How does a leader, lead through change? In today’s world of highly competitive business, change is occurring frequently and organisations need to keep themselves up-to-date with change in order to meet the needs of customers, new developments in technology, globalisation and economic conditions. Managers ought to possess the right skills and abilities to effectively lead the employees and the organisation through a successful change. Kurt Lewin formulated a 3-stage process to assist managers in Leading Change Effectively called the Force Field Analysis Model used in the planning and implement of change and overcoming resistance. The Force Field Analysis Model classifies and analyses factors in order to display all forces reacting to the desired change and to enable the ability to make decisions that will make change acceptable and effective.
TRM 304 – CORPORATE STRATEGY Case of study : DAVID LLOYD LEISURE GROUP Assessment one : Write a report that critically evaluates the current internal resources and external operating environment of your case study organisation, using appropriate theoretical frameworks. Conclude your report by summarising briefly the organisation’s key, strenghts, weakenesses, opportunities, and threats, taken from your structured analyses. Executive summary : This report wil be devoted to the analysis of David Lloyd Leisure Group. This analysis is going to be realize both on the external and the internal environment of this company, by using of various works, concepts and theoretical models. In a fisrt stage, the external analysis will be able, with the help of the Pest Framework, to evidence the key drivers of change and the important factors in the Health and fitness market, and more generally in the Leisure industry.
I must do the following: * A detailed description of an organisation of my choice. The description must include the following: * An introduction * History of the organisation * The size and type of organisation * Services provided * Mission statement * Future plans of the organisation * Organisations aims * Structure of the organisation to include organisation chart * A comprehensive SWOT analysis of my chosen organisation * A comprehensive PEST analysis of my chosen organisation * An analysis of the impact the SWOT and PEST factors have on the organisation * A discussion on the impact change can have on the organisation and 2 ways they can manage and adapt to change * A conclusion – a brief summary on what I gained from this assignment and what I learned about the organisation * A bibliography detailing where I sourced my findings. INTRODUCTION For my assessment I chose a large world-wide company mainly engaged in the protection of people and
Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). There are many main points which must be included in a Contract of Employment however the four main points should be Employees name, Employers name, main place of business and date of commencement of employment. See fig 1 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. There are many legislations covered in the UK by law, the three main points covered are 1.
Caladonia Products Integrative Problem A company’s success depends on countless aspects that management must consider thoroughly before making any decisions. Each decision has the possibility to generate a profit or unfortunately, a loss. For instance, Caladonia Products has a decision to make; it has to choose between two mutually exclusive projects. There are several questions that Caladonia’s financial personnel should ask themselves prior to making any decisions. More specifically, Caladonia’s financial personnel should determine the payback period of each project, the internal rate of return (IRR), the new present value (NPV), if any ranking conflict exists, and then decide which project should be accepted and why.
Strategic Controls and Contingency Plans Strategic Controls and Contingency Plans Strategic control is involved with tracking the strategy during implementation, detecting any problems or possible problem areas, and making any necessary adjustments. The implementation of a strategy is long-termed and consists of a series of steps and activities (Adams, 2013). A control point within a scheduled project are key review points and allow the project manager to make important decisions regarding the project. Contingency plans augment strategic controls and afford a business an alternative plan to keep operating if an unexpected event should occur that would interfere with business activities. Contingency plans typically are developed during the analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of a proposed business strategy (Adams, 2013).
These factors consider the organisation’s team and reporting structure, level of support and commitment and the overall impact to the organisation. The factors are then quantified and prioritised based on these criteria then reviewed to ensure the projects do not exceed the organisation’s resource capabilities. The selection criteria may also include return of investment, risks and the time frame, PPM involves a strategic process that allows the decision makers’ to visualise and monitor the performance of each project by taking into account whether the project is performing or underperforming. PPM is gaining interest due to organisations abilities to respond to challenges confronted by a globalised, information-rich, dynamic and competitive environment. PPM has helped project officers negotiate between stakeholders according the to the organisation’s PPM status.
[Type the company name] | Understanding incident management and disaster recovery in the workplace | [Type the document subtitle] | | ryan.peacock | [Pick the date] | In this essay I will show you my understanding of incident management and disaster recovery in the workplace. | Understand business risk management process and potential threats to the organisation Risk Management Process, describes the steps you need to take to identify, monitor and control risk. Within the Risk Process, a risk is defined as any future event that may prevent you to meet your team goals. A Risk Process allows you to identify each risk, quantify the impact and take action now to prevent it from occurring and reduce the impact should it eventuate. Business risk is classified into 5 main types – 1.
177, Spector, 2010). According to professionals, if organizations are to grow, they often should undertake change at a range of levels in their development. There are three types of organizational management changes that can transpire; planned vs. unplanned change, ongoing versus transformational changes and organization extensive change versus departmental change. Major factors for accomplishment consist of planning the long-term strategic visualization in progress, giving power to people to make decisions at the operating level, optimizing the information messages to allow successful information management (Patron & McCalman, 2008). Change in the organization is a complex matter to deal with due to inner resistance joined with improbability on the part of the organization (Paton & McCalman, 2008).
o Highlight key external trends as they impact the firm, in areas such as the economic, social, cultural, demographic, geographic, technological, political, legal, governmental, and natural environment. - List up to 20 of the firm’s opportunities and threats. o Make sure your opportunities are not stated as strategies. - Construct and explain your External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix - Construct a Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM). 6.