Understanding and Leading Change: Tesco vs. Sainsbury Analysis Report

This report examines organisational change through a comparative analysis of Tesco and Sainsbury, two major players in the retail industry. It delves into the strategies and operations of both companies, highlighting how they have adapted to internal and external drivers of change. The report compares the companies on key aspects such as company introduction, operational strategies, and responses to technological advancements, customer preferences, and economic realities. It also explores the impact of these changes on leadership styles, team dynamics, and individual behaviors within the organisations. The study utilizes the Bohner and Arnold changes analysis model to identify and assess the impact of changes, providing insights into how these companies have navigated challenges and leveraged opportunities in a dynamic market environment. Furthermore, the report concludes by emphasizing the importance of understanding and leading change for sustained business success, with a focus on the positive and negative impacts of change on both the companies and their stakeholders.

UNDERSTANDING
AND
LEADING CHANGE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1 ................................................................................................................................................1
P1. Compare different organisational example...........................................................................1
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................5
P2. Internal and external drivers of change affect leadership, team and individual behaviour.. 5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Leading changes refers to introducing new plan and identification of new opportunities to
expand in business. Also design by improvement in existing process of operation. The present
study is based on “Tesco” which is multinational Groceries and general merchandise retailer. It
established largest super market chain in UK. Study lays emphasis by comparison different
organisational example that has impact change on an organisation strategy and operations. It will
evaluate by the ways in external and internal drivers of change affect leadership, team and
individual behaviour.
LO 1
P1. Compare different organisational example.
Organisational change occurs when business strategy and new technologies are used by
the other company (Archibald and Archibald, 2016). Changes are impact on organisation
strategy and operations that has compare between two companies such as Tesco and Sainsbury
both are super market company.
Basis Tesco Sainsbury
Company introduction Tesco is leading company in
the retail industry and its main
products entails consumer
goods and services.
Sainsbury is also super market
chain.
Operation and strategy of
company
The company is presently
introduce the new strategy to
satisfy customer need which
has impact to the strategies and
operations of company in
manner to clear work that are
as follows:
 Reduce cost: company
has strong customer
focused concept for
It concerns the developing
capabilities of an organisation
to reflect the competitive
needs of its customers and
market. That new strategies
are impact to business and
faced by the Sainsbury. Their
strategy and operations are as
follows:
 Company has the
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that company is adopt
low price policy
because high price is
influences the peoples
and their shopping
areas.
 Improve delivery
system: it is also
important operation
and strategy for
company for their fast
services. This increase
the unit of cost for
many other retailer.
Delivery system of
goods and services are
fast by this peoples and
customers are happy
and more attract
towards it and it is
positive impact.
 Control inventory: it is
effective and valuable
operation for the
company to manage
their inventory. For
that company make
strategy to use and
control inventory.
 Innovate supply chain
system: this operation
quality objectives: for
that company is use
and try to give
effective quality and
quantity of product.
 Fresh and safe food:
company has operation
which is provide fresh
and safe food provide
to customers
(Canterino, Cirella and
Shani, 2018).
 Supply chain demand:
it is also important
function of company.
For that company use
online apps for
shopping.
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is very important to
mange. For that
manager use
technology.
Identify the causes of
changes
 Technological changes:
it is the very important
change which is faced
by the company in their
supply chain
management. This
factor is impact to
work and policy of
company by negative
and positive impact.
 Reduce trust and
transparency: it is also
create changes in
company. Trust of
peoples are reduce in
that company suffers
and faced profit margin
problem.
 Influence price of
product: when price of
product is increase.
That is also create
changes in company
(Kangas and et.al.,
2019S).
 Societal demand: It
pressure and customer
 Technological
advancement: this is
also faced by the
company because of
now days customers
are want all product
online.
 Changes in preference
and teats of customers.
This give negative
impact on the peoples
and company because
customers preferences
are changes.
 Competitive company
make innovation.
 Economic reality: This
factor is also create the
lots of problem. It is
current business
activities, product and
services.
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demand also promote
company changes.
Explain the changes are impact to organisation
Negative impact  Reduce trust and
transparency is give
negative impact on
company. Trust of
customers are help in
positive way but trust
is decreases then it
affect profit and
goodwill of company.
 Price of product is also
give negative impact
on customers when
prices of product is
increase.
