Leading and Managing Change of British Retailing Group

University: Regent College London

Unit No: 17
Level: High school
Pages: 4 / Words 986
Paper Type: Assignment
Course Code: N/A
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Brief :

Organization Selected : British Retailing Group

Learning Outcome:

LO1. Explain different ways in which change impacts an organization's strategy and operations
LO2. Analyses the influences that drivers of change have on organizational behavior.

Brief:

The troubled British High Street

Over the last decade, many British organization has gone bust, research by the Center for Retail Research has reported a total of 34 businesses that have gone into Administration since 2008 out of which some has been ceased to enforce. As a trainer of business analysts in a large-scale change has had upon at least two of the organizations strategy and operations. Use relevant theory and evaluate how the change will affect behaviors within one of the chosen organization, using theory and methods that could reduce the negative impact on the chosen organization.

This report must include:

An introduction to an organization case studies

An overview of the drivers and impact of change and how it affects the organizational strategy.

A PEST/SWOT analysis is to be undertaken for at least two businesses from the case studies.

Critically analysis of one of the chosen organization on the impact and change that affect the organization strategy and operations. Also, evaluate how it will affect the internal and external factors of an organization like SWOT/ PEST.

Identify how the change will have affected leadership, individuals, and team behavior in one of the chosen organisations.

Examine how change was minimised and the application models to process change efficiently within one of the chosen organisation.

Learning Outcome:

LO3. Explain how barriers to change influence leadership decision-making.
LO4. Develop a range of leadership approaches to a change initiative.

Scenario

With the help of the Project 1 case study that was the focus of your comparative report, explain barriers to change that influence the decision-making power of the chosen organization. It may include the use of a ' force field analysis to evaluate the forces influencing change. By using different theories and models (situational leadership, change initiation, Kotter's 8-step model, Lewin's change management model), use different leadership approaches to deal with the change recognized in the case study.

This is presented as an individual PowerPoint Presentation and the slides should cover the following information:

Overview of the organization

Implementation of the force field analysis to identify the position and support for change within the business you chose for the case studies.
Identify different challenges to change and how they influenced decision-making and leadership within a chosen organization.
How to determine accomplished change and how successful was it applied within your chosen organization?

Sports Direct rescues Jack Wills and adds it to its high-street empire

Mike Ashley the owner of Sports Direct has bought fashion firm Jack Wills out of administration. The deal means a stay of execution for 1,700 staff working in Jack Mills, 100 UK stores and it has six franchisee that includes several franchisee working in the Middle East. He will become a part of a new division in Sport direct which was to be expanded through 'buying and building', a fashion and sports brand. Michael Murray is leading the division and assumes the title head of elevation, as a result, said: “Jack Wills has made a name for itself carving out a unique place in the minds of consumers since its launch and has today grown into one of the most recognized British fashion brands.

Sports Direct’s first act will be to negotiate with the chain’s landlords in a bid to reduce rents, echoing moves made by dozens of retailers – including several in Ashley’s stable – to slash their costs. The accounting firm KPMG is managing the administration and said that the business had “experienced mounting cash flow pressures amid some of the most difficult trading conditions seen on the high street in years”.

Suzanne Harlow is the chief executive of Jack Wills said that “For the past year, we have been focused

2) House of Fraser: up to seven stores to become luxury mini-chain

Mike Ashley is deciding to invest millions of pounds in turning up to seven of House of Fraser’s 50-plus stores into a new luxury mini-chain to be called Fraser. The Sports Direct boss, whose retail group bought House of Fraser out of administration for £90m in August last year, has told suppliers he wants to divide the group into two divisions, with Fraser's stocking more designer labels and House of Fraser catering to a more mass market audience. Sources said Ashley expected to invest tens of millions of pounds in the first stage of his plan to revive the ailing chain. Work is likely to start in the group’s flagship Glasgow store, which already trades under the Frasers name. House of Fraser’s Belfast outlet is among the stores also due to be rebranded and included in the plan. The proposals come after Ashley faced criticism for allowing House of Fraser stores to fall into In December, Sports Direct revealed House of Fraser was losing nearly £3m a week. Sports Direct declined to comment on its plans for House of Fraser but the company has already updated the department store’s tills and IT using Sports Direct systems and cut costs by shifting its warehousing and distribution to its main facility in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. It has also combined the House of Fraser head office with the London HQ of Ashley’s luxury chain Flannels.