Leading and Managing Change in Sports Direct: Strategies, Outcomes, and Measures

Unit 17 Leading and Managing
Change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1 Outcomes of change in context of strategies & operations of different firms.......................1
P2.Evaluate internal as well as external drivers of change which creates impact on leadership,
team & behaviours of individuals...............................................................................................2
P3. Assess measures utilised for minimisation of pessimistic affects of changes on
organisational behaviour.............................................................................................................4
P4 Barriers for change.................................................................................................................9
P5 Approaches to Leadership....................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Leading and managing change is defined as a systematic approach to effectively deal
with transformation and transition of organisational processes, goals and technologies in order to
implement formative strategies as to control and guide individuals within entity to adopt change.
This will provide organisation with number of benefits to organisation in terms of increasing
profitability and productivity (Lawrence, P., 2015). Organisation is required to undertake change
in terms of strategies, system, policies, technology etc. and more. This assessment is mainly
undertaken to duly acknowledge the change that has been managed in Sports Direct. Company
perform their operations in retailing segment and offer their services worldwide with having
number of sporting brands and trades. In this report formative discussions has been made on
change in two entities that operate their functions in same industrial segment. In addition to this,
report include modes for making significant reduction of pessimistic affect of change. Lastly,
leadership approaches to deal with change in being covered in this report.
P1 Outcomes of change in context of strategies & operations of different firms
Change is an essential aspect in an organisation that facilitates enhancement of its various
operations as well as ensures that they are carried out in a smooth manner (Di Costa, 2016).
Also, it is necessary for the organisation to ensure that changes are carried out effectively and are
in sync with the latest trends in the market. Change can differ from organisation to organisation
but each change can impact the operations significantly. In this context, two organisations have
been considered to understand the impact of change on their functions as well as strategy. The
same has been discussed below -
Change Sports Direct House of Fraser
Strategical change
The company laid its primary
focus on expanding itself in
various countries for which it
bought the firms like Jack
Wills. The company's main
strategy was to but and rebuild
fashion as well as sports
brands irrespective of any
House of Fraser was a fashion
brand that was acquired by
Sports Direct, a sports brand
with the main strategy of
dividing it in two groups.
Fraser, the first group offered
stock of various designer
labels while the other group
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