 Changes in preference
and teats of customers
are give negative
impact on company.
By this customers are
move another
company.
 Innovation is also give
negative impact on
customers because of
most of the time
innovation is fails
(alman and Broten,
2017).
Positive impact  Technological changes
are impact to company
in positive ways
because by this
customers are get their
order in short period of
time.
 With the help of
technology company is
able to improve their
supply chain and
reduce error from this.
 Influence in prices of
 Now days the peoples
are use the social
media and various apps
for that company can
introduce app for
shopping.
 Economic reality is
give the better chance
to company for
introduce new product
and services at
marketplace.
 Innovation give
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product are also give
positive impact when
prices of product is
decrease (Yrjölä and
et.al., 2019). Low price
product are attract
customers towards it.
positive impact on
company because new
and innovative product
help to attract
customers towards it.
Impact on peoples and
process
 Changes are give
negative and positive
impact on peoples and
process of Tesco
because changes are
faced by the company
process.
 They are add changes
in their process of
production.
 Other hand peoples
give impact on peoples
because peoples are use
their product.
 Various changes are
give positive and
negative impact on
company.
 On peoples: peoples
are use innovative
product (Canterino,
2018). This give
positive impact bust
customers are not like
this then it give
negative impact.
Bohner and Arnold changes analysis model
this model is help to identify the changes in company or estimating needs to be
modifying. It focus on IA in terms of scoping changes within the details of a design (Bohner and
Arnold changes analysis model, 2017). With the help of Tesco is able to identify changes such as
technological changes, influence prices of product both are give negative and positive impact on
company.
Other hand, Sainsbury is identify the changes such as innovation, changes in taste of
performance of customers. By this company is able to find out the solution for the changes.
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LO 2
P2. Internal and external drivers of change affect leadership, team and individual behaviour.
There are various changes are discussed above which are internal and external. That are
give impact on team, leadership and individual behaviours are as follows:
Internal changes
 the internal changes are impact to the business and its environment. This give impact
upon individual, leadership and team behaviour. There are most of the internal changes
are which has happens in the organisation and influences leadership. Like technological
factor which is the externally impact to business. But this changes are come in business
and employees are work on that in proper way. That are impact because leaders are have
to give training related to them and training have to in perfect manner otherwise it impact
negatively on leadership.
 Behaviour of peoples are impact to the leadership, individual and team work. That is
internal changes. Like one people have the problem with another people in that leaders
are take decision for best work and team collaboration. Behaviour give negative impact
on the leadership because leaders who are manage whole team.
External changes
 Technological changes are external changes which are impact to company negative and
also in positive ways. Like new technology is introduced in the company for work then
leadership, team work and individual are impacted by this. This give impact on
leadership like new technology is introduced in company in that leaders are have to
understand that and give training to their followers for work. By this leaders are impacted
by technological changes. Team members are also impacted by this because of new
technology use employees then most of employees are understand and most of not this
impact performance of team.
 innovation is internal changes because company is make new product and services for
develop their sales in terms of managing profit. This give impact on leadership, team and
individual behaviour. For innovate new product leaders are make strategy as per market
study which is done by R&D team and give training for develop product to team.
Individual are also impacted by this innovation because for that they have to done extra
work (Archibald, 2016).
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CONCLUSION
From the above study it had been concluded that the understanding and leading changes
has important for the company. Report had been covered by the two organisation with its
changes, strategies, operations and negative and positive impact on company. That show the
various changes which company has used for growth and profits of company. Internal and
external changes has impact to company and its leadership, team work.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Archibald, R. D. and Archibald, S., 2016. Leading and Managing Innovation: What Every
Executive Team Must Know about Project, Program, and Portfolio Management.
Canterino, F., Cirella, S. and Shani, A. B., 2018. Leading organizational transformation: an
action research study. Journal of Managerial Psychology. 33(1). pp.15-28.
Kangas and et.al., 2019. Introduction: Leadership for Dealing with Complex Changes. Leading
Change in a Complex World: Transdisciplinary Perspectives.
Salman, Y. and Broten, N., 2017. Leading Change. Macat Library.
Yrjölä and et.al., 2019. Leading Change: A Customer Value Framework. Leading Change in a
Complex World: Transdisciplinary Perspectives.
ONLINE
Bohner and Arnold changes analysis model. 2017. [Online]. Available through:
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