Understanding and Leading Change

Understanding and Leading
Change

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Comparison between two organisations with impact of change on an organisational
strategy and operations...........................................................................................................1
P2. Ways through which internal and external drivers of change affect leadership, team and
individual behaviour...............................................................................................................4
P3. Measure that can be taken to minimise the negative impact of change on organisational
behaviour................................................................................................................................6
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................10
P4. Different barriers of change and their influence on decision making............................10
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
P5. Different approaches of leadership while dealing with change.....................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Business environment is often dynamic which keeps varying in specific time period as
per the new trends and technologies. This is required for an association's leader to deal with
several conditions in order to adopt and ascertain those changes within companies in their best
ways (Anderson and Anderson, 2010). Hence, leader has to direct those changes in a proper
manner that can emphasise their productivity and revenues. This report will discuss and compare
different strategies and operations of Marks and Spencer which is one of the largest retailing
companies with Tesco that is the largest supermarket of United Kingdom. Different types of
leadership approaches along with their objectives for promoting companies and enhancing
quality will be highlighted here as well.
TASK 1
P1. Comparison between two organisations with impact of change on an organisational strategy
and operations
Business change can be defined as the policy modification, structure, procedure and
activity incurred within an organisation. These modifications can impact negatively or positively
that is required to be considered by company's management in a suitable and effective manner in
order to gain effective outcome. There are several modifications which Marks and Spencer has
adopted after change in CEO to Rowe who has developed new structure focusing over more
outlets and stores rather the franchisee business in all stores of M&S.
Marks and Spencer is one of the largest retailing company in entire retailing market of
United Kingdom. The company's new CEO Steve Rowe is working over the axing of entire
international business stores in 10 nations in order to aim over fattening up their business of food
(Aslan and Reigeluth, 2013). There are various types of changes within an enterprise which
company has to adopt focused for nurturing and developing a better and strong organisational
culture that can transform enterprise in better manner. As per this, adopted change has various
types which affect a business organisation in different ways. Here are mentioned major sorts of
alternation that can occur within Marks and Spencer: Planned Change: This kind of modification result lead to altering in company's decision.
These changes are already planned and structured in order to make the procedure more
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effective and successful implementation. There are various types of planned
modifications such as strategic, structural, people, process-oriented change, etc.
 Unplanned Change: This sort of changes are imposed by company who is unforeseen
often. This can be cause of regulations and government in enterprise's economy etc.
In order to implement such sorts of changes within an organisation, a company can opt
different changes management theories and models in order to cooperate entire functions. In
regard of making proper execution of new alternation in enterprise, Rowe can utilise Kurt
Lewin's change management theory which is effective for both planned and unplanned change
(Bingham and Main, 2010).
This is required to compare enterprise's changes with one of their competitors in order to
understand different strategies and operations of enterprise. In this report, Marks and Spencer
would be compared with Tesco, strong rival of respected organisation. Both enterprises are
leading and one of largest companies in entire supermarket industry. Here are mentioned their
major operations as well as strategies stated under:
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