HR's Impact on Organizational Design and Change Management

This report delves into the critical role of Human Resources (HR) in managing change and shaping organizational design, using ASDA plc as a case study. It begins by defining change management and exploring relevant theories and models. The report then evaluates the HR department's influence in implementing changes and maintaining a well-designed organizational structure. Different types of changes impacting organizational design, such as transformational, psychological, and personnel changes, are assessed. The report critically analyzes the relationship between organizational design and change management, providing specific recommendations for ASDA, like adopting innovative technologies to facilitate change. The conclusion summarizes the importance of HR, the application of change management theories, the impact of various change types on organizational design, and the interconnectedness of design and management. References include various academic sources.

Unit 36 – Human
Resources – Values and
Contributions to
Organisational Success

INTRODUCTION
 HR management is basically the practice of recruiting, hiring and managing the organization
employees.
 The current report is based on ASDA plc. which is the one of the largest supermarket chain in
the markets of UK.
 This report will outline the meaning of change management by using the theories and models.
 Further this report will outline role of HR in order to manage the change and have better
design.
 Moreover, this report will put focus on the different types of changes that can impact the
design of the organization.
 At the end of this report it will evaluate the relationship between the organizational design
and change management and recommendations as well.

EXPLAINING CHANGE
MANAGEMENT WITH RELEVANT
THEORIES AND MODELS
 Change management refers to the systematic thing that helps the company to have better
dealing with the transition by which they are able to achieve its goals and processes.
 The reason of having the change management in the organization is to have the better
implementation of the strategies and have better controlling on the change management.
 It used to play an important role in the projects of the company as it helps them to examine
the areas to implement the new things in the company.

EVALUATING ROLE OF HR IN
MANAGING CHANGE AND
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
 Human resource used to play a crucial role that help to manage and implement the changes
in the market.
 The HR of the cited company must initiate the change and serve best to the employees in
order to retain them in the organization.
 This is one of the important department that used to do various tasks and activities that
helps the company to adopt the new projects and tackle the major changes.

EVALUATING THE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF CHANGES THAT IMPACT
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
 Transformational change
 Psychological changes
 Personnel change

CRITICALLY EVALUATING
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
ORGANIZATION DESIGN AND
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
 The organizational structure or design used to determine the organizational behavior that used to
influence the organizational culture.
 The design of the organization structure often used to make the company know about the flexibility
and adaptability in order to have changes in the market.
 This shows that the change management and organizational design are interrelated with each other.

RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASDA
 It is recommended to the company that they must adopt the new and innovative machines
that helps them to have better changes in the market (AlManei, Salonitis and Tsinopoulos,
2018).
 Further it is also suggested to the company that they must do the better changes that helps
the employees to do work effectively.

CONCLUSION
 From the above report it has been summarized about the importance of HR in the company.
 The report has evaluated about the meaning of change management by using the relevant
theories and models.
 Moreover, this report has also explained about the role of HR in order to manage the change
and have good organizational design.
 The report has also explained about the different types of changes that used to have impact on
the organizational design which has included the transformational and psychological changes.
 At last this report has evaluated about the relationship between the organizational design and
change management and recommendations.

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