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Assignment on Leading and Managing Change

   

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Leading and Managing Change
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYChange is a unpredictable and inevitable phenomenon that might occurs at regular intervals. Thus every company should be proactive in forming strategies by which these unpredictable changes could be managed to some extent. Previously, the pace at which these changes used to occur used to be very slow pace but in present secession change occurs on daily basis making it difficult for firm to apply them effectively within their business operations. Unilever is a multinational consumer goods company founded in 1930. This project will provide a summary about the extent to which the white water metaphor is manifested by Unilever in its business operations and how it has managed adverse market situation by applying its planned approach to change management . It also explains how enterprise shifts from calm water to white waters to appraise the impact on the business and appropriate theories are discussed along with implications it has on HR department.
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Table of ContentsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................................2INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................4TASK ....................................................................................................................................4I) Planned and unplanned approach of change.................................................................42) Consider a business strategy and external factors that impact on the businesses.........83) Implications of relevant theory for human resource department................................11CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................12REFERENCES....................................................................................................................13Books and Journals.........................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTIONGlobalization and frequent technical up gradation has lead business to constantlyevolve itself and its operations. It is of crucial importance to have combative approachover competing market environment. With experiencing so much change it is requisitefor an organization to get accustomed with it and adapt them in its business operations,structure, culture and in routine tasks (Bush and Middlewood, 2013). As resisting a changeis basic human tendency , change management comes as an inclusive approach that assistsbusiness in implementing changes Change management is thus can be defined asstructured process to transforming workforce , operations and organization from presentscenario to future desired state (leading change, 2018). It involves explaining individualsabout need and reason for bringing out change and to accept, be dedicated and graspchange to be better and more competitive. Unilever is one of the world's largest multinational brand dealing in consumergoods. It is also world's largest producer of food spreads like margarine. It was establishedin 1930 with its headquarters in London UK. Unilever found a major kind of change in their working which need to understand by managers of a company. Although, suddenly they found that customers of Dettol used to shift to sanitiser from soap. It used to enable them in managing change better because chances of negative influence from this used to rise better. Previously, change used to be in format of plan change but it become as an emergent change which used to signify as a metaphor of white water where things could not become able to manage by Unilever properly. Thus, this rise in sales of Dettol sanitiser impacted business where a frequent shift from soap to sanitiser become possible. This assignment will help in understanding the significance of change managementalong with theories, tactics and strategies that are applied by an organization to deal withchange. Moreover it will also give a synopsis key areas that where organization and itsemployees resist change.
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