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RMIT University Vietnam | Research Project | For Railway Transportatopm Joint Stock Company (RATRACO)
No1 Team Timothy Costigan2/9/2012 |

RMIT International University Vietnam
BP181 Bachelor of Commerce Program

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Course Code: | BUSM4188 | Course Name: | Leading for Change | Location where you study: | Hanoi Campus | Title of Assignment: | Research Project | File(s) submitted | 1 | Student name and ID: | Tran Cong Nghia – 3311920Nguyen Huong Ly - 3245955Nguyen Viet Trinh – s3312294Tran Hong Nhung - 3372769Nguyen Thi Thu Ha - 3342035 | Learning Facilitator in charge: | Timothy Costigan | Assignment due date: | 3 September 2012 | Date of submission: | 3 September 2012 | Number of pages including this one: | 27 | Word Count: (exclude executive summary, reference & appendix) | 2,011 |

Executive Summary

According to Wasson (2004) all organizations need to change towards stronger sustainable stand to be able to compete in the industry. Railway Transportation Joint Stock Company (RATRACO) is not an exception. One of its major changes occurred when Mr. Hung, the Chairman and General Director of RATRACO, seized the opportunity to expand his business to hospitality and restaurant industry.
The interview with Mr. Hung was conducted for a closer look onto change implementation at RATRACO. Generally this paper is going to study the rationale under such a transformation and how it was initiated. Furthermore, based on a direct interview with Mr. Hung, we examines how Mr. Hung has performed and led the company into this new phase. From self observation and evidence collected throughout the interview, it is concluded that Mr. Hung has participative leadership style, which especially focus on collaborating with other people and encourage them to develop their abilities (Miller et al. 2012). Moreover, the analysis pointed



References: * Judge, T, Heller, D & Mount, M 2002, ‘Five factor model of Personality and Job Satisfaction: A meta-Analysis’, Journal of Applied Psychology, vol 87, no.12, June Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (s3342035)

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