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(PDF) Understanding and Leading Change in Business | Assignment

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(PDF) Understanding and Leading Change in Business | Assignment

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1 Different organisations in which change impacts on business strategy and operations....1P2 Evaluation of ways in which internal and external change drivers affect leadership, teamand individual behaviours within an organisation..................................................................2P3 Evaluation of measures that can be taken to minimise negative impacts of change onorganisational behaviour........................................................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6P4 Different barriers for change and their impact on leadership decision making within firm..6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8P5 Application of different leadership approaches to dealing with change..........................8CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTIONIn today's competitive world, the process of change is very essential for every businessentity in order to grow and maintain its sustainability in market. Business environment isdynamic as changes occurs frequently and it directly impact on operations and functions ofcompany (Aslan and Reigeluth, 2013). Therefore, managers of firm requires to keep aware ofthese changes and adapt with them as it helps in providing competitive advantage overcompetitors. In the present assignment, chosen organisation is Vodafone Group plc which is oneof the well known British multinational telecommunication company, headquarters in London,United Kingdom. This report discusses about influence of change in business operations andstrategies, internal and external change drivers that affect leadership and different measures tominimize its negative impact. Apart from this, it also covers barriers to change and application ofleadership approaches to deal with it effectively. TASK 1P1 Different organisations in which change impacts on business strategy and operationsOrganisational change is defined as the process that is related with reviewing andchanging management structures as well as business processes. Every firm requires to adopt theprocess of change in order to ensure its long term sustainability in market. Leadership,technology, culture market trends etc. are the factors that influence strategies and operations ofbusiness. So, managers and leaders needs to understand change and implement it in effectiveway to attain business objectives (Clarke and Persaud, 2011).Vodafone Group plc:Vodafone is a British telecommunications conglomerate company which is headquarteredin London, UK. The firm predominately operates its services in different regions of Europe,Asia, Africa and Oceania. It owns and operates networks in around 25 countries and in 47 furthercountries, the firm has partner networks. Vodafone Global Enterprise division of companyadminister IT and telecommunication service to corporate customers.EE Limited: EE is one of the British mobile network operator and internet service provider. It wasestablished as joint venture in year 2010 and is a division of BT group. In United Kingdom, thecompany is one the largest network operator. The organisation is go through technological and1
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structural changes and in order to cope of with these changes, firm execute different strategieswhich impacts on its operations. Each organisation react differently in context of change incurred within businessenvironment according which their formulation of operations and strategy is done. of Vodafoneand EE Limited, both the companies are going through technological and Organisation structurechanges. Due to emergence of new mobile technologies, i.e., increasing 4G network coverage,firms face many challenges. Complexity in their organisational structure is also one of thechange that companies are going through. In order to adopt these changes, various strategies areused by company that impacts on business operations of firm which differ from each other. Hereis discussed and compared different strategies and operations of organisations: Change in strategies and operations: Change Vodafone Group plcEE LimitedTechnologicalchangeIn order to cope up with these changes,various strategies are used by firm.Because of availability of other networks,sales of Vodafone starts to decline in last 4years. In order to cope up with thissituation, Vodafone has adopted mergerstrategy and integrate its technology withidea. In case of EE Limited, firm startsto provide 4G services tocustomers in order to cope upwith technologies. Thesestrategies helps both thecompanies in improving itsoperations as well as businessprofitability. OrganisationalstructureStructure of an organisation highly affectson business operations and productivity.Vodafone simplify its organisationalstructure by reducing layers and alteringmanagerial governance. It helps companyin delivering its strategic goals effectivelyto employees.In order to cope up with changes,EE announce new organisationalstructure under which, there aresix business lines which arefocusing on different aspects. P2 Evaluation of ways in which internal and external change drivers affect leadership, team andindividual behaviours within an organisationLeadership, team and individual behaviour is highly impacted by internal and externalchange drivers. It put direct impact on decision making of managers and leaders. These drivers2
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