Leading and Managing Organisational Resources

Running head: LEADING AND MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL RESOURCES.
LEADING AND MANAGING
ORGANISATIONAL RESOURCES
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1LEADING AND MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL RESOURCES
Executive summary
The purpose of this report is to analyze the implication of emerging technologies, the internet of
things on the Company Drax. It emphasizes on its impact on human resource, the skills required
and the operations. It analyses how the Company can integrate the two departments or divisions
and the considerations and the outcomes. It discusses how Drax can effectively manage change
in the Company. Further, the report also analyses the strategic and operational management
challenges of leading and managing the resources of the organisation to support competitive
advantage and sustainability. It examines the implications of emerging technology in managing
the resources of the organisation. It identifies the challenges faced by the Company and the
opportunities and its impact on Brexit.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
1. The implication of emerging technologies on Drax.............................................................3
2. Type of leadership used by the Company....................................................................................5
3. Integration of two divisions.....................................................................................................6
4. Effective change management by Drax.......................................................................................6
5. Strategic and operational management challenges......................................................................7
6. The implication of disruptive and continuous innovation...........................................................8
7. The implication of emerging technologies by Drax....................................................................9
8. Financial review of DRAX..........................................................................................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
Recommendations..........................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Drax Company is the largest fired power station, and it is also considered to be the largest
biomass power station. The Company Drax has performed well in its previous years. However, it
has analyzed that the Company has lost its market share from being a leading position. Therefore
the managers and the directors of the Company rethink the strategies and the positing of the
Company. It plans to take advantage of the Internet-of-Things, Artificial intelligence and
machine learning. The Company intends to become even more competitive in the market with its
new panel manufacture entrants. The Company also plans to innovate its products and services,
provides a better understanding of the market place and creates as well as market new products
and services. The Company requires developing its potential capabilities and undertakes actions
for continuous improvement and innovation. The purpose of this assignment is to analyse the
implication of the emerging technology that is the Internet of Things. It mainly focuses on the
impact of the emerging technology on human resource, the skills required and the operations of
the Company.
Discussion
1. The implication of emerging technologies on Drax
According to Alvesson (2013), the emerging technologies in the worlds, are
revolutionizing the world as a whole of work, how the organisations functions and operates, how
the organisations manage the change and evolve its ways. The nature of leadership, the roles of
the managers and professional careers have advanced due to the emergence of new technologies
in the organisation. The advent of the internet of things and the latest emerging technologies