Equality and Diversity in the Workplace

EQUALITY AND
DIVERSITY IN THE
WORKPLACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Research background...................................................................................................................3
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN...............................................................................................3
WORK BREAKDOWN AND GANTT CHART...........................................................................5
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................7
DATA ANALYSIS.........................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION............................................................................12
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................12
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................13
REFLECTION...............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................15
Questionnaire.............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Research background
Managing equality and diversity is the major issue which is being faced by the company
to a great extent. Thus, it is very crucial for all the companies to manage the equality among all
the employees irrespective of gender, age, income, experience and many other differentiating
factors (De Vries, Rook and Engellau, 2016). Gender divide in leadership is refers to as the
discrimination done at time of choosing the leader on basis of gender that is giving preference to
male rather than females. The current project will discuss about the major reason behind having
high gender divide in leadership at Boots plc.
Aim and objective
Aim
To investigate the reason behind the high gender divide in leadership with respect to
maintenance of equality and diversity. A study on Boots plc.
Objectives
 To understand the concept of gender divide in leadership.
 To examine the major factors which lead to high gender divide in leadership with respect
to Boots plc.
 To analyse the challenges faced by Boots plc in decreasing the gender divide in
leadership.
 To recommend some solution in dealing with high gender divide in leadership.
Research questions
1. What is the meaning of gender divide in leadership?
2. What are the factors which leads to high gender divide in leadership?
3. What are the challenges being faced by company in managing gender divide in
leadership?
4. What are some suggestions to company in reducing high gender divide in leadership?
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN
Cost- This is defined as the money which is attributed in order to complete the whole
project and to purchase and use all the resources which are necessary for the completion of
research (Kusters, 2016).

Scope- The scope of this research is very wide as this help other similar companies in
identifying the reason behind the gender divide in leadership. Also, this helps other researcher in
keeping this research as base and conduct their own study.
Time- This is the complete duration which is taken for accomplishing the whole research.
For the present study time taken is around 11- 12 weeks.
Quality- This is the most important thing which researcher need to take care of because if
the research will not be conducted with good quality then it will not be liked by the other people.
Communication- This is necessary in collecting the data and sharing the result of the
research. It is so because without communication both these tasks cannot be worked.
Risk and resources- The resources are the thing which makes the research better and
relevant. These are the things which assist the researcher in conducting the research in better and
reliable manner (Kerzner, 2017). The resources are money, technology, computers, laptop and
other electronic equipment.
Milestone schedule
Particulars Due date Justification
Formulation of aim and
objective
27th Feb For this the due date will be
24th Feb because the topic
needs to be checked with
tutor and three days earlier
will provide time to rectify all
the mistakes (Kubu, 2018).
Data interpretation 20th April This need to be completed till
17th of April because a
rechecking of the data
interpretation needs to be
done.
Taking feedback 4th May This need to be considered a
day before as this feedback
will help the researcher in
knowing the fact that whether
the research is accomplished