Equality and Diversity in Workplace

This document discusses the importance of equality and diversity in the workplace and its impact on employees. It explores the current issues such as sexual harassment, gender pay gap, and gender divide in leadership. The document also analyzes strategies that can be used to minimize these issues, using Aston Martin Lagonda as a case study.

Equality And
Diversity In
Workplace

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
P1.................................................................................................................................................1
Project aim..................................................................................................................................1
Project objectives........................................................................................................................1
Rationale of the project...............................................................................................................2
P2)...............................................................................................................................................2
P3) ..............................................................................................................................................4
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TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P4) ..............................................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5 ................................................................................................................................................8
P6 ..............................................................................................................................................16
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................16
P7 .............................................................................................................................................16
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18
APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................................20
Logbook ...................................................................................................................................20
Performance Review ................................................................................................................24

INTRODUCTION
Equality introduces as the fair treatment of employees irrespective of their race,
disability, gender, nationality, age, sexual orientation etc. Within a workplace, diversity means
employing number of people who have different background and may be different from each
other. For this project, Aston Martin Lagonda is given British manufacture of grand tourers and
luxury sports car (Al-Jenaibi, 2017). Company was founded in 1913 by the Lionel Martin,
Robert Bamford and headquartered in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
Company mainly specialise in selling of Automobiles, luxury goods to the customers with aimed
to achieve competitive benefits. Company decide to promote equality and diversity at their own
place for achieving better outcomes. By promoting equality and diversity company can easily
reduce impact of sexual harassment, gender pay gap etc. on their performance and employee's
productivity.
P1
Project aim
Aim 1: To identify the current issues of equality and diversity and its impact on working of
employees. There are number of problems of diversity and equality i.e. sexual harassment,
gender pay gap, gender divide in leadership. These are main issues that have negative impact
over business as well as employees performance.
Aim 2: Second aim of this project is to analyse the strategies through which issues of quality and
diversity can be minimise by the Aston Martin Lagonda. In order to overcome equality and
diversity issues at workplace, there is need of some strategies or ways such as performance
appraisal approach, provide inclusion training, development of equal opportunity policy etc.
These are consider main strategies that support an organisation in reduction of issues present in
equality and diversity.
Project objectives
 To determine the importance of equality and diversity and its influence of business
performance and success of Aston Martin Lagonda.
 To explore about the gender pay gap, sexual harassment, gender divide in leadership and
its impact on working of an employees at workplace.
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 To find out number of strategies that would be used by Aston Martin Lagonda for
reducing the issue of equality and diversity e.g. gender pay gap, sexual harassment,
gender divide in leadership.
Rationale of the project
Main rationale of this project is to ascertain the response of companies towards actual
problem of equality as well as diversity at workplace (Bhattacharya, 2016). With the help of this
project, researcher can easily enhance their research skills which are data collection, literature
review, data analysis, time management etc. These skills are beneficial for investigator in
completion of full project systematically and effectively.
P2)
It is also known as project plan which is basically a document in written form that contain
information about the project scope and other important variables (Payne, Roden and Simister,
2019). Project management plan is used by researcher for following investigation on Aston
martin regarding the management of equality and diversity at workplace as it facilitates better
planning and strategy formulation to attain the desired objectives and targets on time. The main
concepts and elements of project management plan that are made by researcher for conducting
investigation on Aston martin is provided below:
Scope: This element describes the objectives are defined, developed, monitored,
controlled and verified. The scope of this research project is quite wide a well specified
objectives are set on the topic equality and diversity. Beside this use of various methodology are
also made to have effective montaging and control over the equality and efficiency of this
research project conducted on Aston martin.
Project cost- This aspect of project management plan is associated with the various
expenses and cost incurred over procurement of required resources and assets for research. For
conducting current research project an adequate amount of finance is needed by researcher. A
estimated budget is provided below that is providing information about various cost and
expenses related with this research project.
Cost break down Amount in GBP
Expense on data collection £ 60
Travelling cost £ 40
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Cost of analysis effective resources £50
Amount needed for communication of
outcomes with stakeholders
£45
Many other costs £35
Total costs £230
Thus, the total forecasted cost for this research project is £230.
Time- This variable basically provides information about the time needed to complete an
investigation and to meet the desired objectives (Pramanik, Mondal and Haldar, 2019). It has
been estimated by the researcher that a time duration of 7 weeks is needed to complete this
research on Aston martin and in order to ensure punctual completion of this project better use of
Gantt chart and other statistical tool are made.
