Impact of Equality and Diversity on IKEA's Business Project

This project is a comprehensive analysis of the impact of equality and diversity on IKEA's business operations. The project begins with an introduction outlining the importance of equality and diversity in the current business environment, followed by a description of the aims, objectives, and research questions. The main body of the project includes a project management plan, a work breakdown structure (WBS), and a Gantt chart to outline the project's scope, timeline, and resources. The research methodology incorporates both primary and secondary research methods, including a questionnaire administered to stakeholders. The project presents findings and data using appropriate tools and techniques, such as data interpretation of the questionnaire responses, and offers recommendations based on the research findings. A reflection section is included to summarize the learning experience. The project concludes with a summary of the key insights and findings, and a list of references.

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Table of Contents
THEME: “To identify the impact of equality and diversity on functioning of organisation in
current business environment” A case study of IKEA....................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................3
P1: Description of different aims and objectives of current research report.........................3
P2 Project management plan..................................................................................................5
P3: WBS and Gantt chart for identifying the proper timeframes and strategy related to
research..................................................................................................................................6
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................7
P4: Use of primary and secondary methods for achieving the different aims and objectives.7
TASK3...........................................................................................................................................10
P5: Present findings and data using appropriate tools and techniques................................10
P6: Recommendation ...........................................................................................................19
TASK4...........................................................................................................................................20
P7 Reflection........................................................................................................................20
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................20
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................21
Books and journal.................................................................................................................21

THEME: “To identify the impact of equality and diversity on functioning of organisation in
current business environment” A case study of IKEA.
INTRODUCTION
Concept of equality and diversity is important and vast topic in relation to business
organization in current. This is because it is directly related to performance of organisation at
global level in dynamic business environment. In this current report the IKEA is considered as
base organisation. Further, there will be discussion about different aspects of organisation related
to equality and diversity in firm. In starting of this report there is discussion about aims and
objective of project. Then there is information about the project management plan where flow
chart and WBS will also be discussed. After that there will be information about both qualitative
and quantitative methods. In the end of this report their will use of data interpretation,
recommendation and reflection to complete the project.
MAIN BODY
OVERVIEW of IKEA
IKEA is Swedish-origin organisation headquartered in Dutch. It is famous for selling
variety of products which includes ready to assemble furniture, kitchen appliances and other kind
of products. It was founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad and now become world’s largest seller of
furniture in current time. In report there is discussion about the concept of equity and diversity in
this firm. Organisation is performing its various function at global level which higher various
employees.
TASK1
P1: Description of different aims and objectives of current research report
Research Aim: “To identify the impact of equality and diversity on functioning of organisation in
current business environment” A case study of IKEA
Research Objectives:
 To gain information about concept of equality & diversity in context of IKEA.
 To determine various kind of profit of equality & diversity used by IKEA. To identify various kind of strategies which are used by IKEA in organization to
impalement concept of equality & diversity?
Research Questions:

 How gain information about concept of equality & diversity in context of IKEA?
 What determine various kind of profit of equality & diversity used by IKEA?
 What identify various kind of strategies which are used by IKEA in organization to
impalement concept of equality & diversity?
Literature Review
Idea of equality & diversity inside the organization
According to finding made by (Rowden, 2017) concept of diversity and equality is
important part of organisation and can be defines there function in firm which is related to
management of work force. According to him for understanding the concept it is important to
study there concept individually. Equality at work place can be define as process of using equal
polices each and every employee by not making any discrimination according to cast, religion and
any other factor. Accordion to author diversity scan be define as the process of hiring and
managing employee from different culture background and society. This will help firm in hiring
of talented employees and measuring success by effective management of all employees. It is
important for organization to archive its objectives as management of diversity and equality in
organisation will leads to increment achievement of productivity which will help in using
achievement of goals and 5reducsing the chances of conflicts between employees. It also strength
communication in organisational will facilitate smooth functioning.
Welfares of equality & diversity for IEAK
(Halibozek and Kovacich, 2017)There are numbers of profit/benefit toIKEA by managing
the concept of diversity and equality in organisation this is because it help organisation in
achieving maximum productivity and profitability. According to author this will help in
identification of various tasks which will aid in strength relations between employees which will
reduce chances of conflicts and will help in saving resource in organisation. He also stated that it
will bring fair opportunities for each and every employee in organisation and help them in gaining
maximum advantage so that they can develop their personal objective and will lead to direction of
success. This will also minimise their difference of gender in organisation and will help in
management of both kind of worker in firm so that they can achieve profitably.
Various strategies that supports in implementing equality & diversity at workplace
According to the thoughts of (Bell and Harrison, 2018)for achieving targets related to
management of equality and diversity concept. It is important forIKEAto establish proper plan

and strategy which are helpfully to organisation in identification of various function. He also sates
that there are various kind of strategy like increasing employee engagement, effective orientation
program, this will help organisation in achieving the objectives related to equality and diversity in
organisation and will lead specialization in work of individuals. Strategy of monitoring and
control is also effective which can be used byIKEAfor implementation of concept related to
equality and diversity in organisation and will manage success in firm towards goals and
objectives.
P2 Project management plan
It can elaborate as that function which is inbuilt of various activities and will be used by
organisation for action plan in management of equity and diversity in organisation. All task
activity in this are oriented to achievement of goals and objectives. This is because there are
several function which has to be perform by organisation to archive its pre-determined objectives.
In current situation, this project management plan in emphasis on various functions some of these
are mentioned below:
 Cost: It can be define as that amount which firm has to implement for achieving the
desire output and management of successful business operation. In this project the overall
cost is £ 45000, this is total cost which is implemented by instigator to achieve desire
outcomes and gaining success in business.
 Scope: Scope in project management can be use to define as that area where the
project is working particularly. In context of IEAK, it can be said is organisation huge
scope to investigate at lager level for achieving positive outcome.
 Time : objectives and attain maximum productive in entire project. In reference to current
research, total time used by researcher is about 5 months. Where maximum efforts are for
achieving objective in respective time (Hass, 2017).
 Communication: Effective communication is must for organisation to archive its
objective and perform research in effectively manner. In references to firm this can be said
that there are various kinds of methods which can be used by researcher to manage
effective communication.
 Quality: In project is liability of every researcher to maintain the quality in project for
achievement of positive outcomes. In current project, researcher will aim to achieve
quality by using productive work.

