Impact of Change on Organisational Strategy and Operations - Report
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Impact of Change on Organisational Strategy and Operations - Report
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Understanding andLeading Change
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1. Comparison between two organisations with impact of change on an organisationalstrategy and operations...........................................................................................................1P2. Evaluation of ways through which internal and external drivers of change affectleadership, team and individual behaviour.............................................................................4P3. Measures that can be taken to minimise the negative impact of change on organisationalbehaviour................................................................................................................................7TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8P4. Different barriers of change and their influence on decision making..............................8TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10P5. Different approaches of leadership while dealing with change.....................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
INTRODUCTIONBusiness environment is dynamic in nature and it gets changed with a course of time aswell. It is important for leaders of an association to deal with various situations of change in anappropriate manner so that better and adequate outcomes will be ascertained (Anderson andAnderson, 2010). Understanding of change is considered as one of the essential factors formaking business operations more successful in nature. Thus, leaders have to lead suchmodifications properly for generating more revenue as well as productivity. This project includescomparison between two organisations in which change put affect their strategies and operations.There are several leadership approaches evaluated as well. The report includes Thomas Cook andCosmos Tours that are operating successfully in the UK with major objective of providingquality services and promoting Great Britain. TASK 1P1. Comparison between two organisations with impact of change on an organisational strategyand operationsChange in business refers to the modification of policies, procedure, structure andoperations of a company (Aslan and Reigeluth, 2013). Change can be negative and positive innature which needs to be understood by management of a company in an appropriate manner sothat better and effective results could be gained. Organisational change refers about modifyingand reviewing the management structure and business process. There are various smallbusinesses adapt modification in their operations and strategy so that they will become able todeal with competitors for growth and better development. There are various kinds of change determined in business association in relation withstrategy, policy, operations, people, technology, etc. All these alterations need to be understoodby business managers properly so that better and effective outcomes can be gained. To deal withall such factors, organisation needs to make appropriate and suitable plans for such changes byapplying relevant and suitable model. Thomas Cook and Cosmos Tours are two famous touroperators of the UK. Thomas Cook is a large association with outlets in around every nation. Onthe other hand, Cosmos is a small tour operator of UK. In large firms, chances of risk are morebut in small organisations, risks are relatively less (Bingham and Main, 2010). A major changesbetween Thomas Cook and Cosmos Tours stated as below:
BasisThomas CookCosmos TourChange in external factorsWhenevergovernmentpolicies, economic conditionas well as customerperspective get changed, thisput a negative impact on thebusiness strategy as ThomasCook needs to modify theirstrategy and frame a new onewith respect to all standards ofchange. Cosmos Tours is dealing atsmall level and thus, chancesof impact of change in externalfactors on business is low dueto operating at micro level.Structural changeWhenever any change ormodification take place relatedwith structure, this consent isnot so much risky for acompany. Such firms alreadyfollow up an appropriatehierarchy of working and thus,people easily accept it andwork accordingly on regularbasis. One of an exampleconstitute about structuralchange associated with BBC inwhich business modify theirculture which impacted overallassociation performance.This kind of change arise inbusiness at such point ofcourse when Cosmos leads tostart operating at a large level.Thus, many employees resistto change which is notappropriate for an organisationand thus, their operations getimpacted in a negative way. Emerging technologiesThomas Cook is a largeorganisation that can use newand emergent technologies fortheir concerned businessoperations. Thus, technologyCosmos is a small tourprovider that needs to useappropriate technology forimproving their operation’seffectiveness. But emerging2
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