Quality- This variable of project management plan is associated with the quality of data
and information collected for the research project and the overall success of investigation is
dependent on this element. To maintain and enhance the viability and authenticity of collected
data for this research use of both primary and secondary data is made for this research project.
Communication- It is most important concept of a research to effectively transfer and
communicate research findings with stakeholder (Hillson, 2019). For purpose of communication
with stakeholders, effective channels are used by investigator that includes notice board, e-mails
and other online channels to communicate all relevant and required information with
stakeholders.
Risks- This section of project management plan basically reflects the possible barriers
and obstacles that can be faced during the investigation and hamper the performance. It has been
evaluated by the researcher that the risk that cam be faced while achievement of desired
objectives are mainly associated with insufficiency time and lack of adequate amount of
resources.
Resources- This concept provide data regarding the various assets, expertise, skills,
methodologies required to effectively accomplish a research project. To address objectives of
current research, effective communication and other interpersonal skills are need with expertise
in management work. Beside this, use of a range of resources like manpower, financial resource
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and other statistical tools are also made for current research on Aston martin (Allaoui, Bourgault
and Pellerin, 2019).
P3)
WBS- It basically facilitates a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of various
activities and work associated with a research that lead to better accomplishment of research
objectives (Kozak-Holland and Procter, 2019). Use of such type of tool is made for current
research as it facilitates better understanding of project scope and objectives and lead to
hierarchical decomposition and bifurcation of all the work in small chunks and task that enhance
the efficiency of research project. WBS also lead to optimum use of resource through proper
bifurcation of assets and manpower into various tasks and activities.
Gantt chart- It is a most commonly applied project management plan that is used by a
researcher to have better illustration and presentation of project schedules and tasks (Payne,
Roden and Simister, 2019). Gantt chart is important for recent research work as it facilitates
more transparency and clarity in research work through properly scheduling all the activities and
task along with the their start and end dates. Therefore, use of Gantt chart lead to better
effectiveness and ensure timely completion of this project conducted on Aston martin.
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Diversity and
Equality
Introduction LO1
Aim
Objectives
Project
Management Plan
LO2
Conduct Small
Scale Research
LO3
Findings and
Analysis
Conclusion and
Recommendations LO4
Reflective
Statement
References
Books
Journal Articles
Appendix

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TASK 2
P4)
A research or investigation is basically a systematic study about some particular topic to
develop and establish facts about that topic that facilitates reach to a new and effective
conclusion (Pramanik, Mondal and Haldar, 2019). Use of research methodologies are made by a
researcher to in-order to accomplish a project in provided time frames with effective use of
various methods for data collection and other purpose. A description about theses research
methods and strategies are provided below:
Primary research
This introduces as a source of data collection that is conducted by own efforts of
researcher that involves direct interaction with source of information and research respondents.
To collect information from primary research use of various practical methods like surveys,
interviews, observation and ethnographic research are made (Hillson, 2019). The reason behind
selecting primary research for conducting current investigation is that, it facilitates gathering of
data directlly from the respondents thus, enhance the authenticity and viability of collected data.
Beside this, use of primary research also eliminates the chances of obsolete data through
facilitating collection of data in current scenarios that is totally based on prevailing
circumstances.
Secondary research
This research method is mainly associated with using some already existing data for the
purpose of research work. Use of secondary research is made for current research work as it
enhance the overall effectiveness of research through providing support from some past records
and documents. For collecting information through secondary sources use of various data base,
journals, books, published surveys, etc. are made that facilitates effective support for primary
research thus, improve the overall viability and authenticity of research work.
Quantitative research
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This is an effective method through which researcher can collect information in numeric
or quantifiable form that facilitates better use of statistical and mathematical techniques. Use of
this research method is made for current research as it lead to better presentation of data through
use of tables, charts and graphs that facilitates better understanding about research findings
(Allaoui, Bourgault and Pellerin, 2019). For collection of data through quantitative research
method use of questionnaire is made.
Questionnaire- It is a statical tool which contain a set of questions in order to collect
information and gather perceptive of respondents on specific topic (Kozak-Holland and Procter,
2019).
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Add:
Mail ID:
Q1) Do you have idea regarding the importance of equality and diversity?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) What are the influence of equality and diversity on business performance and success of
Aston Martin Lagonda?
