Understanding and Leading Change

Understanding and leading
change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1 .................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Compare different organizational and impact of change on organization's operations &
strategy. ................................................................................................................................3
LO2 .................................................................................................................................................6
P2 Internal & external drivers of change and its effect on Team, individual and leadership
behaviours. .............................................................................................................................6
External drivers .....................................................................................................................7
P3 Take measures while minimizing negative impact of changes on organizational behaviour.
................................................................................................................................................9
LO3 ...............................................................................................................................................11
P4 Barriers to change and their influence on leadership and decision making of business. 11
LO4 ...............................................................................................................................................12
P5 Different approaches of leadership to deal with change in a range of organizational
context. ................................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Change management is basically discipline which guides organization as how they need
to prepare, support & respond in order to successfully adopt the changes for driving
organizational success and for achieving long-run goals and objectives.
Tesla is predominately the American automotive as well as energy organization being
established in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and headquartered in California, U.S. This company
mainly deals in manufacturing of the electric cars, solar panels etc and thus has its presence
across various countries. It currently operates in more than 15 countries. The main aim of report
is to study the concept of change & Tesla respond to wide variety of changes for gaining
organizational success.
This report gives a brief overview of comparison of impact of change in organizations,
internal as well as external drivers in affecting leadership and team behavior, measures for
reducing impact of change, barriers to the change and their impact on decision-making and
leadership approaches.
LO1
P1 Compare different organizational and impact of change on organization's operations &
strategy.
Changes in an organization effects overall working of business. Changes have a huge
impact on employees as well as customers of company. Tesla and General motors both are
working effectively for raising their brand presence in market. Changes in their technology and
organizational structure effects their business working. Below discussion help to analyze overall
impact of those changes on both companies.
Changes Tesla General motors
Technological changes Changes in working of
organization effects overall
development of
company(Espedal, 2017).
Tesla is one of the leasing
General motors is an American
multinational company. Due to
changes in their generative
design software technology
which uses AI algorithms help

company in automobile sector.
Specialized in manufacturing
electric cars. Due to their
unique features and technology
plays an important role in
development of strategies for
companies production process.
Use of new high performance
batteries help company to
reduce their operating costs
which help to increase overall
profitability of Tesla.
Development in software like
autopilot mode in their
vehicles and improved security
features help to attract
customers easily. Innovation
of electric trucks help to
reduce pollution, it help to
prepare strategy on ultra
efficient and powerful
vehicles. Changes in batteries
help to improve ability to drive
500 miles on per charge.
Driver less vehicles innovation
help to improve their
navigation technology.
to improve and provide
security to vehicles. Help in
development of strategy for
advancement in geometric
design it help GM to improve
production process and
increase strength of their
vehicles. Technology help GM
to introduce their lightweight
vehicles which help company
to reduce cost of their vehicles.
GM increases use of virtual
tools which help them to
prepare strategies to lower cost
of vehicles(Rossi, 2019).
Transformation in working of
organization due to technology
changes increase need of
employees with right skills for
development of product for
which GM require to develop
strategy to hire employees with
required skills.
Structural changes Tesla organizational structure
aim for continuous growth. It
help to use all available
Organizational structure of
General motors help them in
proper arrangements of