Understanding and Leading Change in Tesco and Sainsbury

Understanding and leading change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................3
LO1....................................................................................................................................3
LO2....................................................................................................................................3
Internal and external drivers..........................................................................................3
LO3....................................................................................................................................6
Different barriers for change..........................................................................................6
Force field theory...........................................................................................................8
LO4....................................................................................................................................8
Lewin’s model................................................................................................................8
Leadership approaches.................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................10
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Understanding and leading change refers to preparing employees to meet problems
or face challenges. In an organisation there are many changes in policies and
managers implement change so that they can generate more profit (Nelson‐Brantley
and Ford, 2017). Tesco is a public company founded in the year 1919. It is supermarket
where all type of products is available. Sainsbury is a public company which is founded
in 1869 and provides different product. The report examines, SWOT and PESTLE
analysis is discussed. Internal and external drivers of organisations, leadership style
used in company and team development strategy is described. Barriers to change
which influence leadership decision making and effectiveness of leadership approaches
is discussed.
MAIN BODY
LO1
It is important for every organisation to make strategies better than competitors to
gain competitive advantage in market and build good image in minds of customers.
Strategy helps in accomplishing goals and objectives of organisation. It is the
responsibility of managers to identify factors that can affect performance of employees
and find different ways to solve problem to run business smoothly. For development of
company, managers should conduct market survey and determine strategies which is
beneficial for growth of Tesco organisation.
Organisation Pest analysis Drivers of
change
Impact on
strategy
Impact of
operations
Tesco company Political factor
affect working
of Tesco
company i.e., in
different
countries rules
vary. Economic
There are some
drivers for
change in
Tesco company
are, human
resources,
customers,
Pest analysis
has positive as
well as
negative impact
on strategy. It
facilitates
understanding
Pest analysis
help
organisation in
identifying
factors that may
affect working
of company and

factor affect
revenue, sales,
profit of
company. It
includes pricing
of the product.
Social factor
refers to
change in
choice of
customers,
trends are
changing. This
affect sales and
profit of
company
(Christodoulou
and Cullinane,
2019).
Technological
factor means
change in
technology, it is
difficult for
managers to
implement
latest
technology.
changes in
legislation,
rules and
regulations are
changed,
expansion of
business in
other country,
changes in
technology. For
achieving goals
and objectives
it is important to
make
improvements
in plans or
strategies. It is
essential to
identify drivers
for change so
that better
plans can be
made.
of business
environment. It
encourages
development of
external factor
and strategy
can be made
according to
that. Negative
impact of Pest
analysis on
strategy is that
after analysing
external factors
changes are
made in
strategies so
that targets can
be
accomplished.
better decision
can be taken
for achieving
goals and
objectives. For
successful
business
operation it is
important to
determine
political,
economic,
social and
technological
factors. This
helps in
accomplishing
targets and
good decision
can be taken.
Proper Pest
analysis is
beneficial for
growth and
development of
firm. It also
helps in
identifying
factors which
could change in
future.