Leading and Managing Change

Leading and Managing Change

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Extent to which Morrison need to change in the current economic climate................................3
How HR management can support the approach.........................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Leading change is a collective goal accomplished with the context of human
relationships. It is a team activity in which allies become coalition, which becomes high
performing teams and these teams work together to lead change. With the motive to attain
success in the competitive business arena firms lay high level of emphasis on introducing and
implementing change within an organization. In this regard, manager of the firm employs
changes management practices with the motive to minimize cost and the employee resistance. In
this report, Morrison is taken as an organization. It is a multinational supermarket chain in UK,
founded in 1899. It provides everything from groceries to clothing, home wares, electrical and
many more. This report covers understanding the strategic and operational importance of change
in an organization and also critically evaluating change management theory and strategy and
analysing the factors impacting the organization.
MAIN BODY
Extent to which Morrison need to change in the current economic climate
A no deal Brexit is a serious threat to UK super market. Morrison is the smallest of the
big four retail giants. By doing assessment, it has identified that, in against to the rivals,
Morrison’s have ability in relation to dealing with the condition of Brexit. but it is seen that is in
a better position to tackle Brexit than its competitors. It makes around 25% of everything it sells
including its own labelled products. Morrison is the British farming's single and largest customer
and also the scale of its operation make it one of the largest producer food in the UK (Geng,
2020). Also, all its milk, eggs and fresh meat products are British and its lays focus on spreading
message pertaining to 'buying local' message with the motive to enhance sales. Morrison has
built prominent manufacturing system and supply chain base in UK. This in turn helps company
in coping up the issues that will arise due to Brexit. Morrison is required to import products but it
is not facing issues or difficulties with regards to compliance with tariffs and border checks
regulations.
There are two approaches to change which are planned and unplanned approach. A
detailed description is given below.
Planned approach: This approach is regarded as a strategic move by the organization. It is
implemented with the objective of changing the way of doing business in an organization (Scott,