Question :
Learning outcomes
- LO1 Do the critical evaluation of the leadership theories and also do an assessment of its utility in managing the change
- LO3 Identify the possible barriers to organisational change and the process of effective management
Scenario
A merger is going to take place between your organisation and other operating at similar scale for the purpose of providing cost cutting synergies in staffing and shared costs
It came to view that operation is smaller and provides bespoke and very personalised service, and yours is far larger and far more commercial. The CEO of your organisation is concerned with this fact as she is very well aware of the fact that 70% of change initiatives of this kind do not fulfil their original objectives due to the ‘soft factors
In this consideration, the CEO has asked to prepare a presentation for advising her and the management team on the challenge and best action to achieve successful outcome of the merger.
In this context, address the below mentioned-
Task-1
Do a critical analysis of type of change that the organisation will go through and, giving examples, the outline ‘soft factor’ challenges that this merger might pose
Task-2
Analyse the possible reactions and barriers to achieving successful delivery of this change programme
Task-3
Inspect potential organisational or cultural barriers to achieving successful delivery of this change programme
Task-4
Using relevant models, do the critical analysis of the leader’s recommendations with respect to their style and approaches that are used to manage merger successfully
Answer :
INTRODUCTION
The report is concentrating on the mergers in the two companies which would result in the change in the organisation. The leadership is affected due to the change in the organisation. These companies which are doing the mergers and the acquisition is the retail company. It is providing the services and the products in the retail sector (Sligo, Gauld Roberts and Villa 2017). The report includes the types of the changes which would be taking place in the company and it includes the soft factors and the challenges faced by the company. It includes the potential individuals and the reactions on the mergers in the company. The report includes the potential and the cultural barriers which are affecting the change programme. The company is also using the strategies and the models form overcoming these problems and the approaches which are affecting the performance of the company.
TASK 1
Critically analyse the type of the changes that the organization will go through
The soft factors include the factors which are affecting the company performance. These factors include the people, organisation systems, work methods and the management styles which are affecting the company performance. The employees would need the motivation from time to time. It includes the human behaviour because the people need the motivation of working in th