Change Management: A Case Study of Tesco and Sainsbury

CHANGE MANAGEMENT
TESCO

Table of Contents
TABLE OF FIGURES......................................................................................................................... 2
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 3
LO-1............................................................................................................................................... 4
P-1 INTRODUCTION TO TESCO AND SAINSBURY AND CHANGE IN BOTH THE ORGANISATION. 4
M-1 FORCES AND DRIVERS OF CHANGE IN TESCO AND SAINSBURY..........................................6
LO-2............................................................................................................................................... 8
P-2 ANALYSIS AND EFFECTS OF DRIVERS OF CHANGE ON TESCO AND SAINSBURY...................8
P-3 MODELS TO REDUCE NEGATIVE IMPACT AND SERVE CHANGE.........................................12
M-2 MODELS TO MANAGE RESPONSE OF ORGANISATION TO CHANGE.................................17
LO-3............................................................................................................................................. 21
P-4 BARRIERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON MANAGERIAL DECISIONS............................................21
M-3 FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS OF TESCO AND SAINSBURY.........................................................23
LO-4............................................................................................................................................. 25
P-5 APPROACHES TO LEADERSHIP IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT...............................................25
M-4 EVALUATING EXTENT OF MODELS AND LEADERSHIP APPROACHES IN DELIVERING
CHANGE................................................................................................................................... 28
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................30
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TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: BURKE LITWIN CHANGE MODEL...................................................................................12
Figure 2: ADKAR MODEL..............................................................................................................15
Figure 3: KOTTER’S MODEL..........................................................................................................17
Figure 4: LEWIN'S CHANGE MODEL.............................................................................................19
Figure 5: FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS OF TESCO.................................................................................23
Figure 6: FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS OF SAINSBURY.........................................................................24
Figure 7: TYPES OF LEADERSHIP...................................................................................................25
Figure 8: KEY APPROACHES TO LEADERSHIP................................................................................26
Figure 9: Mckinsey’s 7s framework..............................................................................................28
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INTRODUCTION
Change is an integral part of Tesco and every organisation has to bring changes to its business
in today’s dynamic environment where nothing stays the same for long (Vora, 2013). Situations
change and thus business has to adapt change and bring changes to the organisation to sustain.
The changes can be caused by a variety of internal and external factors and can have diverse
effects on management decisions and organisational operations.
In this assignment change management will be discussed by citing an example of Tesco along
with drawing a contrast between Tesco and its competitor Sainsbury to understand how
different organisation use different approaches, models and techniques to deliver change in the
organisation. The assignment will use many models and analysis like Burke Litwin model,
Kotter’s model, ADKAR model etc. to observe the drivers and their impact on change in an
organisation. In the end, the assignment will describe how different leadership approaches can
be used to deliver change in an organisation.
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LO-1
P-1 INTRODUCTION TO TESCO AND SAINSBURY AND CHANGE IN BOTH THE
ORGANISATION
Introduction to Tesco
Tesco is the world's third largest and UK’s largest supermarket chain. It was founded by Jack
Cohen in 1919 in London. Tesco has 6800 stores with 450,000 employees with operations all
over the globe (Tesco, 2019). Tesco has a diversified portfolio which includes fresh food, bakery,
drinks, household goods, baby products etc.
Introduction to Sainsbury
With more than 1415 stores and 186900 employees, Sainsbury is the UK's third largest
supermarket chain. It was founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury to sell fresh foods but
today Sainsbury has a very diversified portfolio and include all the necessary items of everyday
use taking its collection to around 30,00 products (Sainsbury, 2019).
Change at Tesco
Tesco deals in the supermarket business where the demand of the customers has to be served
to ensure customer's loyalty and trust. Tesco design the availability and size of its products
based on customer's preferences and common demand (Tesco, 2019). Tesco is known to bring
many changes in the market like Jack Cohen was the pioneer of the self-service store in the UK
along with decreasing the prices of the goods to the lowest to attract more customers
(Benefield, 2017).
Change at Sainsbury
Sainsbury also deals in the supermarket and kept the needs of the customers satisfied from a
very long time. Various external and internal factors affect change in Sainsbury like it recently
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decided to ban plastic bags for vegetables, fruits and bakery products due to environmental
concerns (Hughes et al., 2016). Sainsbury keeps the quality of its products high and had to ask
for slightly high prices. This strategy created more competitive pressure on Sainsbury so it
looked for other sources of supplies and now with a slight change in its supplies, Sainsbury
provide fresh products at lesser prices than all its competitors (Vora, 2013).
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M-1 FORCES AND DRIVERS OF CHANGE IN TESCO AND SAINSBURY
Many internal and external forces drive changes in Tesco like:
Competition:
Tesco operates in a highly competitive market and thus have to keep its pricing and operations
competitive to hold its market share. Thus any activity of competitors needs to be answered
with effective strategy (Benefield, 2017).
Taste and preferences of customers:
Customers taste and preferences change very frequently and thus Tesco has to adjust its
policies and offer as per them.
Economic needs:
Tesco has to ensure its long-term survival and thus has to cut cost by shutting its non-
performing stores which result in job losses. Though Tesco also gives pay-raise to its employees
thus all these changes are driven by economic factors (Cummings and Worley, 2014).
Environment concerns:
Many environmental concerns also drive changes in Tesco like Tesco decided to use 100%
renewable energy in 2017. Tesco also had to call back its range of clothing to remove
potentially hazardous chemicals etc. (Langley, 2013)
Sainsbury is also prone to be affected by forces like:
Market demand:
Customers demand new things and thus Sainsbury has to keep its portfolio updated. Recently
Sainsbury became the first supermarket in the UK to provide edible bugs due to rise in demand
of high protein foods (Kush, J. 2018).
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Social benefits:
Sainsbury has to keep up with CSR activities to improve its cultural and societal ties. Recently
Sainsbury introduced its ‘Talking tables’ scheme which aims to help in tackling loneliness in
society (Vora, 2013).
Regulations:
Many regulations in the food standard and other legislation also affect the working of
Sainsbury. Like recently it had to ban plastic in stores for bakery, fruits and vegetable packaging
etc. (Hughes et al., 2016).
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