Theories and concept of management change in Intercontinental Hotel Al-HSA Branch

            To bring a change successfully in the Hotel Al-HAS, it is believed that the transformational leadership approach is best options because transformational leadership does not merely lead the workforce to brings the change but it encourage the work force to support the change process by developing their interest. A transformation leader creates the need of change and brings chance on the base of the mutual benefit of all. He appeals the efforts of others by realizing them the importance of the change for the mutual benefit and so they happily become a part of change. Moreover, transformational leadership develop more motivation among the follower and they work with high moral values and give better output to bring the change.

            A transformation leader has multiple characteristics and abilities such as he is able to recognize the opportunity, he found ways that gives collective benefit to the members of a team, he has a strong vision, he works with determination that also gives confidence and motivation to others. A transformation leader believes in taking risk at his own but his risks are mostly calculative and justifiable therefore, mostly the resulted according to the expectations.

            Transformational leader is an attractive personality for his followers and his followers trust him therefore they take his words seriously and act upon it as they believe that he would bring something that is mutually beneficial for them too. Likewise, he has good understanding about the scope of his team players and so he assign the right task to the right person that makes the change process more effective by optimizing their employees performance.

            Leadership has great importance for any organization as it has direct impact on the employees and so on the overall performance of the organization. It is precisely right to say that a leader is a backbone for any organization. Likewise, a leader’s role is most important in the change management process because at the initial stage, a leaders understand the need and set the goals and design the vision to achieve the change related objectives. Moreover, it is the leader who can help the intercontinental hotel to achieve it future goals in effective manners. The leaders should develop good relationship with the employees with an aim to convince them to follow him in the change process.

            Moreover, at the hotel, the new management is going to take its charge and so the new management is coming with new strategy and new idea therefore, for the implementation of the new ideas and to take full advantage from the new strategy, it is ultimately important to take the staff into confidence. Likewise, the strategy of the hotel management is to empower the employees so they will become active member of the change process seems right but at the same time, to maximum advantage from the strategy, there is need to introduce some perks and rewards for the motivation and better performance of the employees. Moreover, the new manager should integrate the skills of their employees through training programs with an aim to help the employees to be fit with the new working environment.

            In addition, there is need to use the individual change management approach through which the management should realize the employees that the change would bring goods collective and individual benefits for them that will give them motivation and they will start to take change as something a target to achieve. Every employees wants to develop his career therefore, when an employee realizes that he can improve his skills that will give him career benefits then he will take more interest in the change process and so change will bring mutual benefits for the organization as well as for the individual emploue.

        The transformational role of leader is measured firstly to check its effects on the people who follow that leader due to its strategic management. it develops the sense of loyalty, admiration, respect and trust among the followers of that leader due to its willingness towards the hard work that enhance the development of any organization. this situation created only when the transformational leader of an organization provides facilities to their employees more than they deserved and it creates the sense of loyalty and satisfaction among the employees and they focus on improving their work quality. Moreover, followers of that leader concentrate to achieve the mission, goals and aims of organization and they develop their own identity through these productive activities. 

        However, the transformational leaders motivate their followers with their personality, intellectuality, their idealized influence as well as their behavior towards the followers that develop the positive attitude to their followers. Furthermore, the role of transformational is positive as it motivates the followers to adopt innovative and new strategies according to the demand of time that change the working environment that lead towards the success of the followers as they learned different and unique strategies that improve the chances of career development. According to the writer, it is necessary for the Al-HAS Branch which is an intercontinental hotel to focused on the leadership style as well as transactional and transformational leadership.

        In this era of globalization, change is occurred which is important for the success and it is the responsibility of good leader that quickly understand the need of change in accurate time and respond according to the requirement. So, it is important to develop effective leadership style that can easily access the need of change and take effective steps that improve the performance of business. Moreover, the management of the business activity is takes place under the experience and knowledge of leaders that are effective and efficient in the business world. The role of participative leadership style is effective as it involves the other members during the decision-making process whereas the autocratic leadership style takes decision itself and not involved the other members of organization. Furthermore, the transactional leadership style is also an effective as it develops the strategies for its staff and provide the opportunities and punishment according to the performance. In addition to transformational leadership style in which leader develop the sense of confidence and trust, so that new strategies and policies easily adopted in the organization. All these theories and leadership style provide a platform that is used in the management of change within the organization effectively.

        The term leading change is defined as the process in which leaders manage the change in a proper way. In the first step of this process is to provide support from the executive of organization regarding to change. After this the leader develop the team that effectively manage the change according to the demand of organization. as the change is defined properly at each level of organization then it is necessary for the leaders to communicate about the effected people of organization and what will be the steps that reduce the impact of this change in a short period of time. However, for the development of organization, the leaders should provide rewards for those who implemented the change effectively that is the motivation of those people who are against the change and their objections are reduced.

        In the intercontinental hotel, behavioral theories regarding to leadership is effective in the change management within the hotel and in this study the focus on the behavior of the leader. As the behavior of the leader describe the influences of its leadership as well as it describes the success of organization.