(PDF) Gender and Diversity in Organizations
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL
TABLE OF CONTENTSRESEARCH BACKGROUND.......................................................................................................3Aim:........................................................................................................................................3Objective:...............................................................................................................................3Research Questions:...............................................................................................................3LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................6TIMELINE/ TIME HORIZON........................................................................................................8REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
Title: To investigate the areas of diversity in context of gender and race at the work premises –A study on retail sector. RESEARCH BACKGROUND The business works in a diversified working environment where employees comes fromdiverse cultures and background. Therefore, it is necessary for the companies to manage thisdiversity at the workplace in an effective way (Barak, 2016). This diversity can be based onmany different factors like gender, race, age, religion, capabilities and many other factors. Butthe major diversity faced by employees is on the basis of gender and race. The present study willfocus on the diversity faced by employees of Marks and Spencer at their workplace in relationwith gender and race.Aim:“To investigate the diversity related to the gender and race at the workplace. A study on Marksand Spencer.”Objective:To understand the concept of diversity of employees at the workplace on basis of genderand raceTo examine the importance of workplace diversity for the company and its employeesTo find out the impact of workplace diversity on the productivity of employeesTo outline the challenges faced by the employees because of diversity at the workplaceTo recommend some of the measures to overcome the problem of diversity at workplaceResearch Questions:1.What is the concept of diversity of employees at the workplace?2.Why is workplace diversity important for both the company and employees?3.What is the impact of maintaining workplace diversity on the productivity of employees?4.What are some challenges which employees face because of workplace diversity?5.What is some recommendation to overcome these challenges?RationaleThe major reason behind selection of diversity at workplace as a topic of study is that it isthe current topic going on. It is majorly because of the reason that due to globalization manypeople come to another countries in search of jobs and live there only. This leads to diversity at
the workplace because people come from different regions and cultures and this might pose someof the problem among the employees while working in different environment. Another majorreason for the selection of the topic is the personal interest of the researcher in the topic. It isanother reason behind the selection of the topic by the researcher (Harvey and Allard, 2015).Significance of the studyThe current study is significant for many individuals like the researcher, the company onwhich the research is carried on, other researcher and many other people. The major significanceis for the company because with the completion of the research the company will come to knowabout its diversity which is currently working at the company. With the analysis of the resultgathered from the analysis of the data are helpful for Marks and Spencer in knowing how muchdiversity present at the company. Another significance of this research is for the other researcherwho are also carrying on with the same type of research. The researcher can use this existingresearch as a base for starting the new research.LITERATURE REVIEWTheme 1: Concept of diversity at the workplace on basis of gender and raceIn the words of Lynch, (2017) diversity refers to differentiating the people on the bases oftheir caste, culture and religion. As organisation is engaged with different culture and they aremotivated to work as a team. Diversity at workplace is now the latest trends as through thisconcept, the capability and skills of the person is identified between the man and women(Diversity in workplace, 2019). As both the penitential capability to handle the work task andaccomplish it in better perspective. Ozturk and Tatli, (2016) Criticised that diversity is one of the major aspects which carriesrisk in context of company reputation. If the genders are differentiated on the bases of skills itresults in demotivating the employees as every person carry the capability to gain knowledge andachieve targets in stipulated time.Page, (2019) Suggested that organisation mainly motivates employees to participate inrace so that they can earn more profits and also balance their life easily. For e.g. the employeesof marks and Spencer are motivated to give more productive results, so that they earn a chance topromote from their positions and reach to senior level. On the other hand, Hunt, Layton andPrince, (2015) motivation given on the bases of senior post bring conflict in other team members.
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