Equality and Diversity in the Workplace

Equality and diversity in the
workplace
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Project aims, objectives and questions...................................................................................4
P2 Project management plan including communication, risk, cost, time, quality, scope and
resources......................................................................................................................................5
P3 Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart to give timeframes and completion stages........6
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Qualitative and quantitative research methods to meet project aim and objectives...............8
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................10
P5 Data analysis and interpretation...........................................................................................10
P6 Recommendations as a result of data analysis to draw meaningful conclusions.................13
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................14
P7 Reflection on value of undertaking research to mitigate stated objectives and own
performance and learning..........................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................16
Project log book.........................................................................................................................16
Performance Review..................................................................................................................17
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INTRODUCTION
Equality is associated with treating all the individuals equally in workplace and diversity is
related to having people with diverse backgrounds in organisation. Maintaining equality and
diversity is the key to success of a company. For promoting and maintaining equality, there are
different ways that can be adopted by an organisation (Basak, and Khanna, 2017). In this report,
the selected organisation is Unilever PLC which is a leading transnational consumer goods
company that offer different products to customers. This report covers aim, objectives and
research solutions along with project management plan that consists of different aspects of
project. Different research methods are also discussed and data analysis and interpretation is
done. At last, recommendations are provided to promote equality and diversity and reflection is
given on the overall experience of performing research.
Task 1
P1 Project aims, objectives and questions
Research aim:
Aim of project is "To determine the ways to promote and execute equality and diversity
in work place. A case study on Unilever plc."
Research Objectives:
 To understand equality and diversity in workplace concept.
 To identify challenges of maintaining diversity in workplace.
 To ascertain different ways to promote and implement equality and diversity in
organisation.
Research Questions:
 What is the concept equality and diversity in workplace?
 What are the challenges of maintaining diversity in workplace?
 What are the different ways to promote and implement equality and diversity in
organisation?
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P2 Project management plan including communication, risk, cost, time, quality, scope and
resources
Project management plan is a formal document which involves all the details about project
and its phases which helps the manager to manage and control it appropriately. various aspects
are considered in the project management plan which are mentioned below:
Cost: it is the amount which is required to successfully complete a project and get desired
outcomes. The cost associated with this project and its successful completion is 400 pounds. This
amount is required to successfully complete the project (Crane and Matten, 2016).
Scope: it includes each and every aspect related to project which determines its future value.
The project has wider scope as it helps manager in determining different ways to promote and
execute equality and diversity in workplace. This helps organisation in developing a competitive
workplace.
Time: it is related to the initiation and completion time period of project. The project of
promoting equality and diversity in workplace needs four weeks for its successful completion.
Each activity of project has a specified time for its completion.
Quality: this is a crucial attribute of project that helps in ascertaining accuracy of the
outcomes getting from this project. The quality of project is ensured by the manager by using
appropriate methods for collecting and analyzing data.
Communication: it is very necessary to communicate crucial information about project to
other members of team. For exchanging the information, the project manager use tools like
emails, messages and mobile phones so that all the necessary information can be conveyed
effectively.
Resources: for ensuring that each task of project is carry out effectively, having adequate
amount of resources is very necessary. For successful initiation and completion of this project,
all the types of resources like human, financial, physical and technological resources are required
to ensure quality of project and validity of outcomes (Drews and Van den Bergh, 2016).
Risk: there are some risks relate to research project that needs to consider by project
manager to ensure successful completion of project. In this, lack of financial resource and time
are primary risks which may hamper project quality.
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P3 Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart to give timeframes and completion stages
Work Breakdown Structure:
The act of dividing work into smaller tasks to ensure its effective completion is done
through work breakdown structure (Flick, 2015). It is a tool that help project manager to divide
and organize work in manageable parts. The work breakdown structure of this project is as
follows:
Gantt Chart:
The graphical representation of each activity that shows project schedule is done through
Gantt chart (Glukhov, Ilin, and Levina, 2015). It is the tool that project manager uses for
planning and scheduling of task or activities associated with project. Gantt chart in relation to
this project is mentioned below:
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