Understanding and Leading Change in Tesco plc

This report discusses the impact of change on Tesco's operations and strategy, drivers for change, ways in which drivers of change affect leadership, team or individual behaviours, and measures to minimize negative effects of change. It includes examples of changes in the organization, such as competition, management, procedures, and cost reduction, and assesses various drivers for change, including economic and political influence, technological capacity, and competitors. The report also evaluates measures that can be taken to minimize negative effects of change, such as Lewin's three-step model, Kotter's eight-step plan, and organizational development techniques like process consultation, appreciative inquiry, and survey feedback.

Understanding and
Leading Change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Examples of the affects that change has had upon the organization's operations and
strategy:........................................................................................................................................1
M1 Assessment of various drivers for change:............................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
P2 Ways in which drivers of change affect leadership, team or individual behaviours:.............3
Internal Driving Forces.................................................................................................3
External Driving Forces................................................................................................4
P3 Evaluate measures that can be taken to minimise negative affect of change:........................4
M2 Suitable theories or models to critically measure organisational response to change:.........7
D1 Conclusions and recommendations for planning effectively for change:..............................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P4 Various barriers for change or their influence on leadership:................................................7
M3 Force field analysis:..............................................................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P5 Different leadership approaches to dealing with change:.......................................................8
M4 Leadership approaches that can deliver organisational change effectively:.........................8
D3 Critical evaluation of leadership effectiveness approaches and change management models
.....................................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES:.............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Organizational changes known to be the combination of several practices that come to modify
and revise the methods and procedures that were implemented earlier. In addition to this
organizational change involves several of the practices that gives the outcome in alteration and
change in the methods and guidance which influence the way where the commercial business
function before. Also the appropriate and successful system and structure of the change of the
organization represents the increased capabilities of learning of the business that might focus on
leading the sector towards growth as well as innovation. For the suitable understanding and
knowledge of the change of the organization and the importance of the leadership the following
report is based on the organization Tesco plc (Aronson, Reilly, and Lynn, 2022). Moreover to
this respective organization is known to be the international and one of the largest organization
of supermarket grocery retail sector. Raja respective organization was founded in the year 1990
and it was founded by Jack Cohen. The organization is situated in England United Kingdom.
Furthermore the following report will cover about several examples of the changes of the
organization as well as it will also cover about driving forces that relate to these alteration and
modification in the management. It will also cover and include about the techniques as well as
barriers that are in the organization changes.
TASK 1
P1 examples of the affects that change has had upon the organization's operations and strategy:
Organization change it’s basically needed for the efficient as well as effective planning of
the business. In accordance to do the respective changes managers or leaders of the respective
organization are required to function with the department of human resource of the business and
also other managers and leaders of the other divisions. There are several types of instances or
examples which required to be observed and monitored for the changes of the business (Bažant,
and Bulíček, 2022). These are described below is brief:
Competition: In the existing market area computation can basically trigger the changes
of the organization. The level of competition in the market area assist the commercial business in
making decision for the long period of time and also for the short planning and goals of the
business. In addition to this short changes might involve training and development of the people
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of the business so that they can be more talented and skillful in order to overcome the
competition in the market area in an appropriate way for the long period of time
Management: Modification in the business or changes in the management can be done
in the business any time when the management requires. This alteration might influence the
existing divisions of the leaders and managers and every other team that are in basic contact with
the management of the business (Corona-Herrera, and et.al., 2022). In order to do changes in the
management the organization needs make sure that they have appropriate as well as qualified
replacement available so that it cannot negatively influence the management of the business after
losing their vital leader or manager which can be controlled and also culture of the business can
we conveniently and effectively managed and maintained by the new manager.
Procedures: Usually changes in the business can be done in the method or process
system of the organization that assist in enhancing as well as improving the effectiveness as well
as efficiency of the business which can assist the firm in increasing their level of productivity
and performance for the long period of time in order to achieve the long term goals and
objectives of the business effectively and efficiently.
