STR342 - Management of Change: Leadership's Vital Role

This presentation examines the critical role of leadership in the management of change, focusing on how leaders shape organizational strategies and influence the change process. It explores various leadership theories, including the Great Man Theory, Trait Theory, Contingency Theory, and Transactional Theory, and discusses how different leadership styles, such as transformational leadership, impact innovation and development within a company. The presentation highlights the importance of effective communication, employee engagement, and strategic planning in navigating change, emphasizing the principles of being connected with employees, accountability, transparency, and clear communication of vision. It also outlines the change management procedure, including preparing for, managing, and reinforcing changes, and provides references to relevant academic sources.

Management Of Change
‘Leadership is a vital aspect in the change process’

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 Leader is defined as an important part of any organisation or group
which is working for either betterment of society or of that
organisation.
 While leadership is the action of leading and guiding people so that
they could organise whole group into meaningful terms.
 Only leading them is not the part or duty of a leader at workplace but
their main work is also to motivate the people so that they could
perform in a more better way.

Theories of leadership
 This is very much important part of study which is done b y
many scholars and philosophers all around the world.
 Theories of leadership will be defining the leader in the most
common way. Some important theories of leadership are as
follows:

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Great man theory
Trait Theory

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Contingency Theory
Transaction Theory

‘Leadership is a vital aspect in the change process’
 Leadership will always be promoting changes in to society or
organisation which they themselves are leading and forming a
part of.
 The way a person is leading his people and organisation will be
forming path of changes in management and its decision making
process.
 Leaders will be shaping strategies of organisation for better
execution of planning and organising.
 They are having that quality which is more or less effecting the
way management is deciding about strategies and future planning
of company.
 The way in which leaders are leading their organisation whether
it is autocratic or democratic will be surely affecting management
and their strategic planning.

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 All kinds of changes which are taking place within organisation
is because of style of leadership which they are following and
allowing.
 Like if company is meant ot follow transformational leadership
style this will surely be attracting innovations and development
within company.
 Transformational type of leading people will be conducing
required fundamental changes which are need for company and
also for changing culture of organisation.
 All the leaders will be taking initiative to make good and healthy
changes which are important for organisation then they will be
making efforts to create communication more and more effective.

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 In this process of change into management or its strategic
planning will be all depending upon the way in which company,
its employees and its management are communicating with each
other.
 Leaders will be guiding and motivating all the employees so
that they are performing to their best level
 If company wants to bring major changes within its working then
they should be engaging their leaders into this procedure of
modification.
 For this to happen there are some principles which will be
important in the process of alteration:

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 Connected with employees
 Accountable and transparent
 Communication and clarity of vision

Change management procedure
 This is that process which will be taking place at the time when
management is feeling that there is very important time to bring
about changes in organisation and its working.
 At the time When ever thing is not working according to set
plan there will be requirement of changing the strategies.

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 Phase 1: Preparing for change
 Phase 2: Managing changes
 Phase 3: Reinforcing changes

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