Understanding and Leading Change.

Understanding and
Leading Change

Table of Contents
Understanding and Leading Change................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on
an organisation’s strategy and operations...............................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P2 The ways in which external and internal drivers of change affect team, leadership and
individual behaviours in an organisation................................................................................6
P3 Evaluate measures that can be taken to minimise negative impacts of change on
organisational behaviour........................................................................................................7
TASK3.............................................................................................................................................9
P4. What are the different barriers to change and determine their influence on leadership
decision-making in an organisational.....................................................................................9
TASK4...........................................................................................................................................11
P5 Apply different leadership approaches to dealing with change in a range of organisational
contexts.................................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
Books and Journals...............................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
In today’s dynamic world Change is an essential process which comes in course of every
organisation and how efficiently that change is deled defines the success of that organisation.
Change is a natural phenomenon and will occur so it is better to accept the change and prepare
the organisation accordingly. It is seen over years the organisations that manage change properly
are better players in the market and have gain competitive advantage in the industry. Innovation
in the process, product or service is basic requirement that needs to be fulfilled by businesses. To
understand the change and its impact on the organisation there is study of Marks and Spencer,
which is a multinational company having the headquarters in London. The company deals in
many sectors and their primary sector is clothing (Akingbola, Rogers and Baluch, 2019). The
report is about how different internal as well as external factors impact on leadership and team
behaviour. Also there is discussion of the factors that reduce negative impact in Marks and
Spencer. In the last there is study of leadership approaches followed in organisation.
MAIN BODY
TASK1
P1 Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on an
organisation’s strategy and operations.
Over the past years many organisations have attempted to find out the different strategies
to adopt the change management. The organisations are looking forward to improving their
performance by sustainable offerings to their customers with high quality standards. The focus of
the organisation is to innovate their methods of serving the customers to ensure productivity and
growth (Belrhiti, Giralt and Marchal, 2018). Below there is a comparison of two organisations is
explains to show the impact of the change on performance of the organisation which can be
explained as follows:
BASIS MARKS & SPENCER JOHN LEWIS
PARTNERSHIP
Structure Marks and Spencer is a
circular based organisation
which focuses on
In relation with John Lewis,
the company mainly focuses
on creating effective

encouraging employees in
decision making process. In
this way, the company
follows team management
and making strategies for the
improvement of the
workplace. This also
encourages effective
communication among
employees and ensures
healthy leadership qualities
in the organisation
(Chlopczyk, 2019). In the
organisation all the tasks are
divided effectively among
the workers according to
their field of specialisation.
This also helps in managing
the demands of different
departments easily in a short
span. This organisation
implements effective
communication channel
between different levels of
the organisation.
communication channel in
the hierarchy of the
organisation. As
communication is the key to
change and this tool will
enhance the proficiency level
of the workers efficiently.
This will also help in the
attainment of organisational
goals and objectives. This
company runs a democratic
structure which ensures
proper participation of all the
level of employees of the
organisation in the decision
making process.
Strategies The change will help the
company in analysing its
current strategies and
implementation of new
strategies for the benefit of
the workers. Marks and
John Lewis company have
their business setup in the
national and international
market across the globe
(Clark and Harrison, 2018).
The company have to adopt