Understanding and Leading Change

Understanding and
Leading Change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
TASK1.......................................................................................................................................3
P1 Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change
on an organisation’s strategy and operations.........................................................................3
TASK2.......................................................................................................................................6
P2 Evaluate the ways in which internal and external drivers of change affect leadership,
team and individual behaviours within an organisation.........................................................6
P3 Evaluate measures that can be taken to minimise negative impacts of change on
organisational behaviour........................................................................................................7
TASK3.......................................................................................................................................9
P4 Explain different barriers for change and determine how they influence leadership
decision-making in a given organisational context................................................................9
TASK4.....................................................................................................................................10
P5 Apply different leadership approaches to dealing with change in a range of
organisational contexts.........................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................13
Books and journals...............................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Change can be defined as something which modifies the existing process, procedure
or any element. Over the years, change has been considered as a crucial element for
organisations to sustain in the market for a longer period of time because it has been observed
that continuously competition is rising in the international market (Bell, 2018). In order to
gain competitive advantages over it is must for an organisation to bring in change within
existing process, products or services or any other procedures. In order to successfully
understand the requirement of change the particular organisation that has been taken into
consideration in this report is Marks and Spencer. Basically, Marks and Spencer is British
multinational brand which is dealing among different sectors where primary industry in
which it is dealing is clothing. Company is headquartered at England and looking forward to
expand business through change. On the other hand, report will be focusing on different
internal along with external drivers that impacts on team behaviour and leadership as well.
Along with this, there will be e discussion placed on various measures that takes place to
reduce all the risk related negative impacts of bringing in the change within organisation.
Lastly, report will be putting light on leadership approaches that are specifically being
utilised to change management context.
MAIN BODY
TASK1
P1 Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on
an organisation’s strategy and operations
Over the years, all the business organisations are looking forward to improve their
sustainability through offering customers with high range of quality based products and
services (Bondurant and Armstrong, 2016). This is specifically being done by organisations
through changing the existing procedures to target the customers or to manufacture any
product or serve the service. In order to show the impact of change on organisations
operations and strategy there are two different organisations are specifically being compared
and these are presented underneath:
Basis Marks & Spencer John Lewis Partnership

Structure Circular based organisational
structure is specifically being
followed by Marks and
Spencer in order to perform all
the business functions in
rightful ways and to
communicate in much
effective and in efficient
manner. In this particular
structure all the tasks are
divided among three different
stages there tasks are given to
to individuals based on their
capabilities so that fulfilment
of all the requirements can
easily be done in a short span.
This function is also useful for
the organisation as it help in
managing the demands
separating the departments in
different areas for quick
decision making processes
(Donnelly, 2020).
In relation with John Lewis
this organisation specifically
follows hieratical
organisational structure, it is
considered because this helps
in communicating in rightful
ways at the time of
implementing a particular
change. With the help of this,
John Lewis may effectively
enhance the proficiency level
of their own because
communication is the key to
change and without proper
communication bringing
change within the workplace
might not help the company to
attain desired goals and
objectives.
Strategies In present context where the
organisation was utilising
circulated organisation
structure is not that much
effective in nature and in order
to achieve something big, it is
must for company to bring
change within the existing
John Lewis which is already
performing good within
National and international
market there is less
requirement for making any
sort of modifications within
existing organisational
structure. However, this