Understanding and Leading Change

Understanding and
Leading Change

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1. Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on
an organisation’s strategy and operations...............................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P2. Assessment of internal and external change drivers impact management style, group and
organizational behaviours.......................................................................................................5
P3 Evaluate measures that can be taken to minimise negative impacts of change on
organisational behaviour........................................................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Explain different barriers for change and determine how they influence leadership
decision-making in a given organisational context................................................................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
P5 Apply different leadership approaches to dealing with change in a range of organisational
contexts.................................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Organizational reform is characterized as a system involving conducting modifications and
alterations in a firm's procedures, goods, facilities, or techniques. For each company engaging in
any manufacturing industry, it is essential to analyses distinct externally and internally forces to
create change (Yrjölä and et al., 2019). It provides formative information and leadership by
which innovative mostly with implementation of changing business environment can efficiently
occur with greater profit. In this report Marks and Spencer is selected, which is a largest retailer
company, which delivers various types of services and goods to customers across the world.
The report covers, Comparison of ways in which change impacts companies strategy and
operations, evaluation of change on company process is discussed. In addition, determination of
barriers to change that influence leadership decision-making and range of leadership approaches
to a change initiative is elaborated in context of selected company.
TASK 1
P1. Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on an
organisation’s strategy and operations.
Change serves as significant component for a company because it raises the performance
of the business and the actual implementation of strategies. In this company it is needed to insure
that improvements in their operating climate are implemented by analysing various forms of
variables in the internally and externally environment (Bogue, 2019). In the background of these
two organisations, the effect of transformation on their policies and market operation is analysed
in below table:
Change Marks & Spencer Aldi UK
Technological
Need In present time frequent changes taking
place in retail industry. Thusit is
necessary to incorporate high-tech
modern technologies in company to
make sure that they are more
competitive and have advances
features against competitors. In this
sense, Marks and Spencer are taking
The continuous shifts in industrial retail market
makes possible for companies to leverage new
and the current innovations from which dominant
business dynamics have been challenged. Aldi
UK is incorporating specific changes in its
technologies based within framework mainly
focusing to reduce the efforts and time spent by
warehouse team in stock management.

creative and high-tech technologies to
provide customers with high-quality a
service which enables them to view
store virtually just by a video call and
makes shopping more easily.
Impact on
Strategy
It was assessed that Marks and Spencer
are experiencing technological change
through entity web page enhancement
and instant exclusion of back Office
systems through utilizing on the joint
venture with Tata consultancy services.
To bring the modification Aldi UK makes use of
RFID, by which the
manager can,more productive in
making consumer tracking visiting the store per
day/ month/ year.
Impact on
Operations
Due to introduction of high-tech
technologies in the framework of the
business workforce, it is important that
HR team spend big funds to perform
training and learning sessions for
workers in order to render them
compliant with the implemented
technical pattern.
Due to new tech, Aldi UK can evaluate massive
effect on about their period, money and resources
which can be managed and controlled or for
future use to fulfil the market demand.
Structural
Need This has been assessed that marks &
spencer function their operations in
unpredictable business climate. This
presents a danger to the business unless
improvements have been made
appropriately.
Throughout the international retail industry, there
are many sudden changes that increase demand,
making entities conducting business activities to
conduct meaningful changes throughout their
Aldi UK structure.
Strategy Company restructured their retail
department at their UK stores and also
implementation innovation changes.
Moreover, human resources as well
as sales are expected to improve their
promotions to ensure further income
(Kolokotroni, 2019).
Aldi UK is implementing a plan to improve the
entity's organizational framework and increase
the productivity of its corporate activities. In the
context of the chain of guidance to be
accompanied, introducing new proper structural
company can make sure no challenges.
Impact on
Operations
Internal team and other manufacturing
department can undertake the influence
as this change is completed to satisfy
the firm's goals and requirements.
This has a big influence on Aldi UK HR division
as it needs hiring future and prospective recruits
and supplying them with appropriate preparation
that will help them function under current