Equality and Diversity in the Workplace

Equality and Diversity in the
Workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Title..............................................................................................................................................3
Background..................................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1. Setting aims and objectives...................................................................................................3
P2. Project management plan.......................................................................................................4
P3. Prepare Gantt Chart and Work Breakdown Structure...........................................................4
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................6
P4. Research Methodologies........................................................................................................6
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................9
P5 Data analysis...........................................................................................................................9
P6 Recommendations.................................................................................................................21
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................21
P7 Reflection..............................................................................................................................21
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................22
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................23

INTRODUCTION
Title
“ Equity and diversity in workplace”
Background
Equality and diversity states that equal opportunities to all the people and groups and they
are protected against the discrimination related to their age, gender, colour etc. The individual
and groups of people treated equally in the organisation so that they could contributed towards
the goals of the business. This file includes the determination of equality and diversity in the
workplace of the H&M which is the largest retail company of clothing. It is famous for its fast
fashion cloths for women, men and children of the world (Benschop, 2016). Headquarter of the
H&M is at the Stockholm, Sweden. This report have the various aims and objectives of the
equality and diversity in the H&M. For the completion of this task on time there is the Gantt
chart and breakdown structure involves in this file. Primary and secondary method is used to
meet the aims and objectives of the H&M on the basis of the equality and diversity (Fesenko,
Shahov and Fesenko, 2017). There is the reflection of this task which determine the performance
and personal learning.
LO 1
P1. Setting aims and objectives.
To increases the sales and productivity of the business there is need to maintain the
equality and diversity in the business of H&M. There are various aims and objectives in the
business of H&M to protect all the employees from the discrimination against the colour, race,
gender etc. These aims and objectives are discussed below:
Aims:
“To analysis various importance and values of the equality and diversity in the workplace
of the H&M which helps to increases the productivity of the business and maintain the good
working environment.”
Objectives:
 To assess the impacts of the equality and diversity in the workplaces of the H&M.
 To identify the challenges faced by the organisation managing the equality and diversity
in the workplace
 To analysis the strategies adopted by the H&M in managing the equality and diversity

 To evaluate lots of training and policies in the business which helps to maintain the
equality between the employees of the H&M.
P2. Project management plan.
Project management plan is used to evaluate every stage of the projects. Lots of factors
which included in this are planning, initiating, executing, controlling, monitoring and closing of
the task. The plan of project management includes various factors which are described below:
Scope: There is the wide scope of the quality and diversity to achieve the profits of the
business. To improve the performance of the employees by providing the equal opportunities to
the employees in the workplace. With the helps of this project the business increases the image
of the company.
Resources: For managing the plan of this project there is the need of new and advanced
technology for the completion of this task effectively. Use of the internet for acquiring the
knowledge and understanding of this project. Specialist and experts are effective resources in the
research
Communication: There must be two way communication between the employees and
manager for the successfully completion of the task. Effective communication is necessary in
this project.
Quality: The research must be of high quality because it is very important project. There
is the need of the effective quality of the project which helps to achieve the targets of research.
Cost: The research required 5000 £ for proper and effective completion.
Risk: There is the limited period of time for completing this research so it creates the
risk. Lack of knowledge and lack of resources are the biggest risk factor for this project.
Time:
P3. Prepare Gantt Chart and Work Breakdown Structure.
Gantt Chart: The use of the Gantt chart is in the management of the project is the most useful
way of showing the task against the time. It is used to plan the project of all the size and effective
way of describing the what kind of work is schedule is on the specific time bound.

Work Breakdown Structure: It is the process and techniques used for organising and
completing the work in the research. The focus of Work Breakdown Structure is to make the
efforts of everyone towards the common goals.

LO 2
P4. Research Methodologies.
1. Research philosophy:
It is the effective way through which the data and information on the basis of
phenomenon is collected, evaluated and analysed and used in the process of research. The
dealing of the research philosophy is with the nature, knowledge development (Quinlan and
et.al., 2019). There are three types of philosophies in the research which are describe below:
Positivism: The focus of this type research philosophy is on the whatever exist is verified
with the help of observations, experiments and proof of mathematical. In this philosophy the
knowledge and understanding is gained with the help observations. The researcher plays the role
to collect and interpret the data.
Interpretivism: It refers to the natural approach of collecting the data like interviews and
observations. The focus of this approach is to increase the understanding and knowledge and it
does not promote and undermine the beliefs of religious. Interpretivism is the qualitative analysis
of the research
Realism: For the development of the knowledge and understanding this research
philosophy is based on the assumption of scientific approach. In includes the idea of
independence of reality in the human mind.
In this research we are going to take the Interpretivism philosophy of research because it
gives the qualitative information and data of the project. For understanding the actions of the