Leadership

  1. Identify and briefly describe a large organisation from either the Health and Social Care sector or the Hospitality and Events sector which has recently undergone significant organisational change in the last 5 years. (5 Marks) 2. Use Kotter’s 8 Step methodology as a framework to analyse and evaluate how the organisation attempted to manage its programme of change. (45 Marks) 3. Identify the leadership approaches adopted by managers in your chosen organisation whilst they attempted to deliver their programme of change, and evaluate their effectiveness. You should focus in particular on their influence and communication tactics. (45 Marks) 4. List and Justify 5 factors you conclude are particularly important to the effective management and leadership of change. (5 marks) This Assessment addresses the following Learning Outcomes: LO1: Critically evaluate leadership theories and assess their utility in the management of change. LO4: Develop an effective plan to effectively manage a specified change. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Ensure you use correct essay format; cover page, introduction, main body of analysis and evaluation, conclusion, bibliography, appendices as required. You must use academic theory and other robust sources relating to leadership and change to support your text, and any theory used should be applied to the context of the scenario. You must use in-text citations to evidence your work, in addition to producing a full list of references in the bibliography. All of these should conform to Harvard Referencing format. The bulk of this text should be your own original work, and should not be excessively paraphrased.