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UNDERSTANDING ANDLEADING CHANGE

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................1TASK 1...............................................................................................................................1Part A.........................................................................................................................1Drivers for change.....................................................................................................1Comparison of the organizations on the basis of responses to changes.................2Part B.........................................................................................................................4Evaluation of change drives in organizations............................................................4Measures to minimize negative impacts on organizational behaviour.....................5Recommendations and conclusions.........................................................................7TASK 2...............................................................................................................................8Force fields for identify resisting and driving forces..................................................8Different barriers for change...................................................................................10Resisting and driving forces impact on leadership decision making process.........10Force field analysis used to meet organization objectives......................................10TASK 3.............................................................................................................................11Different leadership approaches.............................................................................11CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................13REFERENCES................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTIONUnderstanding the need for change and leading over many challenges makeorganizations successful and powerful than the others. Leading change andapprehension supports business in meeting the situation that come with initiating animplementing modification (Storey, 2016). During this program, organizations willanalyze change procedure and psychological, organizational issues and political climatethat generate in firm. Through understand requirement for all the changes that need inbusiness is very important for growth and success. The present study defines the different driver for change in companies such asSainsbury and Asda. Thus, after that this report compare both organizations respondedto drivers for change and explains the differences and similarities between approacheswhich company used to deal with changes. Furthermore, evaluating ways in whichinternal and external factors influence team and individual behavior and leadershipbehavior. This study also clarifies such measures that minimize the negative impact ofchange on organization. Booths Company is also included within entire report which islocated in England. Moreover, this will justify force filed that identify driving and resistingforces and different leadership approaches. In addition, analyze how these forcesinfluence leadership decision making process.TASK 1Part ADrivers for changeDrivers is an internal and external force that change shapes to organization.These changes include such points like strategy, change in plans, design new productsand services and operations management functions (Clemons, Jin and Koh, 2016).Capabilities, inventions, desire are the internal factors that modify the entire businessenvironment. On the other side Customers, Competitors, investors, human resourceand government are externals drivers for change organization functions and activities.All these factor effect Sainsbury and Asda organization. Sainsbury is the largest supermarket in UK that run their business successful.The give 16.9% share of supermarket sector that make their reputation in market.1

Numbers of workers give their effective work performance in the company that generateprofit. On the other side Asda is a British supermarket retailers that founded in 1949.They provide fresh grocery products, clothing, home appliances and financial services.There are such drivers that changes the both organizations functions-Customers: Consumers are the most important part of successful business.Sainsbury has connected with large number of consumers through offers goodquality products (Kickul and Lyons, 2016). Customers are one of the majordrivers that force organization to make changes in its facilities and services. Onthe other side they also influence on Asda business as well. Asda provide onlinefood shopping facility to clients which make them comfortable and satisfied. Butsome time customer does not get the accurate products which they want thatimpact on company growth and success. Thus, for that firm make changes intheir services and facilities. Investors: Investors is a person or other entity who invest their money inbusiness with the expectation of receiving good financial returns. Sainsbury is thesecond biggest supermarket in UK, with the support of many investors. They getimpact on their business in positive and negative manner which directly effect onfinancial budgets (Canterino, Cirella and Shani, 2018). Asda stake holders givetheir support through invest their money or share in its business, just to make itsuccessful. But on the other side they make influence on their services andproduction activity.Government: Government is the most major driver that make changes in theorganizations and business. Sainsbury run their firm by following company lawand policies. But sudden change in laws make pressure over the functions andstructure of organization. Asda expand their services into south of England whichthey need to follow some rules and trading policies. Changes in that policyimpact on their trading and supply procedure. Comparison of the organizations on the basis of responses to changesSimilaritiesAs both companies Asda and Sainsbury's deals in retailing business so theirresponses to the changes will be quite similar (Hillson and Murray-Webster, 2017). In2

order to respond to the changes both the companies have developed their technicalstandards of their businesses to tackle the changes. Asda and Sainsbury’s haveimproved their managerial efficiency in order to improve its business operations. Asboth the organisations has almost same vision and goals which are to be achieved byresponding to the changes (Hughes, 2016). Both the organisation is responding thechanges by understanding the customers’ needs and offering the products and servicesas per the needs. Both companies deal with the changes by improving their businessstrategies and their marketing plan in order to respond to the changes.DifferencesBasesAsdaSainsbury'sCustomersAsda respond to thechanges by providing bestservices to the customersby focusing on their needsand gaining informationthrough feedback.Sainsbury's is responding tothe changes by usingdifferent approaches suchas providing offers in orderto attract the customers. CompetitorsAsda is making changes inthe business strategieswhich are effective to facethe competition and gainthe competitive advantage. Sainsbury's is goes forproduct differentiationstrategy in prder to gain thecompetitive advantage inorder to respond to thechange.Government Asda is responding to thechange by following thepolicies and procedure ofthe government (Laszlo andCescau, 2017).Sainsbury's responds tosuch changes by adoptinggovernment policies andprocedure which are reallyimportant for theorganization. Investors Asda is focuses on thecustomers’ needs anddemands and makesSainsbury's focuses on theconsumer beliefs andvalues in order to respond3

changes in their productswhich suits best for theinvestors. This process willincrease their share margin.to the change as theorganization believes it isthe best way to gain profitand increase financialbudgets.Part BEvaluation of change drives in organizationsInternal Drivers of ChangeLeadership Behaviours: It is evident that leadership gets affected from severalintrinsic causes such as change in plans or designing of strategies to promote theirproduct or service along with operational activities to perform any task or manufacturingproduct (Doppelt, 2017). Here, both Asda and Sainsbury's must have good leaders tomake the business environment smooth and hassle free to run the operations in orderlymodes as retailing industry's shelf lives gets changed at instant rates.Team Behaviours: This aspect is essential in evaluating the modifications orplanning of any strategic decisions for the overall development of organization's workingpractices. Thus, Asda and Sainsbury's major focus is on developing collaborative spiritto bring the best outcomes by optimising the available resources.Individual Behaviours: This is in relation to an employee's perspective towardsthe organizational goals and objectives. Both retailing companies are into numbergames and have focus on revenues' management and profits generation, andhenceforth, they have adopted techniques and tolls like incentives, promotion, specialfacilities and provisions to gain their taskforce trust (Richards, 2015). External Drivers of ChangeLeadership Behaviours: This involves factors like work ethics, cultural valuesand deeply influences the environment of organisations like Asda, Sainsbury's. Theleaders must know how to use the individuals' belief systems for their attainment ofgoals in proficient manner.4

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