Cost Reduction: Organization requires to monitor their structure and system on a
consistent time period so that irrelevant as well as activities that are not effective can be detected
and also duplication of the task can also be minimized. In addition to this changes of the
organization leads the procedure of minimization of cost that may be complex and difficult
method for the workers of the business. Staff might strictly register alteration or change as they
have to also compromise their level of comfort zone. There for the business and management
requires to function on its techniques and strategies so that changes Sultan can be conveniently
adopted by the workers without any type of problem (David, Endedijk,vand Van den Bossche,
2022).
M1 Assessment of various drivers for change:
In accordance to survive in the existing market area which is highly competitive so this is
very crucial for the business in order to introduce changes in the business effectively and
efficiently. In addition to this these alteration and changes enhance the effectiveness and also
enhance the level of productivity and performance of the workers as well as of the business for
the long period of time period alteration or changes might influence the commercial business
optimistically or negatively that entirely rely on the relevance of alteration or modification of the
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change and also behaviour of the business towards the respective change period in relation to the
respective organization Tesco plc management can also take the benefit of the competition of the
market area and also capabilities of the worker with the assistance of these changes that also
assist in making the goals and objectives of the business for the short period of time as well As
for the long period of time (Eskola, and et.al., 2022).
TASK 2
P2 Ways in which drivers of change affect leadership, team or individual behaviours:
Internal Driving Forces
Organisational Culture: Behaviour of the organization may be understood as the
organised determination of the behaviour as well as attitude of business and also of the people
that are working in the business or the organization keyboard in addition to this culture of the
business can also breakdown the boundaries and limitation among the process of decision
making and also enhance and make the improvements in the entire workflow of the business.
Further with the suitable culture of the business it leads to the appropriate as well as enhanced
level of, performance, productivity as well as engagement of the workers for the long period of
time.
Employee Morale: The level of confidence as well as strength of a person or the team of
the business is very much essential for the respective organization. Whether the workers are not
entirely committed to their functioning of the job or they’re having low motivation towards their
working then it can lead to the decline and negative effect on the operations and productivity of
the business. Management need to enhance the level of motivation of their workers that will
ultimately give the result inappropriate productivity and level of performance of their workers
which can enhance their effectiveness and efficiency and they also need to improve the
relationship among the management with their Staff effectively (Ghosh, and Jana, 2022).
Financial Management: Finance is known to be one of the important component in
order to function the operations of the business smoothly. Money has the direct relationship with
the business and its growth as well as development in the market area. In addition to this it also
supports in gathering of investment and financial management basically involves requirement of
finance of the concerns and operations of the business and it also includes the finance and
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investment at low or minimum interest rate. This also support in order to allocate as well as
utilise the investment in the suitable as well as appropriate way.
External Driving Forces
Economic and Political Influence: There is the basic linkage and relationship among the
culture of the organization with the political as well as economical atmosphere of the period in
relation to the respective organization political environment basically involves the orientation of
the parties, policies of the legal authorities, policy of the taxation, begin making of the
government as well as political stability and various other period influence the environment and
networks near of the business and also need to creating any type of financial swing which can be
either inflation or deflation that have the major impact on the operations and growth or success
of the business negatively or optimistic (Gostin, and Rubenstein, 2022).
Technological Capacity: The discoveries of new of the latest technology needs to
making the old technology outdated. In addition to this it is important for the respective
organization in order to maintain and keep itself updated with the advancement of the technology
because it is also important feature asit assist the operations of the business in an effective way.
In the existing and current economy of the business this need to be adopted by the respective
organization Tesco plc because the latest technology can minimise the complexity and difficulty
for the business in order to function the operations of the business and also to compete with their
rivals in the market area.
Competitors: Globalization as enhance the level of competition in the market area. In
addition to this technologies. Innovation as well as new ideas of the business and also the method
or technique that are being implemented by the new entrants or rivals of the business that are
increasing the level of rivalry for the existing organizations because of their technology, plant as
well as machine keys and every other different things are now outdated and old and they cannot
conveniently replace it because it take immense level of investment in order to replace anything
like this (Hoffmann, and et.al., 2022). All the commercial business has to face things like this
which can meet to the enhancement in the external problems of the business.
