Understanding and Leading Change in Organisations - Desklib

Understanding and
Leading changes

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
P1 Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on
an organisation's strategy and operations. ..................................................................................1
M1 Assess the different drivers for change in each of the given examples and the types of
organisational change they have affected. .................................................................................3
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.............................................................................................................6
M2 Apply appropriate theories and models to critically evaluate organisational responses to
change.........................................................................................................................................7
P4 Explain different barriers to change and determine how they influence leadership decision-
making in a given organisational context....................................................................................7
M3 Use force field analysis to analyse the driving and resisting forces and show how they
influence decision making...........................................................................................................8
P5 Apply different leadership approaches to dealing with change in a range of organizational
contexts.......................................................................................................................................9
M4 Evaluate the extent to which leadership approaches can deliver organisational change
efficiency applying appropriate models and frameworks. .......................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Organisational strategy is a framework which determines the manner in which the
resources are distributed that results in achievement of organisation goals and objectives.
Business organisation has to deal with lot of changes that are taking place in the environment. In
order to survive and grow in the marketplace, it is essential to adopt all thee changes by
adopting a flexible organisational structure and functioning (Ding, 2022). This report is based on
Sainsbury, is a UK based organisation, which has started its operation as a retailer of fresh food
and then expand it to packaged groceries such as tea and sugar. The organisation was established
as a partnership in 1869. The company is known for delicious, great quality food at competitive
prices and inspiring a lot of consumers with their services. This report will include the
importance of organisational strategy and operations to implement internal and external changes
that are taking place in the business environment. It also discusses the different barriers for
change and their impact on leadership decision making and different approaches which are used
by them to implement those changes in the organisation to attain growth and success.
MAIN BODY
P1 Compare different organisational examples where there has been an impact of change on an
organisation's strategy and operations.
Changes are a consistent factor that exist in every business organisation. They can be
external factors and internal factors can impact the productivity and efficiency of an organisation
if not properly assessed and implemented. It brings a shift in organisation culture and character,
it includes innovation, develop skills, develop staff and leads to more business opportunities and
overall morale of employees. In context to Sainsbury, the organisation is improving customer
satisfaction by enabling faster supply chains to speed up the production of its products. The
organisation is improving self service checkouts which is reducing queuing time, coupon at till
technology that enables to target coupons on the products customers what to buy. This helps the
organisation to gain a great market share (D’Allura, 2019).
In order to understand the implication of changes on organisation and its functioning, an
analyses is done in context to different organisation, that will enable an organisation to
understand the different strategies and plans that is being used by the organisation to adopt those
changes that improves the overall productivity and profitability of business.
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Basis Sainsbury ASDA
About organisation It was started as a partnership
by John James Sainsbury and
his wife Mary Ann in Covent
Garden, London. The company
had started its operation as a
retailer of fresh foods and then
expand it to different packaged
groceries and tea and sugar
(Hoang, 2018). The company
focus offering its customer
high quality and standard of
goods at lower prices. The
company have its various
hypermarkets and
supermarkets, which have
variety of products and
services to offer and hold a
brand value in the competitive
marketplace.
The company was founded in
1949 and has its headquarter in
Leeds, England. It has its
various supermarkets chain in
and is the second largest chain
in UK between 2003 to 2014.
It has core competencies in the
marketplace. The organisation
expanded its market share by
merging with Associated
Diaries company of Yorkshire.
The organisation holds a
forefront in offering food
discounting to e-commerce
experience. The company
focus on the personalised
expectation of consumers.
Technological advancements
and Innovations
Sainsbury is launching a new
in store digital innovation with
contactless, checkout free
ways to shop to their
customers (Sharma and et.al,
2022). The company have
faster up their supply chain to
meet the demand requirements
of customers. The company
have both online and physical
The organisation uses different
technological upgradation in
their systems that enable the
organisation to reduce their
overall cost of production,
increase more opportunities for
customers and undertake
innovation in organisational
structure and functions that
enables the organisation to
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