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Neutral
Q3) As per your view, what is the main problem of equality and diversity in workplace of Aston
Martin Lagonda?
a) Gender pay gap
b) Sexual harassment
c) Gender divide in leadership
d) Age discrimination
Q4) Does issue of equality and diversity impacted on your working performance at workplace?
a) Agree
b) Disagree
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Q5) According to you, what are the effective ways that would be require to use for overcoming
issue of equality and diversity?
a) Development of inclusive workplace
b) Development of effective communication channels
c) Implementation of equality act 2010
Q6) Are you happy with the equality and diversity policies of Aston Martin Lagonda?
a) Yes
b) No
Q7) Any suggestions, you want to recommend to the Aston Martin Lagonda.
To select a sample size and remove the biasness and chances of favouritism while
conducting research use of simple random sampling method is made. A sample size of 30
employees from the workforce of Aston martin is chosen for this research project.
Qualitative research
This research method is associated with collection of insight data regarding the
behaviours and attitude of responders and information is gathered in theoretical form (Payne,
Roden and Simister, 2019). By using qualitative research method that is made as it facilitates
better understanding about the perspective of respondents that facilitates more effective
conclusion and decision making. For collection of qualitative data use of interviews is made and
a sample size of 10 mangers is selected from Aston martin with the help of purposeful sampling
as it facilitates most effective use of limited resources.
Interview- It is basically a formal meeting between two or more individuals where
interviewer asked question from an interviewee in order to gather information about their
perspective over some specified topics (Pramanik, Mondal and Haldar, 2019)(Hillson, 2019).
TASK 3
P5
Data analysis introduces as an effective process of data collection that will be used for
analysing qualitative as well as quantitative information about the equality and diversity. For
analysing quantitative data, coding will be used and three steps will be prepare (Boehm and
Dwertmann, 2015). These are determined as below:
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Q1) Do you have idea regarding the importance of equality and diversity? Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 10
Q2) What are the influence of equality and diversity on business performance
and success of Aston Martin Lagonda?
Frequency
a) Positive 20
b) Negative 4
c) Neutral 6
Q3) As per your view, what is the main problem of equality and diversity in
workplace of Aston Martin Lagonda?
Frequency
a) Gender pay gap 15
b) Sexual harassment 6
c) Gender divide in leadership 4
d) Age discrimination 5
Q4) Does issue of equality and diversity impacted on your working
performance at workplace?
Frequency
a) Agree 20
b) Disagree 10
Q5) According to you, what are the effective ways that would be require to use
for overcoming issue of equality and diversity?
Frequency
a) Development of inclusive workplace 10
b) Development of effective communication channels 10
c) Implementation of equality act 2010 10
Q6) Are you happy with the equality and diversity policies of Aston Martin
Lagonda?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
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b) No 10
Q1) Do you have idea regarding the importance of equality and diversity? Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 10
a) Yes b) No
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10
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20
20
10
Frequency
Interpretation: According to the above given table, majority of workers of Aston Martin
Lagonda have accurate knowledge regarding the importance of equality and diversity. They said
as it support an organisation in creation of innovation and reduction of employee's turnover rate.
Q2) What are the influence of equality and diversity on business performance
and success of Aston Martin Lagonda?
Frequency
a) Positive 20
b) Negative 4
c) Neutral 6
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a) Positive b) Negative c) Neutral
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20
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Frequency
Interpretation: Equality and diversity have direct influence on business performance and
success of Aston Martin Lagonda. Most of the participants have idea as it has positive impact by
increasing number of talented workforce and improving business performance. 4 respondents
have knowledge as it has negative impact on business by increasing discrimination among
employees. Remaining 6 employees have knowledge as it has both positive and negative
influence an enterprise.
Q3) As per your view, what is the main problem of equality and diversity in
workplace of Aston Martin Lagonda?
Frequency
a) Gender pay gap 15
b) Sexual harassment 6
c) Gender divide in leadership 4
d) Age discrimination 5
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a) Gender pay gap
b) Sexual harassment
c) Gender divide in leadership
d) Age discrimination
0
2
4
6
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10
12
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16 15
6
4
5
Frequency
Interpretation: There are various issues of regarding the equality and diversity practices
within workplace of company including gender pay gap, age discrimination and many other.
These are main issues but in context of Aston Martin Lagonda, gender pay gap is major problem
that have negative impact on business success by increasing employees turnover.
Q4) Does issue of equality and diversity impacted on your working
performance at workplace?
Frequency
a) Agree 20
b) Disagree 10
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a) Agree b) Disagree
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4
6
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10
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20
20
10
Frequency
Interpretation: There are various issues of equality and diversity and its have direct
impact over working performance of employees. As it reduce confidence and moral of
employees that turn to impact on working of employees.