P3 Evaluate measures that can be taken to minimise negative affect of change:
Alteration or changes in the business or management, techniques of strategies as well as
structure of the business is not known to be there convenient method or process. In addition to
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this be changes can be easily registered by the workers of. And there are several types of
frameworks and models that are proposed in order to make the changes of the organization an
easy as well as convenient method or process that are described in briefly below
Lewin's three-step model: In accordance to the Kurt Lewin Procedures and methods are
changing that leads to be simple as well as short hence the author basically represented and
suggested only few steps in order to implement change in the organization and those steps are
described in brief:
 Unfreezing: This level is basically refers to creating with actual interaction as well as
communication with best half of the business in order to make them understand regarding
the change so that it can minimise the stress and pressure on the individual or that came
conveniently and effectively (Kraly, Weitzman, and Filgueira, 2022).
 Movement: It is another state in which the actual process of the change and
implementation of the change can take place which leads to transforming the
management from the initial stage to the desire or the plan last stage of the change
 Refreezing: This is known to be the last stage of this framework which refers to
stabilizing the intervention of the modification through equalising several driving as well
as Restraining elements.
Kotter's eight-step plan:
Step-1 Create a sense of urgency by establishing a persuasive reason for the requirement of
change.
Step-2 Manage all efforts and encourage employees to take a constructive approach by forming a
guiding coalition.
Step-3 Formulate a clear vision of goals and objectives that can assist everyone to understand
their aims in agreed time.
Step-4 Communicate the vision throughout the organization and get the acceptance of workers
by understanding their concerns, anxieties and opinions.
Step-5 Empower others by removing obstacles to change, creative problem solving and
inspiriting risk taking (Liu, and et.al., 2022).
Step-6 Create short term goals and provide rewards so that the employees can be motivated on
the achievement of goals.
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Step-7 Merge improvements, re-evaluate changes and make essential modifications in the new
procedures.
Step-8 Strengthen the changes by establishing the cooperation between organizational success
and new behaviours.
Organizational development (OD): Growth and development of the organization refers
to the fix of participation of the change and also construct on the humanistic as well as
democratic values which basically focused to enhance the welding and the standard of living of
the worker and also effectiveness of the business collectively (Miles, and et.al., 2022).
Techniques and methods which are basically implemented and utilised for the process of the
development of the organization are described below.
Process consultation (PC): This is basically making of the bonds with the several
potential consumers and customers are the business which are allow customers in order to make
them act as well as observe and also understand the methods and procedures of the activities that
occur in the external as well as internal atmosphere of the customer in relation to enhance the
situation of the business which is in accordance to the customer of the business. The main reason
of this is due to because it is department not the consultant that will have to live with
consequences of several types of the decisions.
Appreciative inquiry (AI): This is basically the method or approach which looks for
detecting the specific attributes as well as strength of the management that can be conveniently
as well as effectively built on in accordance to enhance the level of productivity as well as
information. It is basically entirely based on the optimistic framework and spring to the
development of the business as well as changes and growth in the leadership. This also support
in identifying the structural and systematically for those capabilities as well as methods which or
strength or living system possibility.
Survey feedback: This method utilizes the forms in order to detect the divergence jeans
among the perception of the team members (Mor, and et.al., 2022). The discussions or focused as
well as monitor and also solutions are given in effective and efficient way. In addition to this
executed feedback of the survey and also welfare and feedback can be suitable in order to
achieve the retentions of the customers as well as enhance the goodwill of the business and also
increase the profitability ratio of the organization.
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Sensitivity training: Many groups of training are made in this type of the approach
which basically focus on identifying the alteration in the behaviour and attitude by unregulated
discussions and interaction of the teams.
Intergroup development: Development of the business tries to alter the old perceptions,
attitude as well as stereotype that several groups have among each other.
M2 Suitable theories or models to critically measure organisational response to change:
Organization change are basically not majorly accepted by the people and businesses in
the organization because few of the driving as well as a listing element event in relation to the
respective business Tesco careers both of the framework that are described over will be one of
the best method in order to exit you the changes in the present because the method of this
framework short as well as convenient for the workers as well As for the business in order to
implement which cannot be resisted by them (Parashar, Singh, and Chitranshi, 2022).
