Understanding and Leading Change in TESCO

Understanding and
Leading Change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1 .................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Comparing several ways or methods in which change had impacted operation and strategy
of company-................................................................................................................................1
LO2..................................................................................................................................................3
P2 Internal and external driver of change that affects team, leadership and behaviour of
individual-...................................................................................................................................3
P3 Various measure which could be helpful for minimizing negative impact of the change-. . .4
LO3..................................................................................................................................................6
P4 Various barrier of change and impact which they had on decision-making in organization-
.....................................................................................................................................................6
LO4..................................................................................................................................................8
P 5 Different leadership approaches to deal change in organizational contexts.........................8
CONCLUSION
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REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Understanding and leading change is essential part of company. Each and every
organization needs to have change in their businesses so that they can sustain in market for long
term.
TESCO is multinational grocery merchandize which had its headquarter in United
Kingdom. Company had market share of 28.4%. It had over 6,800 shops in whole United
Kingdom. Sainsbury is biggest supermarket chain in whole UK. The total revenue of company is
28.456 billion. This employ over more than 186,900 employees across all its stores The above
report includes distinguish among several changes in company that can have impact on operation
and strategy of organization. Illustrating how external and internal driver could affect team,
leadership and behaviour of individual into company. Accessing measures which is helpful in
minimizing negative impact of the change on company. Defining several barriers of change and
stating how decision-making could influence in company. Report ends with various leadership
approaches to the organization.
LO1
P1 Comparing several ways or methods in which change had impacted operation and strategy of
company-
There are many ways in which change in an organization can have huge impact on
strategies and operation of company. Some changes are explained below-
Basis TESCO Sainsbury
Cultural change The task culture was followed by
company before in which some
individuals who had their influence
throughout organization. Then
further they had implemented
change in their organizational
culture and started following role
culture. In this culture organization
is hugely controlled through
everyone in company as per the
Person culture is being followed by
organization. In this type of culture
individual believe themselves as to be
superior to businesses. But after that
there has been change in the culture of
company they had introduced task
culture through which they are
developing teams in organization for
particular project and task. This
cultural change in organization let
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responsibility and role of
individuals (Turner and Hartley,
2016). Thus, the operation activity
had become smoother and easily
operated within TESCO whereas
the strategies of business are also
been implemented accordingly as
work is delegated among one
another each one of the individual
has their own.
Sainsbury to render quality services
effectively to the consumer which
improves operation activities of
company and hence strategies which
will be further implemented by
company should also be as per the
team's contribution.
Technological
changes
TESCO further using basic
technologies into their business but
as the increased trend and busy life
schedule of individual they had
introduced a new technology which
let their consumer to “shop and go”
in which consumer could easily
scan and pay for the items with the
help of their smartphones which let
the company to have flexibility in
the store's operation activity.
TESCO could further implement
strategies accordingly where they
can let their consumer to easily
shop.
Sainsbury had their shopping
application by which their consumer
can easily shop with that further they
had implemented technology into their
business and let their consumer to
online order their products by “click
and collect” technology they will be
letting their customer to purchase their
product online and the purchased
product will be available to consumer
at nearby store (Andrade, 2020). This
will reduces rush into the stores and
thus they can perform their operation
easily and enhancing their sales and
revenue. There strategies will also be
implemented as per the technologism
change and let their consumers to
effectively purchase goods.
Structural
change
Firstly TESCO is following
divisional structure in their
Sainsbury is following the functional
structure into the business but further
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