Understanding and Leading Change

Understanding and Leading
Change

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Part A...........................................................................................................................................3
Part B...........................................................................................................................................7
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................9
Determining barriers to change which influence leadership decision-making..........................9
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................11
Leadership approaches to change initiative...............................................................................11
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Organizational change refers to the process in which a large company or organization
changes its working methods or aims (Anderson, 2019). Tesco is a British multinational
company of groceries and general merchandise retailer. The company has diversification in the
areas of retailing of books, clothing, electronics, furniture, financial services, telecom and
internet services etc. The following report will examine the barriers to change influencing
leadership decision – making and leadership approaches in detail concerning the leadership
styles Tesco should follow and along with a model that will explain different stages for the
changes in the organization.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Part A
Internal and External driver Impact on business and Change management
There are number of changes that are taking place in United Kingdom which impact retail
industry for example BREXIT increase raw material cost. It becomes important firm to adopt
change model management for tackling such types of difficult situation and increase profit share.
Tesco and Sainsbury are two firms that are working in retail sector of Britain and
impacted by various types of changes because of micro and macro environment (Rosenbaum,
More and Steane, 2018). This organisation makes quick changes in organisation culture and
leadership to gain competitive advantage. Information related internal and external drivers that
affect firm can easily available on online which help scholars in their research. It helps in
analysis way in which various types of situation can become opportunity and challenges for
example: new government policies for entrepreneur can affect Tesco as well as Sainsbury
situation.
External Driver
It emphasizes on factor that are external such as political, economical, social, legal and
technological which impact on strategies of Business and hence can create opportunities or
challenges for firm.
Political

After BREXIT, Government of Britain changes three times and hence creates void which
and very new ministry comes with new political approach which leads to changes in industrial
policy. European market for raw material totally changes with increasing cost of raw material
and hence highly affected retail business. COVID lockdown again fail various strategies that
organisation supposed to implement in grocery market and it become difficult to tackle
decreasing profit share as tourist totally lost which are one of main buyer’s of this sector.
However, new government is determined to quick changes in retail firms of Britain
Tesco” not depended on European market for raw material and hence do not affected
from BREXIT while it is continuously increasing suppliers from different part of world which
help in providing product as well as service on time (Al-Ali, and et.al., 2017). Organisation
supply chain management was highly effective and during pandemic able to reach customer.
Firm mainly focuses on domestic customers and hence decrease dependency on European tourist
doesn’t affect much.
Sainsbury is not big firm and dependent on European suppliers for raw material which
affected its business and hence decreases its profit share. Organisation tries to gain local
customer by managing in supply chain management to overcome pandemic barrier.
Economical
Because of BREXIT import cost of raw material increase in country which affected
Tesco as well as Sainsbury. However, Tesco less dependency on European supplier not affected
business while Sainsbury suffers from heavy losses. Former firm increase Asian suppliers for
intermediate goods from Asian countries. Sainsbury emphasizes on manipulating Europeans firm
to reduce cost of raw material which help in following competitive price strategy. Inflation and
unemployment rate continuously rises in country because of COVID and BREXIT which
decrease purchasing capacity of grocery customers. Tesco started providing products on credit
which help in overcoming this challenges while Sainsbury trying to break customer of other’s
firm by price war.
Technological
Britain has advance technology which increase quality, efficiency and productivity of
work. Tesco is one technological updated firm which increase performance of work and
increases customer satisfaction level. Training and development programs for such types of
changes take tm which gives other organisation opportunity to expand business with same