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Understanding and LeadingChange

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P 1. Comparison of different organisations and impact of change on their strategies andoperations...............................................................................................................................1TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4P 2. Ways in which internal & external drivers of change affect leadership and other factors................................................................................................................................................4P 3. Measures which could reduce negative effects of change on organisational behaviour.6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7P 4. Different barriers for change and its influence on leadership decision-making.............7TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8P 5. Different leadership approaches for dealing with change within organisation...............8CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTIONChange management basically defined as a systematized way, technique or system thatassist in dealing with workforces and other associates in order to manage changes thatusually occur so as to acquire desired outcomes from commercial activities (Suchman,2011). In context to this, leaders used to play an important role in all venture as they are theonly person who are having the ability to encourage as well as promote each and everyworker to work as per the modifications that may took place in specific division. The presentreport is based on the title ‘Understanding and leading change’. In this project two firmshave been compared named as “Thomas Cook & Cosmos Tour” so as to determine the levelof impact of alternations on their schemes and various operations related with tour andtourism. Besides this, discussion is also carried on about influences of different internal aswell as external elements of change on the behaviour of each individual, team members andleadership too.TASK 1P 1. Comparison of different organisations and impact of change on their strategies andoperationsThomas Cook is considered one of the leading British travelling or peripatetic companywhose name has been listed on the Stock Exchange of London. It comprises of large number ofworkers that is recognised as approx. 21,788 in recent years. They used to cater various kinds ofhospitality services (Fagerström, 2012). Some of their work is associated with insurance,designing world - wide trips packages, passport and so on. On the other hand, Cosmos Tour is another venture which act as independent touroperator. This was founded or set up in the year of 1961. It has been observed that they are alliedwith the Globus Travel Group that is working on global level. This company was developed in1928 and also used to deal with tourism sector. The headquarter of Globus Travel Group is sitedat Lugano, Switzerland. At the same time, Cosmos Tour is treated as the one of the optimumleisure, trip and travelling firm which is catering assorted forms of outing packs.Both of them are being impacted by the modifications or changes occurring in businessenvironment. Such effects can be positive or negative as well. This could be better understood bybelow written points :1

BasicThomas CookCosmos TourChanges linked with prospectsof technologyThomas Cook is a famousorganisation whose size is veryhigh as they are supplyingservices inter- connected withtourism to large number ofpeople who are existing notonly in UK but also present indifferent other sector of world.Thus, they are having strongcustomer base. After theemergence of changes in thetechnological field that isnothing but its development aswell as growth of moderntechnology, this referredventure is being negativelyimpacted since level ofcompetition increases indrastic manner (Salmela andEriksson, 2012). Several othercompanies are rising who actas their rivals; thence quantityof overall user is gettingreduced on regular basis. Thisin turn causes the decrement insales rate of Thomas Cook.Hence, it can be said thatorganisational existingstrategies is effectednegatively and needs to beWhereas, it is somehow smallin size in comparison withThomas Cook. Its schemes arenot getting so much impactedbecause of this. On the otherhand, this has been seen thattheir capacity of production isbeing enhanced day by day asthey are utilising moderntechniques for completingchores at daily basis. Thus, itcould be stated that changes intechnology brings positivityfor Cosmos Tour. 2

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