Comprehensive Report: Leadership and Management at Tesla

This report provides a detailed analysis of leadership and management practices at Tesla, covering key aspects such as the roles of managers and leaders, differences between management and leadership, and the application of leadership and management in various situational contexts, including hiring employees and launching new stores. The report further examines the strengths and weaknesses of different leadership and management approaches, considering factors like market dynamics and technological advancements. Furthermore, it delves into the key operational functions within Tesla, the roles of managers in these functions, and how operational efficiencies can be improved to successfully meet business objectives using appropriate management and leadership approaches. Finally, the impact of external business environment factors on decision-making by leaders and managers is discussed, providing a comprehensive overview of leadership and management in the context of Tesla's operations.

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Table of Contents
PART 1...............................................................................................................................................
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................
P1 Definition and roles of both managers and leaders and differences between management
and leadership................................................................................................................................
P2 Examine examples of how the role of a leadership and management apply in different
situational context..........................................................................................................................
P3 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to leadership and management.................
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................
PART 2...............................................................................................................................................
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................
1 Details of key operational functions and roles of managers in these functions..........................
2 Explanation of the key operational approaches to operations management and their value....10
3 Operational efficiencies can be improved to successfully meet business objectives using
appropriate management and leadership approaches...................................................................10
4 Impact of external business environment factors on decision-making by leaders and
managers .....................................................................................................................................11
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................................
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PART 1
INTRODUCTION
The management is the process to control whole organisational activities in order to complete
the all objectives and goals. Leadership is referred as the abilities of an individual to influence
and motivated others so they can contribute in the success of organisation. Leaders as well as
managers ensure the smooth functioning of organisation. In this report the chosen organisation is
Tesla which deals in the electric vehicles and clean energy. The organisation is founded in
July1.2003 and headquarter is situated in the California, United States. 70,757 employees are
working in the organization. In this report, various roles of leader and managers and various
approaches are being discussed in the context of Tesla.
PART 1
P1 Definition and roles of both managers and leaders and differences between management and
leadership
Managers: Managers is defined as a individual who are responsible to manage all organizational
functions. Managers has power to hire, fire discipline and monitor performance as well as
appraise employees. He has charge over the specific department and on people who are working
in it(Adnan,and Valliappan, 2019). Basically, the primary aim of managers is to exercise all
managerial functions. Managers of Tesla is responsible for planning, leading, directing,
controlling on the other hand, he has managing skills to manage business to get better.
Roles of managers: Managers have various roles and responsibilities within the organisation to
ensure the smooth working of Tesla. These roles are discussed below:
• Manager's role in the Tesla is to find various relative information’s by scanning the
environment and other internal as well as external factors. He monitors all aspects
then manage organisation accordingly in order to get desirable outcomes.
• Manger of Tesla also have responsibility to motivate, inspire and maintain effective
communication with all level of organisations employees to procced all function in
efficient manner.
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• Entrepreneurial role is very important of manager to create and innovate new process
in order to increase performance and attain all goals in planning phase.
Leader: leader is the individual whom guide and influence other employees and team members
to follow them in order to achieve all defined goals and objectives. He mobiles other people to
perform in defined manner through follow leaders efficiently. He has high skills and capabilities
that help to lead staff to get better outcomes (Bush, and Montecinos, 2019).
Roles of leaders: There are various roles and responsibilities that are undertaken by the leaders
in order to motivate employees and conduct organisation in defined manner. Some of roles are
discussed below:
• leaders have the responsibilities to coach and guide employees in right direction, so
they can accomplish their assigned task within time (Chadwick, and Leigh, 2018).
• Leaders lead the team which is formed for some specific purpose. He has to take
decisions regarding creation of team sprite among all team members.
• Leaders define visions of future at all level and develop a plan to achieve these
visions. He communicates relative information in effective manner.
Differences between the management and leadership
Comparison bases Management Leadership
Visions Management is related to the
create the process, place
activities and prepare budget
in order to achieve visions and
goals.
On the other hand leadership is
related to the direct employees
and motivates them to achieve
defines visions.
Power Managers have formal power
upon their subordinates.
Leaders have informal power
to influence and motivate
employees on their personal
level so, they are able to
complete defined task on time.
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Focus Management process main
focus is upon the maintain
stability in in Tesla
organisation, so long as well as
sort term goals are
accomplished.
On the other hand, leadership
focus on the changing
approach to get done work in
efficient manner. Leaders are
generally considers as a risk
taker.
P2 Examine examples of how the role of a leadership and management apply in different situational
context
Management and leadership is very important for the Tesla that facilitates the organization in
the management all resources in effective manner and guide and inspire employees to enhance
their productivity and performance. In the management process manages perform their
responsibilities according the situation as they formulate a road map that guide Tesla to achieve
goals and objectives(Crosby, and Bryson,2018). In which all roles and responsibilities are being
described. Human and other resources are allocated at right place after their effective placement
leaders provide them proper motivation in order to enhance performance in effective manner. In
the regular changing environment, various challenges are faced by the managers and leaders. To
handle these problems and challenges various roles are played by the managers and leaders
accordingly. Some situations are described below that requires management and leadership skills
in the business:
Situation 1 hiring employees: As Tesla is a multinational organisation that adopts proper
recruitment process in order to hire appropriate and suitable employees that are able to complete
their assign task with efficiency. In the procedure of hiring managers of Tesla have various roles
to identify vacant position and ensure that these positions are filled with the suitable candidates.
