1) Background
The term leadership and change management are interrelated between each other. Leadership direct the company to reach in the destination. Eventually, it is concentrate to formulating the business strategies require to transfer in new state to achieve the corporate goal (Hayes, 2010, p.159). Kotter (2011) explains that leadership is act as an engine on entire change process, that drives, controls and manages to move quickly in efficient way. According to Northouse (2013), “Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.”
Change management is associated with processes and mechanisms envisioned to change initiation within the control (Kotter, 2011). It involves in decision making to setting up a goal, develop necessary process and assigning the available resources to achieve that goal by effective planning and costing (Hayes, 2010). Therefore, change management focuses on whole business process and leadership directs the company toward its vision.
2. Significance of leadership and change management
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