Tesco Leadership and Management Styles: A Comparative Analysis

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MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
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Table of Contents
Task 1:........................................................................................................................................3
LO1 Differentiate between the role of a leader and the function of a manager.........................3
Comparison of different roles and characters of manager and leader........................................3
Analysis and evaluation of role of leader and function of manager..........................................4
Evaluation of theories and approaches of leadership.................................................................4
Reference list..............................................................................................................................5
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Task 1:
LO1 Differentiate between the role of a leader and the function of a manager
Comparison of different roles and characters of manager and leader
In order to organise business effectively, it is important to understand the concept of
management and leadership. The comparison of roles and characteristics of leaders and
managers of Tesco group has been done in this section.
Figure 1: Leadership and management model of Tesco
(Source: Businesscasestudies.co.uk, 2019)
Managers of Tesco are responsible for managing the multi-tasking activities of the
organization. It is done for accomplishing the objectives based on the availability of resources
and working operations. Management team of Tesco are responsible for planning and
organizing the business for enhancing the sales figures. On the other hand, leadership is the
real-life approach which is used for encompassing the ability of the organization. As
mentioned by Willis et al. (2017), leadership aids in motivating the staff members in order to
achieve the goals of the organization and smoothening the functions of the organizations.
Leaders of Tesco are responsible for providing lessons of time utilisation and controlling the
workplace for monitoring the performance of the staffs.
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Analysis and evaluation of role of leader and function of manager
Tesco is found to develop leadership qualities among the employees starting from
administrators and all customer assistants. They believe that every employee should be
provided equal opportunities along with respect. Managers of the Tesco group are responsible
for organizing the human as well as physical resources for achieving the business objectives.
On the contrary, leadership is about motivating and inspiring people to develop strong teams.
As commented by Thorpe (2016), the process of management starts with a specific target
where managers communicate the approaches effectively to their members before allocating
tasks. Hence, it can be said that task allocation are the functions of management.
On the other hand, style of leadership is based on the task dependency. Leaders of Tesco are
found to empower their team members so that they can understand the process of achieving
the objectives. These way team leaders are able to motivate their team members and draw the
expertise members from the entire team. Tesco is found to engaged for looking on the
managers that are having characters of positivity, genuineness and confident. The main
concept of Tesco leadership program is to pick effective leaders who can assist the team
lucratively (businesscasestudies.co.uk, 2019).
Evaluation of theories and approaches of leadership
Interpersonal role: This basic responsibility of leaders covers management of lifestyles and
personalities of the employees. Using trait theory, it has been analysed that in Tesco, leaders
are monitoring the traits and characteristics of the employees in order to enhance the
productivity level in every sectors.
Informational role: This role of leaders signifies that managers collect the information and
checks about the employee benefits in the organization. In Tesco, it is observed that managers
take the voluntary decisions for enhancing the benefits of the staffs.
Decision making role: These are the roles of the leaders for fulfilling the objectives of the
organization. In regards to Tesco, these subordinates for raising the goodwill of the
organization handle decisions.
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Reference list
businesscasestudies.co.uk 2019. Developing appropriate leadership styles. Available at:
http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/tesco/developing-appropriate-leadership-styles/
introduction.html [Accessed on: 26.03.19]
Thorpe, R., 2016. Gower handbook of leadership and management development. CRC Press.
Willis, S., Clarke, S. and O'Connor, E., 2017. Contextualizing leadership: Transformational
leadership and Management‐By‐Exception‐Active in safety‐critical contexts. Journal of
Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 90(3), pp.281-305.
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