Unit 17 - Understanding and Leading Change Presentation for Managers

This presentation provides an overview of understanding and leading change within an organizational context. It begins by emphasizing the importance of recognizing the impact of change on an organization's operations and activities. The presentation then delves into different leadership approaches, including autocratic, democratic, situational, and affiliative leadership styles, highlighting their key characteristics. It also discusses appropriate models and frameworks for managing change, with a particular focus on Lewin's Change Management Model, outlining its three phases: Unfreeze, Change, and Refreeze. The presentation concludes by summarizing the importance of adopting suitable strategies and leadership styles to overcome the impact of change and achieve desired outcomes. References to supporting literature are also included.

Understanding and
Leading
Change(TASK-3)

Content
 Introduction
 Different leadership approaches
 Appropriate models and frameworks
 Effectiveness of leadership approaches
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Understanding change is very essential for the management of
organisations in order to determine its impact on the
operations and activities of the firm. The change can both
positively and negatively impact the organisation depend upon
the internal and external factors of business. This change is
very necessary for employees to enhance their skills and
abilities for adapting with the change in order to achieve the
desired objectives and goals of firm.

Different leadership approaches
Autocratic Leadership: It states that the leaders have the suitable
authority and power to take important decision for the betterment of
the organisation and they don't needs to take feedback from the
employees.
Democratic Leadership: This leadership approach states that the leaders
takes the suggestions and opinions of the employees in the decision
making process with the help of active connection.

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Situational Leadership: It is also an another important theory of
leadership which is helpful for organisations to tackle the various
situations of employees and organisation in an efficient manner.
Affiliative Leadership: This style emphasise on building trust and
mutual understanding among the team members for creating strong
emotional bonds which is helpful for promoting the sense of
belongingness to the company.

Appropriate models and frameworks
Lewin's Change Management Model
 This tool is widely used by the organisations for determining
the process or change in the organisation.
 Three phases as given below:
 Unfreeze,
 Change,
 Refreeze.

Effectiveness of leadership approaches
 According to Alavi and Gill, (2017) The model of Lewin's
Change Management is very important for the organisations
to maintain and manage the change in an organisation.
 According to the Anderson, (2016) The lewin's model is not
beneficial and helpful for organisations in various situations.

Conclusion
It has been concluded from the above presentation that for
overcoming the impact of change on the organisation, leaders
needs to adopt suitable strategies in the organisation.
Leadership styles are also plays a essential role in
overcoming the impact of change and to deliver the better
outcomes within the specified time period.

References
Anderson, D. L., 2016. Organization development: The process of leading
organizational change. Sage Publications.
Brown, B. C., 2012. Leading complex change with post-conventional
consciousness. Journal of Organizational Change Management. 25(4).
pp.560-575.
Fyke, J. P. and Buzzanell, P. M., 2013. The ethics of conscious capitalism:
Wicked problems in leading change and changing leaders. Human
Relations. 66(12). pp.1619-1643.

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