monitor, training staff and
responsibility and teamwork. It is way for getting out the best results from the efforts of the
employees and it also increases the productivity of Sainsbury and there are some steps which
shows the management practices for inspiring the employees(Iqbal, Anwar and Haider, 2015.);
Engage workers:- it shows the interest of the employees about the work because it only
focuses on achieving their own interest rather than achieving the goals and objectives of the
organization. Its necessary for the Sainsbury to build the employee's engagement strategy for the
employees to perform well because its priority of Sainsbury to generate interest which gives
motivation for perform well. From engaging the workers it increases the productivity. From
employees engagement it affects the performance in positive manner. It makes a connectivity
between employees and company. It believes that work which are done by the employees is
important rather than work harder. Engaging worker's means creates understanding and has a
clear view about the goals and objectives for their work. It also understands the levels of the
engagement for utilizing the knowledge for their benefits because of higher level of engagement
it gives higher level of success and it tends to get the directions for the work and it also takes the
feedback about their performance.
Reward efforts:- It's a way of rewarding each person of the Sainsbury for performing
well in the company. Its important to give reward towards the effort of the employees on the
basis of achievement for completing the task. The main aim about giving rewards for motivate
them and encourage about doing the work and it also boosts them up for feeling good and self
motivation. From this it set and clear the goals and also set the entities. It is a way for
implementation on the formulation strategy and all the policies of the Sainsbury which aim is to
giving the reward fairly, equitable and consistently in accordance for giving the values to the
organization. Reward efforts makes a positive impact on the employees of the company towards
the working and their efforts. It also considers for analyzing and controlling the remuneration,

compensations and all the benefits which is given to the employees of the Sainsbury(Fiaz, Su
and Saqib, 2017.).
Training staff:- its very necessary and important for having the training session for the
employees and staffs because from good and better training provided to the staff, then it comes
in better ways. From giving them training employees perform in better ways and also work in the
right direction. It brings development in the performances and working environment of the
employees. From giving them training it comes in better ways such as its easy for them to
understand and it does not create works conflicts in Sainsbury.
Management strategies
Management strategies provides direction to the company which helps the business for achieving
the goals and objectives. It also develops the policies and plans to achieve those task and targets
for allocating the resources where all the plans gets implemented. There are some strategies
which has bee used by the manger of the Sainsbury as the rewards and decision making.
Motivation and rewards:- the first and foremost strategies of the management strategies is
because its important for employees to do work in more effective and efficient ways. Motivation
is very important for Sainsbury for the help of motivation of the company to run in better
directions and also rewards plays a huge role in the success of the company when employees
work hard to attain the goals and objectives.
Decision making:- The second management strategies is that it uses by the manger of the
Sainsbury is to involve and includes the employees in the decision making process and it also
beneficial for the company as employees gives their innovations and creative ideas and also the
decision making of the company will improve(Iqbal, Anwar and Haider, 2015.).
This achieved and implemented in Sainsbury.
The style of the leadership management practices and management strategies which is
implemented on the Sainsbury and affect the whole company. For achieving the goals and
objectives of the organization it is important for implementing the styles and practices in positive
ways. These types of practices and styles helps the employees in their work in the right direction
and also it motivates the employees and encourage them.
The leader of the Sainsbury implements autocratic leadership styles are achieved and
followed. Sainsbury handles all the situations and certain problems of the company. It only
allows the leaders to take the right and appropriate decision in the company. From

implementation of the autocratic leadership styles because it is very helpful for the organization
for achieving the goals and objectives in given time. In this all the directions and guidance are
given by the manger and leader of the Sainsbury. Leader of the Sainsbury directly communicate
with the employees in order to guide them and let them understand the working environment and
work.
It also observes the activities of the employees and control the decisions of the
employees. Sainsbury also implement this styles for taking the right decision in critical situation.
It important to take the right decision in each and every critical situations and also it is
compulsory for each one to follow all the rules and regulations. There are lots of suggestions and
ideas which is take by the employees but its all depend on the leader to choose the ideas and
take the decision on the basis of the right decision their own perspectives.
Management practices is achieved and implement by Sainsbury.
Sainsbury has achieved the long term relationships and long term practices with their customers
for adopting the policies for continues improvements in the services of the customers which
easily implement and providing the best quality goods and services to its customers. It also
develops several rules and regulations for adding the goods for competing with their competitors.
It also achieves the practices for improving the knowledge and skills for the employees through
the development and training and it also highly effective and implemented for finding out the
needs and regarding to the employees about their performance and teams(Harms and et.al.,
2018).
Recommendations as an improvement for Sainsbury.
Sainsbury has the leading position in the retail industry because of its effective leader in the
company who leads the people and motivates them for achieving the goals and objectives of the
organization. There are some recommendations that Sainsbury manager and leader must consider
for helping in the improvements of the business.
It has been recommended for Sainsbury to use the autocratic leadership styles as there are
no confusions about the guidelines and directions of the company and also the vision and
mission of the company are all clear and everyone knows there job as well. This easily helps the
Sainsbury for making the faster and quicker decision which require participating member's. It
involves the employees in the decision making process so employees feels that it is more
important in the Sainsbury(Yahaya and Ebrahim, 2016.).

CONCLUSION
This report will conclude that the leader and manger plays great role in the organization. Leader
and manger uses so many styles and practices for the improving and concluding in better ways. It
will conclude that the autocratic leadership styles which is most effective style which is used by
most of the leaders. Furthermore, managers uses communications as the management practices
improves the working of the organization and it also uses motivations and rewards as the strategy
for motivating the employees for achieving the goals and objectives. Furthermore, there are
recommendations for improving the performance to the organization.

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