Understanding and Leading Change - Assignment

Understanding and
Leading Change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on
an organisation’s strategy and operations...............................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P2 Evaluate the ways in which internal and external drivers of change affect leadership, team
and individual behaviours within an organisation..................................................................4
P3 Evaluate measures that can be taken to minimise negative impacts of change on
organisational behaviour........................................................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P4. Different barriers for change and determine how they influence leadership decision-
making in a given organisational context...............................................................................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12
P5 Apply different leadership approaches to dealing with change in a respect of organisational
contexts.................................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Understanding and leading change is considered as the essential aspects of all the
business enterprises where leaders can adapt many different things effectually. Where as
leadership is refers as the management approach where leaders play various roles instead of
being superior when modification incurs into leading scenario. Leadership is strategy which can
be utilise through firm for attaining its objectives in appropriate manner (Altizer, S., and et.al.,
2013). On other hand, change is considered as the on going procedures of developing various
thinking with creative ideas. Moreover, this is essential for firm to adapt flexible operations
which can be bring up with creation effectually. For this report the chosen company is Vodafone
which is leading British multinational telecommunication conglomerate. Its headquarters is in
Berkshire, UK. The purpose of this report is to identify the comparison with various
organisational illustration which effect change on strategy as well as operation. Evaluate external
as well as internal change drivers which impact behaviours of team, individual and leadership in
firm with measure which aids in reducing change effects upon organisational behaviour. Also,
define several change barriers which influence procedures of leadership decision making into
organisation. Apart from this application of various leadership approaches that deals with change
in range of organisational context are also mentioned below.
TASK 1
P1. Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on an
organisation’s strategy and operations
This is very essential to know about the effects of changes into company as well as their
impact on its operation and strategies. Also, this understanding can be performed effectively
when change effect is analysed upon strategies as well as operation of tow different firm of same
sector. It will aids to know about several ways where changes effected these companies
(Baggetta, Han and Andrews, 2013). The tow firms such as Vodafone and Virgin mobile are
compared.
Both the companies has undergone changes in context of its respective mergers. For
example, the firm Vodafone is recently performing a changes after their merger with idea. Where
as Virgin Mobile prepare themselves for the merge of T-mobile as well as Sprint (Boost,
MetroPCS and Virgin to survive merger with Sprint, T-Mobile executives promise, 2019). the
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company operates this firm and their merger will surely leave dense trace into respective
company operations and strategies. Therefore, comparison among both the companies are
mentioned below:
CHANGES VODAFONE VIRGIN MOBILE
Technology enhancement Vodafone is always considered
as the competitive company in
context of technology adapted
through firm. They believed to
apply advanced technology
inputs for providing effectual
outputs to their consumers in
United Kingdom and other
area. After merger, the
enhancement scope has
broaden viewing the resource
sharing in both the
organisation as well as
effective financial abilities.
The merger have allow this
firm sign a deal with
International business
machines in respect to bring
the technology to home such
as Artificial Intelligence as
well as internet of things
(Vodafone Idea signs multi-
million dollar IT deal with
IBM, 2019). This modification
of strategy have effected their
operations as currently the
In respect of technology
enhancement, Virgin mobile
adapted technologies so that
they can provide bets services
to their consumers in United
Kingdom (Bason, 2017).
However, in the merger,
organisation have to adapt
advance technologies in its
telecommunication network
such as Automation an
network integration for staying
competitive. It will has
positive effects as strategy is
related. However, it also has
negative effects upon their
operations as advanced
techniques are use regrading
training, that may interrupt
firm's management, staff to
adapt those new technologies.
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