Impacts of Change on Organisational Behaviour

Understanding and
Leading Change

Table of Contents
Introduction:.........................................................................................................................................3
TASK....................................................................................................................................................3
P3.Measures that can be taken to minimise negative impacts of change on organisational
behaviour.........................................................................................................................................3
P4. Barriers related to the change and there influence upon the leaders decision making. ............4
P5. Apply different leadership approaches to dealing with change in a range of organisational
contexts............................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion............................................................................................................................................6
References .......................................................................................................................................7

Introduction:
Leading change is defined as a process which is used by the organisations for a continuous
development with the help of required changes in the business activities (Yoder-Wise, 2014). This
report consist of measures that are required to minimise negative impacts of change on
organisational behaviour. Further report involves the barriers for changes and various leadership
approaches which organisation follow to implement on the changes in context of the organisation.
The report is based on ASDA which is a British supermarket and they have their headquarters in
Leeds, West Yorkshrine.
TASK
P3.Measures that can be taken to minimise negative impacts of change on organisational behaviour
ASDA has made some changes in their business structure and they have made the operations
of their organisation in online format from offline process. The change has resulted in negative form
for the organisation as many employees around 2600 lost their jobs. To control the negative impacts
some measures are been used with Burke and litwin change model. The following change model
consist of various dimensions which are as follows:
 External Environment- the external factors play a influential impact on the organisations.
ASDA should identify these external environment factors and measures should be taken
according to the changes the company has made in the structure. It will result in dwelling
the external factors according to the changes and will result in continuous development for
ASDA.
 Mission and Strategy- the strategies are required to be formulated with the help of the top
management and with the considerations of the employees regarding the changes ASDA has
planned in it business structure (Kotter, 2012). As the change is effecting in loss of jobs for
the employees the management can formulate some measures like golden handshake in
which the employees are provided with the advance income of few months at the time of
losing a job. So, that they can manage their life in a stable manner while finding a new job.
 Leadership- A proper leadership structure should be constructed according to the changes
ASDA is implementing to clearly state the role for the working force in the business
structure. This measure will result in minimising the miscommunication within the
organisation.
 Organisational culture- the changes should be measured according to ASDA organisation
structure and should be formulated according to the rules, customs and values that result in
affecting the organisation behaviour.
 Structure- the structure should be followed in a proper manner and should not be limited to
the hierarchical structure and should be focusing on the responsibilities, good
communication and decision making within the ASDA to run the business activities
properly.
 Systems- measures including policies and procedures in accordance with the ASDA changes
to control the negative impact in functioning the business activities. So, these policies has to
be formulated according to the employees and people for better results.
 Management practices- these practices has to followed by the managers to make a balance
between the employees and resources due to the change in organisation structure.
 Work unit climate- the working atmosphere should be managed in a way that it can be
assessed that what are the views of the employees on the changes the company is
implementing.
 Tasks and skills- tasks should be distributed according to the skills of the employees as per
the require changes demand it will minimise the negative impact on the ASDA maanagerial
functions.
 Motivational level- the company need to find ways for motivating the employees for the