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Understanding and Leading Change

   

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Understanding andLeading Change

Table of ContentsTASK 1.................................................................................................................................................2INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................2P1 Impact of changes on organizational strategies and operation...................................................3P2 Effects of internal and external driver changes upon leadership, team and individual behaviour.........................................................................................................................................5P3 Measures to minimise negative impact of changes on organizations.........................................7TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................8P4 Barriers of changes and their impact upon leadership decision making in organizational content..............................................................................................................................................8TASK 3...............................................................................................................................................10CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................15REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTIONOrganizational change refers to alterations or modifications made in order to gain someprofitability or competitive advantage. These can be internal or external like technological,economical, structural or may be changes in policies of production and sales of products. Some timein such changing environment, organization may come to face some problems which can affect theirworking and profitability as well. In such conditions, leader plays a vital role and has to managetheir team so as to align their behaviour towards achievement of organizational change. Leadershipis a task, which is performed to achieve organizational goals and changes efficiently. A leader of anorganization must have ability to lead a team in difficult situations (Alvesson and Sveningsson2015). A leader must have certain qualities such as they should be motivational, honest, goodspeaker, supervisor and many others.This report is based upon JS Supermarkets which is an elite supermarket that have suchfacilities and amenities that are incomparable across the globe. It was initiated in1986 with itsbeginning operations in New Amsterdam Market.In this report, different roles, approaches, andstrategies of a leader while applying organizational change have been discussed. Also the impact ofdriver change and the ways to reduce negative impacts have been highlighted. Besides this, barriersof change have been analysed with reference to their influence upon decision making.P1 Impact of changes on organizational strategies and operationChanges are very common in a company and, also, it is a very healthy process for anyenterprise. Organisational change is a term which refers to the alterations introduced in organisationrelated to employees, structure or processes used in entity. These changes have both positive as wellas negative impact over working of an organization. JS Supermarket is a company dealing in retailsector of grocery and beauty products, they also need to review their current performance and bringabout modifications within organisational premises to ensure their sustainability in competitiveenvironment. On other hand, Unicorn Grocery is also a cooperative grocery store located inManchester (Aslan and Reigeluth 2013). Both of the companies have introduced some alterationswithin the enterprise over the due course of time to sustain in marketplace. Organisational changesnot only have positive impacts but sometimes, it also possesses some negative impacts. Some ofpositive and negative impacts of such changes are discussed follow:-Positive impacts of organizational changesStay current – It is very important for an organization to keep them self up-to date andintroduce changes according to need. These changes help them to keep their - self a step ahead totheir competitors. JS Supermarkets and Unicorn Grocery have also made certain technological

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