D1 Conclusions and recommendations for planning effectively for change:
With the above mentioned discussion this can be analysed that there are several of
external as well as internal forces that are driving and resisting the decision making that also
focus on deciding the direction of the change of the business. In accordance to implement the
changes of the organization the management of the respective business Tesco plc is offered in
recommendation in order to make a strategy as well as capability in order to measure the
directions and guidelines in accordance to wait for the long period of time.
TASK 3
P4 various barriers for change or their influence on leadership:
Complexity: Organizational change is known to be one of the very difficult as well as
complex methods at the time when managers or leaders of the business make several complex
procedures, systems as well as Merchandise. In several of the instances commercial businesses
might develop low maturity in order to manage as well as handle change which is highly
complex or difficult.
Cultural Barriers: The system as well as the culture and also the process of the business
enhance the issues and problems of the structure of the business (Shuttle, 2022). This is
important to overcome as well as remove any type of problem for the effectual and efficient
communication.
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M3 Force field analysis:
There are several type of driving force that are motivating the changes and few of the resisting
force that are acting as the problem in the implementation of the change period with the
assistance of the several models in which force field analysis can be determined in which
workers as well as investors of the business can be convinced with the assistance of the
appropriate interaction of the fact this evaluation also states that the organization need to execute
the change within its outlets.
TASK 4
P5 Different leadership approaches to dealing with change:
Democratic Leadership Approach: Democratic leadership is known to be the method
where the managers or leader make their crucial decisions which are entirely based on the idea
and opinions of the workers (Sorbara, and Pamer, 2022). All the worker has an equal right in
order to share their ideas and thoughts but the final decisions are taken by the manager.
Autocratic Leadership Approach: The leaders in this type of leadership styles take
several decision without any input or taking the concern from anyone in the business. Lower
level management or the workers are assumed to focus on following to the decision that are
taken by the leaders.
Transformational Leadership Approach: This type of the leadership style is refers to
enhancing are transforming the patterns of the business. In addition to this managers or leaders
utilizing this type of method always focus on motivating and pushing their work it out of they are
comfort zone and also motivates them to work towards their productivity as well as growth
period these leader also have the risk of losing their mean vision of the individual and personal
capabilities of learning of the staff.
Strategic Leadership Approach: It is known to be one of the inevitable approach of
leadership in several of the commercial businesses because strategic ideas provide assistance to
the several types of the employees in the organization at once in the effective as well as efficient
way (Yan, and et.al., 2022).
M4 Leadership approaches that can deliver organisational change effectively:
This is important in order to adapt and implement leadership style which can conveniently match
the objectives and goals of the business with the expectations of the workers that are functioning
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in the business as well. In addition to this a democratic leadership style is known to be one of the
best method for the business that also considered the opinion as well as ideas of the workers as
crucial as the decisions of the management which not only enhance the innovation as well as
creativity in the business but also motivates the workers that are functioning in the organization
which will lead to the long term sustainability and success of the business in the market area in
effective and efficient way.
D3 Critical evaluation of leadership effectiveness approaches and change management models
This is the complex method for the manager or leader in order to alter its style of
leadership but it also requires to possess several knowledge of various type of the recipe style in
order to adapt the suitable style on the several circumstances or situations of the business (Yan,
and et.al., 2022). In relation to the respective organization management requires to adapt specific
type of the leadership on the particular condition in which the organization change hence the
leadership style need to be contingent with the fluctuating and dynamic circumstances of the
business.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that the organizational change is very
essential for the business in order to attain success and sustain in the market area for the long
period of time period in addition to this these changes can be easily impacted with several
external as well as internal forces that leads the commercial business in order to minimise and
loss of their stability for the long period of time. The requirement of these type of alteration and
changes of the business can be determined with the assistance of the force field analysis as well.
Moreover to this changes of the organization can also be registered by the people that are
working there and also the divisions of the business. In addition to this there are so many barriers
which are acting as the hurdles and obstacles in the manner of executing the changes that can be
monitored with several methods and frameworks which can assisted by the appropriate style of
the leadership.
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