After their selection leaders use various leadership theories to guide and motivate them to
perform their task effectively and efficiently. Managers plays important role to take hiring
decision of most suitable candidate for respective organisation that facilitate organisation to
attain all goals and objectives in efficient manner.
Situation 2 launching new stores: In the current scenario Tesla expand its business by opening
new stores at different places. In the process launching new stores managers and leaders plays
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various roles that are important to expansion of business (Guhr, Lebek, and Breitner,2019).
Managers collect all necessary data and information’s and manage them in effective manner to
achieve goals. On the other hand, leaders motivate and inspire employees by giving monetary
and non-monetary rewards. Manager and leaders evaluate all factors effectively and build plans
that lead the organisation to attain all goals and objectives.
So, all effective management and leadership help the organisation to complete their goals on
defined time period. Various leadership and management theories and concepts facilitate Tesla to
face difficult situations in effective manner.
P3 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to leadership and management
Strengths are the internal wealth of the Tesla the support the it to grow in the competitive
environment, enhance the performance and facilitate the organization to achieve goals on the
other hand weaknesses are the organisational insufficiencies that affect its(Perozzi, 2019).
Strengths Weakness
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•
•
•
•
Leadership styles empowers the
organisation to lead the organisation in
the right way and facilitate to achieve
goals and objectives within defined
manner.
Effective implementation maximise the
return of Tesla.
Stable market environment is facilitates
Tesla to accomplish work on effective
manner.
Effective management strengthen the
organization to increase the
productivity as well as profitability of
Tesla.
Leadership and impressive
management enhance the morale of
employees and they feel motivated to
perform better.
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•
•
•
For the management and leadership it
the weak are to control all operations
and functions in Tesla.
In the current market numbers of
competitors are increased that affect the
all process of Tesla.
In the regular changing market demand
of customers is regularly fluctuated that
is become the weakness for the Tesla's
managers to analyse current market
demand for its products and services.
Advancements in current technologies
enhance the various challenges to the
leaders as well managers to prepare the
action plan and guide and train
employees to increase the awareness of
technology.
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So it is very important for the managers and leader to understand all strengths as well as
shortcomings that affect the organisation in positive and negative manner. Tesla try to enhance
its strengths factors and analyse weaknesses and prepare proper plan to overcome these
challenges(Ross, 2020). Tesla use transformational and democratic leadership theories in which
leaders of organisation directly interact with their followers and enhance some leadership
qualities in their personality. Respective organization allows various ideas and motivates them to
take part in the decision making process(Von Kutzschenbach, Mittemeyer, and Wagner, 2017).
These leadership motivates employees to perform their task in batter manner.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report, it can be concluded that effective leaders and managers are very
important for the success and growth of organisation. They are able to take effective decisions
according the requirement of situation and lead employees to work efficiently in order to achieve
personal as well as organisational goals and objectives. They are responsible for the growth, so
they managers have to manage all resources in effective manner. Leaders should enhance the
connect with their employees and develop various skills in them, it will create positive
environment within organisation.
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PART 2
INTRODUCTION
Operations are related to the managing all working procedures of organisation in order to run
the business in efficient manner. From the idea of the product to delivered it to the customers, an
organisation conduct various operations. These operations are depends upon the size and
structure of organisation. Tesla conduct various operations such as define different roles of every
person at each organisational level, make coordination, ensure proper utilisation of human and
other resources, ensure smooth functioning and determine authorities at all hierarchical level of
company.
1 Details of key operational functions and roles of managers in these functions
Tesla completes various types of operational functions that are necessary to run the business in
effective and efficient manner(Breuer, and Lüdeke-Freund, 2017). Manager of organisation
ensures that all these functions are being done in their defined manner. Smooth and effective
functioning leads the respective organisation towards the success.
Marketing: Marketing function is referred as the activity that are undertaken by the Tesla to
promote their buying and selling of the respective products and services. It the important
function that is able to increase and profitability of the organisation by advertising, promotions
and personal selling. Managers of Tesla are responsible to select the best channel of marketing
and provide guidance to the employees to build the effective connection with customers.
Finance and accounting: Finance and accounting is a branch of accounting that includes
recording, summarizing all transactions that are occur during the business operations in specific
time period. Managers of Tesla have control over all financial functions to provide sufficient
finance to all department in order to complete their task in defined time period.
Human resource management: Human resource management is the process to manage
workforce of whole organisation. The process is related to the appoint suitable candidate at right
place at right time by proper requirement procedure(Budur, and Demir., 2019). Tesla' s managers
ensure that effective and suitable candidates are appointed at right post and provide the proper
training to develop employees skills.
