A comprehensive, exam-focused lesson pack covering Topic 7.6 Change Management from the OCR A Level Business (H436) specification.

This topic is both strategic and technical, combining evaluation of change processes with Critical Path Analysis (CPA) calculations. This pack ensures students develop both analytical depth and calculation accuracy.

This pack includes:

• Full teaching PowerPoint
• Core worksheet (including CPA practice)
• Higher-tier worksheet with change case study and CPA network
• Exam-style questions (calculation + analysis + evaluation)
• OCR-style mark schemes with worked CPA solutions
• Homework sheet

Specification Coverage:

• Causes of Change
• Internal causes (performance, leadership, workforce, ownership)
• External causes (PESTLE, market and competition)
• Effects of Change
• Impact on decision making
• Competitiveness
• Stakeholders
• Marketing, people, operations and finance
• Barriers to Change
• Resistance
• Lack of leadership
• Unclear vision
• Insufficient resources
• Organisational culture
• Managing and Implementing Change
• Lewin’s Force Field Analysis
• Driving vs restraining forces

Critical Path Analysis (CPA):

• EST
• LFT
• Critical path
• Minimum project duration
• Total float
• Free float
• Monitoring Change
• Quantitative data (output, benchmarking, productivity)
• Qualitative data (customer and employee feedback, media coverage)

Strong focus on:

• Step-by-step CPA calculations with interpretation
• Linking CPA to risk and delay
• Evaluating force field analysis properly
• Showing interdependence between functional areas
• Short-term vs long-term change impact
• Writing balanced 12-mark evaluative responses

Students are required to interpret CPA results, not simply identify the critical path, and to evaluate whether change strategies are likely to succeed.