Organisational Theory and Practice: Management Style, Structure, Leadership, Power, Influence, and Motivation at Thomas Cook

Organisational Theory
and Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Examine the management style and state the principle and functions of management used by
the CEO?......................................................................................................................................1
Analyse the steps taken with regard to organisation structure in order to achieve high
performance and state the organisation culture at THOMAS COOK and its impact on the
employees....................................................................................................................................3
Describe the leadership style of the CEO of THOMAS COOK to enhance the organisational
effectiveness................................................................................................................................4
Analyse the effects of power, influence and conflict at the chosen firm.....................................5
Discuss the various types of motivation used at THOMAS COOK............................................6
Use appropriate corporate examples and literature.....................................................................7
Recommendations........................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Organisation is defined as a social unit of people which is structured in a way to manage
several activities that are related with the ultimate objective and to efficiently meet the collective
goals. Numerous theories and practices are performed and take place in an organisation for
completing their objectives (Lindon and Trodd, 2016). Organisation theory is define the as the
study of design relationships and structures of an organisation focusing on formalization,
specialisation, standardization, complexity, hierarchy of authority, size, and strategy. Thomas
Cook group PLC is selected for the report where the organisational theories and practices used in
the company are elaborated and evaluated.
Thomas Cook group was a British global travel organisation that was founded in 2007 by
Thomas Cook himself. The company operates into separate segments which are as a tour
operator and an airline. Thomas Cook is headquartered in England, United Kingdom but
corporate travel agencies in Europe and other parts of the world as well as it is a global
organisation. Major product offerings are package holidays, flights and hotels.
The report is developed on Thomas Cook describing and analysing the management
styles of the CEO, Mr. Peter Fankhauser. The report covers in examination of Management
styles along with stating the principles and functions of Management that are used to by the CEO
of Thomas Cook. It's also analyses the steps taken and performed by the management of Thomas
Cook with regards to the organisational culture and structure for attaining high performance
standards. Moreover, leadership styles of CEO are described along with analysing the effects of
power influence and conflicts in the business entity. Moving forward, various types of
motivation used by the management team of Thomas Cook are discussed. At the end of the
report literature is provided for justifying the discussion made and accordingly few suggestions
are provided for increasing organisational performances (Marume and Chikasha, 2016).
MAIN BODY
Examine the management style and state the principle and functions of management used by the
CEO?
Management is considered as an art of getting the workforce from different regions
holding different perspectives together on a common platform and bringing the best out of them
refers to effective organisational Management. Management plays a very important role in a
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company for strengthening the workforce and the bond between higher authority and employees
which encourages and works as motivation for the workers making them work together as a
single unit with cooperation and collaboration. The management holds the responsibility to
ensure that employees are satisfied and their job duties that are performed are eventually
delivering the best to the company.
Management style refers to manage and way a manager or the leader handles
employees. There are various ways or practices available for dealing with the subordinates and
personnel’s which are commonly referred as management styles. The discussion of Management
and management styles identifies the necessity and importance for the CEO of Thomas Cook you
consider these effective practices while running the business and managing the workforce. Major
management styles are autocratic, democratic, participative and many others (Hayes, 2018).
The management style which is used by the CEO, Mr. Peter Fankhauser Thomas Cook is
democratic management style. By using democratic management style the managers and the
CEO of Thomas Cook encourages employees and subordinates to participate in decision making
process and game knowledge from there different perspectives and opinions. The and the
decisions are ultimately taken by the management but the participation of subordinates makes it
activity which is positive, elaborative and effectively provides understanding about the opinions
and views of people working in the organisation. The democratic management style which is
adopted by the CEO of Thomas Cook is beneficial and effective for the organisation because of
the support it provides to employees and an understanding to the managers about their guiding
and directive measures.
Principles of management:
Principles of management are described as the framework and guidelines that support an
organisation in successfully performing all major management practices and duties (Patterson,
Zibarras and Ashworth, 2016). The principles of management that are used by the CEO of
Thomas Cook which enables him to perform different business operations efficiently are as
follows:
 Unity of direction is a management principle which relates with guiding and directing
employees in the right direction. The CEO of Thomas Cook considers that one plan and
one manager is enough for every team of the company which will support other members
in the correct directions.
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