Operations : Operations are related to the planning the goals and objective and organise all
resources in effective manner, direct employees and control over the activities that help in
converting raw material into the valuable goods by the human efforts. Managers of Tesla have
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responsibility to utilise all resources and check the quality of the goods and measure the
customers satisfaction with the product and services.
2 Explanation of the key operational approaches to operations management and their value
Operations engagement is related to the planning, organising resources and supervising human
resource efforts in the context of production and manufacturing goods and services. The main
focus of process is upon the raw materials into the finished goods in efficient manner. There are
various operational approaches are used by the Tesla in order to manage organisational
operations(Jain,2018). (Kulich, Iacoviello, and Lorenzi-Cioldi, 2018). These approaches are
discussed below:
six sigma: Six Sigma is referred as a tool that enhance the capabilities of the business
operations. It increase the overall performance of the production and deduct variation. This
method facilitate Tesla to reduce the defected production, improve the profitability aspect,
improves the morale of employees and increase the quality of products that producing by the
Tesla.
Lean production approach: Lean production is defined as an approach that focus upon the
cutting the waste in the respective production process without compromising the quality of
products. This approach is applied by the Tesla in various aspects of the business from the
designing the product to the distribute it to the customers. Tesla use it to cut the cost of the
production on order to make business more profitable and efficient.
Business process redesign: The concept of business process redesign is referred as the
renovation of businesses procedures. It facilitates Tesla by cutting excess, decrease cost without
cutting and quality aspects and redesign all management functions. This approach is able to
increase the profitability and productivity of organisation. It helps to sustain the business in the
competitive environment.
3 Operational efficiencies can be improved to successfully meet business objectives using
appropriate management and leadership approaches
Effective implementation of all operational functions facilitates the organization to achieve all
defined aims, goals and objectives(Lussier,. and Hendon, 2017). This will lead Tesla toward the
success. There are various approaches and models of management and leadership that are able to
enhance the organisation profitability and motivates employees to work in efficient manner.
Some approaches are discussed below:
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Authoritarian management and leadership approach: This approach involves manage employees
by clear direction and control. It is also known as the autocratic and directive approach. In this
style whole power regarding the decision making and planning in is the hand to managers. Here
a proper hierarchical structure is defined that defines the roles at all level. Decisions are taken
fast and efficient in critical situations that ensure the success of organisation.
Transactional management approach: Transnational management approach includes manage
employees by providing them positive rewards such as incentives, bonuses and motives them to
enhance their performance(Mojtahedi, and Oo, 2017). Tesla work on the concept that if the
employees are well inspired, motivated through providing regular extrinsic rewards so they can
achieve their personal as well organisational objectives.
Democratic management approach: This approach is referred as a participative and
collaborative style to handle employees within the organisation. In this approach the leaders and
managers allow employees to take part in the decision making process. It encourages employees
to share their ideas and participate in the meetings. This will help the Tesla to become successful
because if employees find that they are important for the organisation then they complete their
task in effective and efficient manner.
Thus all management and leadership approaches help the organisation to improve their processes
and in the attainment of the organisational goals and objectives.
4 Impact of external business environment factors on decision-making by leaders and managers
External business environment factors are those that are exist outside the boundaries of the
organisation and affect all activities of Tesla. Respective organisation have no control over
them, they should examine then closely and develop various strategies that to overcome their
effects(Nawaz, and Koç, 2018). These factors affect the decision making of managers and
leaders of Tesla that are being discussed below:
Political factors: Political factors includes all government policies, rules and regulation that
affect the activities of Tesla. Managers as well as leaders decision is also affected by this external
factors. They have to change their organisational policies and procedures according regulations.
Environmental factor: Economical factor includes various interest rates, employment and
unemployment rates , foreign exchange rates and cost of raw materials. These factors have
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impact on the decision making process of managers and leaders. They are able to affect the
profitability as well as productivity of Tesla. Production decisions are taken accordingly.
Social factors: Social factors are related to the current cultural trends, changes in the lifestyle
and attitudes. Managers conduct proper research programme to analyse all changes of customers’
needs and take decisions accordingly enhance the profitability of organisation. Technological
factors: Technological factors are considered as the various technological innovations and up-
gradation that affect the Tesla activities. Managers have to take decisions to adopt digital
technologies and conduct research and development programmes to bring advance factors in
their current technology(Wang, and Xu, 2018). Leaders provide training to employees to work
on that technology efficiently.
Environmental and legal factors: Both external factor affect the decision making process of
Tesla. Decisions are being taken after analysation of these factors properly. Organisation include
all laws such as employment law, company law and customers protection acts for ensuring
smooth working of management.
Conclusion
As per the above report, it can be concluded that leadership and operation management is very
important for the efficient working of the organisation. Leaders as well as managers plays their
roles in order to achieve organisation goals and objectives. Effective organisational functions
improve the profitability and managers roles are depends upon these. Various operational
approaches are used by the organisations to ensure the effectiveness. External business
environment affect the decision making process of managers and leaders, so these factors are
properly identifies and then strategies are formulated to accomplished tasks.
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