Q5) According to you, what are the effective ways that would be require to use
for overcoming issue of equality and diversity?
Frequency
a) Development of inclusive workplace 10
b) Development of effective communication channels 10
c) Implementation of equality act 2010 10
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2
4
6
8
10
10 10 10
Frequency
Interpretation: There are several ways that would be need to use for overcoming issue of
equality and diversity. All employees have to give equal view about the development of
inclusive workplace, development of effective communication channels and implementation of
equality act 2010. These are consider more effective ways that helps an organisation in reduction
of equality and diversity issues easily.
Q6) Are you happy with the equality and diversity policies of Aston Martin
Lagonda?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 10
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a) Yes b) No
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4
6
8
10
12
14
16
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20
20
10
Frequency
Interpretation: Most of the participants are highly happy with the diversity and equality
policies of Aston Martin Lagonda. Company used different policies to promote equality and
diversity at workplace i.e. equality act 2010, communication strategies etc. These will be
beneficial for an organisation in retention of workers for longer time period.
For analysing qualitative data, research need to make a table and identify number of
factors that have impact on business.
Q1) How gender pay gap impact on business performance of Aston Martin Lagonda?
Factors Statement in context of Aston Martin Lagonda
a) Decrease productivity Gender pay gap is a major issue at workplace of Aston Martin
Lagonda. It will reduce productivity level of company which turn
to impact on performance of company in negative manner.
b) High employee turnover Gender pay gap in the workplace have negative impact for Aston
Martin Lagonda by increasing turnover of employees.
c) Low market share Lack of employees within an organisation have also impacted on
business by decreasing its market share.
Q2) What are the strategies used for reducing the impact of gender pay gap at workplace?
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Factors Explanation to Aston Martin Lagonda
a) Development of inclusive
working environment
It is an effective strategy that will be used by an organisation by
decreasing the impact of gender pay gap. Inclusive working
environment support employees in its working and also help
them to complete each activities of project in given time period.
b) Implementation of equality
act 2010
This is also consider effective and useful strategy that assist
Aston Martin Lagonda to provide equal opportunities to their all
workforce. As it help them in increasing employee's moral and
job satisfaction towards Aston Martin Lagonda.
c) Effective communication
channels
This will also refers important and essential way for reducing
gender pay gap at the workplace of an organisation. Effective
communication channels support an organisation to increase
knowledge about the business among diverse employees. As it
support company in development of its growth and success at
marketplace.
P6
From the above mentioned findings, it has been recommended that equality and diversity
are important practices and has direct influence on employees working. There are some
recommendations to Aston Martin Lagonda about how to overcome problems that present in
equality and diversity. Some are determined as below:
Development of equality act 2010: This act will be useful for Aston Martin Lagonda to
reduce the impact of inequality among employees. With the use of this act company can easily
retain employees for long time and also improve their performance in marketplace.
Development of inclusion working environment: This is another recommendation to the
Aston Martin Lagonda. For this company must develop inclusive workplace to their all diverse
workforce as it support them in reduction of employee turnover and accomplishment of long
term goals an objectives.
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TASK 4
P7
I am happy that I accomplished the chance for doing investigation over equality and
diversity. As this is a broad topic that support me by rising my research skills i.e. literature
review, management of time, data collection and so on. With the help of these skills I easily
completed full project within a given time period. By doing this research, I learnt regarding the
importance of equality and also diversity in the workplace. I also learnt number of challenges
that create due to equality and diversity. By using questionnaire I achieved research aims and
objectives. As this instrument supported me by providing valid and real data about the study.
Apart from this, there are number of challenges that were faced by me during conducting this
investigations. These issues are lack of time, insufficient resources, unethical behaviour from
respondents side etc. To overcome these issues I followed ethical consideration and applied
Gantt chart for time management.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned project, it has been summarised number of issues that raised
due to equality and diversity. Majority of participants have idea about the equality and diversity,
and its importance for business success as growth. There are various issues present in equality
and diversity i.e. gender pay gap, age discrimination, sexual harassment and so on. These issues
have negative impact on business performance and employees working in negative manner.
Along with this, for overcoming these issues, number of ways would be use by company. These
are development of inclusive workplace, development of effective communication channels and
carrying out equality act 2010. These ways support an enterprise in reduction of that issues and
achievement of better outcomes.
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APPENDIX
Logbook
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Performance Review
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