Understanding and Leading Change

Understanding and
Leading Change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1. Comparison between enterprises in context of impact of changes..................................1
M1) Different drivers of change and type of organisational change they have affected.......4
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4
P2) Evaluation of affect of internal and external drivers of changes on leadership, team and
individual behaviours.............................................................................................................4
P3) Measures to minimize negative impacts of change on organisational behaviour............7
M2) Critical evaluation of theories.........................................................................................8
D1) Conclusion and recommendation ...................................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P4. Barriers for Change .........................................................................................................8
M3. Force field analysis.........................................................................................................9
D2) Critical evaluation of force field analysis ...................................................................10
LO 4 .............................................................................................................................................11
P5) Different leadership approach .......................................................................................11
M4) Evaluation of leadership approach ..............................................................................12
D3) Critical evaluation of effectiveness of leadership style.................................................12
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Changes are elaborated as a process under which a thing is done in a completely different
manner. Changes such as political, operational, structural and technical changes can affect an
organisation for a long run and it may have some negative or positive impact upon the overall
functioning of a business organisation. For effective and smooth running of an organisation, an
enterprise have to cope itself with changes that are existing in an organisation (Al Barwani,
Flores and Imig, 2018).
This report is based upon Vodafone, which is a UK based telecommunication business
organisation and it provides IT and telecom services to people in around 150 countries. This
report covers the way in which changes prevailing in market has affected the operations and
activities of this enterprise and the way in which this enterprise had deal with these changes.
Further, it covers comparison between various organisational in context of impact of changes
upon their structure and operations. It also covers evaluation of different manners in which
external and internal forces affect a business and measures that can be taken to minimise its
negative impact. Further, it covers different barriers of change and its influence upon leadership
decision making. At the end, it covers various approaches of leadership that an enterprise can use
in order to face these changes.
LO1
P1. Comparison between enterprises in context of impact of changes
Organisational changes is determined as any kind of alteration which occurs in the total
working environment and it is recognised as one of the most common characteristic of a business
entity (Bastin, 2019). A business enterprise have to develop its adaptability towards the changes
or else it will left behind or it will completely swept away due to heavy forces of changes. There
are certain changes such as structural changes, technical changes, changes in tastes and
preferences of customers an many other such things. It is important for a business enterprise to
cope itself with these changes for a long run in market. Here, the comparison between two
organisations is done in order to identify the impact of changes upon strategies and its
operations. The first enterprise is UK based telecommunication company, Vodafone and second
is US based AT&T which also deals with telecom services.
Changes Vodafone AT&T
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