P3: WBS and Gantt chart for identifying the proper timeframes and strategy related to
research
Work Break down structure:
It is a process which is used by investigator to divide entire project in small task where it
can perform function to achieve the objectives and easy work on particular projects. This help the
researcher in management of work and achieve positive outcome by management of work and
gaining maximum advantage by bringing specialization in work to perform each task in small
formate.
Gantt chart:
It include division of task in graphical representation where different activity and task
can be dividend in separate units and function can be perform according to graphical
representation. This will help organisation in achievement of different function and will describe
information on axis basis. There are vertical and horizontal axis. This will also help investigator
to get updated about information (Buttrick, 2018).

TASK2
P4: Use of primary and secondary methods for achieving the different aims and objectives.
It is important for research to identify various activities in research so that firm can
archive its aims and objectives reading research. For doing so researcher can use both qualitative
and quantitative method which will help organisation in attaining maximum productivity and
reducing the chances of error in organisation. There are various kind of other method which can
help firm in achievement its aims and objectives related to research (Iarygina, 2019.).
Primary research: It includes that type of research which is related to performance of
task for collection of data at primary level. This will help organisation in identification and
collection of data at primary level so that it can rely on data at fuller level and can use it with
confidence. This includes method like questionnaire, interview, observations, surveys, and many
more. This is time consuming method for collecting data (Archibald and Archibald, 2016).
Secondary research: In this method of data collection, the data is collected on secondary
level. This data has to be evaluated by organisational help in leading organisation with fuller
efficiency. Common methods of data collection are newspaper, journals, magazines, online sites
and many more (Turner, 2016).
The current report is based on data collection by use of both primary and secondary
method of data collection. There is Questionnaire which is based on data collection from 40
responder. Other sorceress is books and journals.

Qualitative research: this method is use research to identify the methodology in research
so that it can use qualitative factors which will help organisation in achievement of its objective.
Quantitative research: his can be defining as function where researcher has to use
numerical data to identify different factor in research and make research more effective. This help
in identification of figures in numerical form to compute various function and cost in research
report (Davies and Wolfert, 2016).
For conducting research it is important for organisation to archive the aims and objective
and properly use different methods.
Questionnaire: Questionnaire is important part of the organisation as it will help firm
in making the research effective in getting the desired results. in this research report
questionnaire is prepared for 40 respondent to complete the research. The respondents are the
stakeholders of organisation IEAK.
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you have any information in regards to equality and diversity
at workplace?
Frequency
a) Yes 30
b) No 10
Q 2) Is is true that concept of equality and diversity help organisation
in achievement of organisational goals and objectives?
Frequency
a) Yes 25
b) No 15
Q 3)What do you think about the implementation of equality and
diversity practices in organisation?
Frequency
a) Agree 25
b) Disagree 15
Q 4). What is the major profit which is derived by IKEA after
implementation of this concept in organisation?
Frequency

1. Growth opportunities 16
2. Timely attainment of goals 14
3. Positive working condition 10
Q 5).“Equality& diversity implementation and practices will
helpIKEAin increasing it performance” is this statement is true?
Frequency
1. Yes 28
2. No 12
Q6). In order to achieve productivity in functioning by execution of
concept equality& diversity, which strategy is appropriate?
Frequency
1. Effective leadership strategies 20
2. Enhance the participation of staff members 20
Q7). How does implementation of equality and diversity will react on
performance of employee?
Frequency
1. Positive impact 29
2. Negative impact 11
Q8).Do you think that Retaining employee in organisation for longer
period of time can be possible by implementation of equality and
diversity concept?
Frequency
1. Yes 25
2. No 15
Q9). In your opinion what are the main issues which can be faces by
manager in organisation while implementation of equality and
diversity concept?
Frequency
1. demoralization 8

2. Anxiety and depression 7
3. Ineffective guidance from top authority 15
TASK3
P5: Present findings and data using appropriate tools and techniques.
Q1) Do you have any information in regards to equality and diversity
at workplace?
Frequency
a) Yes 30
b) No 10
Interpretation: This can be seen from above mentioned graph that there 30 respondents out of 40
who responded positivity about the information related to concept of equality and diversity in
organisation and help in supporting various functionary in organisation related to this concept.
Q 2) Is is true that concept of equality and diversity help organisation
in achievement of organisational goals and objectives?
Frequency
a) Yes 25
b) No 15
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Interpretation: Above mentioned graph stated that there are there are more persona in
organisation who think that this concept will help in achievement of organisational goals and
objectives. There are 25 out of 40 who responded as yes.
Q 3)What do you think about the implementation of equality and
diversity practices in organisation?
Frequency
a) Agree 25
b) Disagree 15
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Interpretation: This can be concluded from above mentioned graph that there are higher number
of person who are in favour of implementation of this concept in organisation. This is because it
bring stability in fir and make it able to perform various function.
Q 4). What is the major profit which is derived by IKEA after
implementation of this concept in organisation?
Frequency
1. Growth opportunities 16
2. Timely attainment of goals 14
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