Understanding and Leading Change Assignment - ASTON LARK

Understanding and
Leading change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Compare different organizational examples where there has been an impact of changes on
an organization's strategy and operations...............................................................................3
P2 Evaluate the ways in which internal and external drives of change affects leadership, team
and individual behaviour in an organisation..........................................................................5
P3 Evaluate measure that can be taken to minimise negative impact of changes on
organisation behaviour...........................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Explain different barriers for changes and determine how it influence leadership decision
making in ASTON LARK .....................................................................................................8
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
P5 Apply different leadership approaches to dealing with change in a range of organisational
contexts.................................................................................................................................10
(COVERED IN PPT )..........................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
In the complex business environment it is very essential for the organisations to
understand the need of changes in the firm and adopt strategies accordingly. Change is an
inevitable part of organisations (Kotter, 2012). It is essential to analyse issues in the firm and
adopt certain changes which helps them to succeed in future time period. The chosen
organisation in the report is ASTON LARK. It is totally a insurance company which has arund
19 offices all over UK. The project will discuss about the different organisational examples
where there has been impact of change on organisation's strategy and operations, internal and
external drivers of change which affects leadership as well it also covers steps to minimise
negative effects of change. It also determines various leadership approaches which the company
may use in dealing with change effectively.
TASK 1
P1 Compare different organizational examples where there has been an impact of changes on an
organization's strategy and operations
Business are performing their operations and functions with the motive of earning profit,
growth and welfare of the members within the society. Organisations operate in dynamic
environment which needs to adapt changes in order to sustain. Here, are some of the factors like
innovation, technological developments, changes in taxation policy which have impacted the
performance of respective company and forced company to implement changes so that new ways
of performing business operations could fulfil the goals and objectives of organisation in a
definite time period (Doppelt, 2017).
As ASTON LARK is a insurance and there are many organisations in the similar
segment which will affect its profitability. So in order to be best among its competitors it is very
essential for the company to introduce and implement changes to maintain growth and success of
its company.
In order to analyse the impact of changes, organisation ASTON LARK and its competitor
Kingtsure Plc has been considered and evaluation of both the companies are described below-
Changes ASTON LARK KINGTSURE
Structural change Structural change in ASTON Kingtsure is also insurance

LARK is from hierarchical
organisational structure to flat
structure in which there are no
levels of management between
staff and higher authorities.
Strategy-This would help the
employees to increase their
involvement in decision
making process and would
allow them to easily cope up
with change. (Yoder-Wise,
2014). .
company which offers range of
different policies and provide
insurance to business. It has
changed its structure from flat
to hierarchical organisational
structure in which
communication flows properly
from higher level to lower
level.
Strategy- This would reduce
conflict among employees
regarding the work and would
lead to effective performance
of work.
Changes in Technological
factors
Technological change in
ASTON LARK is based on
working on updated software
as well as use of digitalisation
methods which helps them to
record data of every investor
effectively.
Strategy- After analysing the
need of working on update
software company will make
plan to hire knowledgeable
workforce.
Operations- By adopting
advance technology , positive
change occurs in the
organisation and employees
will feel motivated and satisfy
Technological change in
Kingtsure is based on social
media marketing for promoting
their life insurance products in
order to attract large number of
customers.
Strategy- This will help the
organisation to attract more
customers and enhance market
value.
Operations-To conduct various
operations, management hire
new professionals and
organises training classes to
cope up with change.