Strategic Leadership Assignment

Running head: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
Strategic Leadership
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Table of Contents
Task 1.........................................................................................................................................2
Question 1-.............................................................................................................................2
Root Causes of Resistance to Change....................................................................................2
Question 2..............................................................................................................................3
a) Critical Analysis of Two Strategies to Reduce Resistance of Change..............................3
b) Explanation of the Strategies in Solving Situation of Resistance......................................4
Task 2.........................................................................................................................................5
Question 1..............................................................................................................................5
Identification of Strategies to Model Professionally Appropriate Behaviour........................5
Question 2..............................................................................................................................6
Identification of Methods to Model Ethical Appropriate Behaviour.....................................6
Question 3..............................................................................................................................7
Identification of Methods to Model Socially Appropriate Behaviour...................................7
Question 4..............................................................................................................................7
Identification of Strategies to Model Culturally Appropriate Behaviour..............................7
Task 3.........................................................................................................................................8
Question 1..............................................................................................................................8

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a) Intellectual Stimulation......................................................................................................8
b) Individualised Consideration of Staffs..............................................................................8
c) Inspirational Motivation.....................................................................................................9
d) Perseverance through Conflict...........................................................................................9
Question 2............................................................................................................................10
Identification of Two Practices to Improve Employee Productivity and Engagement
throughout Transitional Change...........................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................12

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Task 1
Question 1-
Root Causes of Resistance to Change
From the above four case studies, this can be analysed that there are various reasons
for the resistance to change among the different employees working in the organization. It
can be seen and analysed that these kinds of issues such as fear of failure, peer pressure along
with fear of the unknown can lead to instability in the mindset of the individuals and this can
affect their performance in a negative manner (Adner, 2016). From the above scenario, this
can be identified that the major reason for the resistance to change which are being faced by
the various employees in the organizations is the loss of status or security of job of the ones
working in the company.
It can be seen that forcing a change on the different employees working in the
organization can impact the overall performance of the company in a poor manner. In the
current scenario, this can be seen that there are huge administrative and technological
changes which are not being informed to the employees (Cashman, 2017). Due to the
technological changes, this is affecting the performance of the different employees and the
role is being eliminated or reduced in an ineffective manner (Lester & Kezar, 2017). From
the respective perspective, this kind of change is harmful and this rises the resistance to
change of the various employees who are performing their job in the different companies.
Moreover, due to the technological advancements in different organizations, this can
be seen that there is strong resistance along with employee turnover in the organization which
is affecting the overall effectiveness and reputation of the organization (Cashman, 2017).
Furthermore, due to the fear of the unknown and misunderstanding of the different aims and