Understanding and Leading Change

UNDERSTANDING AND
LEADING CHANGE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
TASK 1 1
P1 Comparison between two organization where there is influence of change on strategy 1
M1 Drivers of change and types of organizational change 4
P2 Ways by which internal and external drivers of change affect leadership, team and
individual behaviour 4
P3 Evaluate measures that can be taken to minimise negative impacts of change on
organisational behaviour 5
M2 Apply appropriate theories and models to critically evaluate organisational response to
change 7
D1 Draw conclusions and recommendations with valid justifications for planning effectively
for change and applying change impact analysis 7
TASK 2 8
P4 Explain different barriers for change and determine how they influence leadership decision
making in a given organisational context 8
M3 Use force field analysis to analyse the driving and resisting forces and show how they
influence decision-making 9
D2 Critically evaluate the use of force field analysis in the context of meeting organisational
objectives 10
TASK 3 10
P5 Apply different leadership approaches to dealing with change in a range of organisational
contexts 10
M4 Evaluate the extent to which leadership approaches can deliver organisational change
effectively applying appropriate models and frameworks. 10
D3 Critically evaluate the effectiveness of leadership approaches and models of change
management. 11

CONCLUSION 12
REFERENCES 13

INTRODUCTION
In order to sustain a strong position within marketplace, every organisation is required to adopt
required changes. For getting desired outcomes, business owners have to understand change and
change management in a proper manner. Change is defined as a phenomenon which leads
towards measurable shifts in business position of an organisation. This measurable shift can
either be advantageous or disadvantageous for an organisation depending upon the type of
change initiated by business (Alavi and Gill, 2017). This assignment is written in context with
ALDI which is a Germany based supermarket chain headquartered in Essen and Mulheim. At
present company is successfully operating at 10,000 stores in more than 20 countries. Company
has a combined turnover of more than 50 billion euros. This report will cover different
organisational examples where change has been carried out in organisational operation and
strategy. Different ways are evaluated in which external and internal drivers of change can
impact leadership, team and individual behaviour. Beside this, measures are discussed that can
reduce negative impact of change. Various barriers for change are discussed along with different
leadership approaches to deal with change in range of organisational contexts.
TASK 1
P1 Comparison between two organization where there is influence of change on strategy
Organisational strategy is defined as a dynamic long term procedure which maps the direction
that will benefits the company in achieving its vision and goals. Basically, it is an expression that
describes the manner in which a company is required to evolve over a time period so that its
expectations and desires can be fulfilled. Change in organisational strategy can benefits ALDI
towards new strategic directions which can help the firm in gaining competitive advantage over
rival companies. Change in strategy can benefit a firm in achieving high growth rates and
customer base due to which high profitability can be attained by company. Change in strategy
can be well defined by comparing different organisational examples. In this regard, ALDI and
TESCO is compared with one another (Alkahtani and et. al., 2011). In case of ALDI, company
prefers to take fast decisions so that control on market can be maintained where as manager in
TESCO prefers to watch out the strategies of rivals before taking a decision so that high
advantage can be enjoyed by company. In this regard, a comparison chart is mentioned below:
ALDI TESCO
Organizational
strategy
Senior
executives in
ALDI do not
prefer to share
data and
information
about company
TESCO believes
that to attain
desired
outcomes, a firm
is required to
sustain a strong
presence in