Impact of Global Pandemic on Workplace Transformation: A Case Study on Tesco

Research
Project

Title: The impact of the global pandemic on accelerating workplace transformation. A case study on
TESCO.................................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Research proposal including research question or hypothesis with literature review ...........3
P2 Appropriate research methods and approaches to primary and secondary research..............6
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................8
P3 Primary and secondary research............................................................................................8
TASK 3...............................................................................................................................................15
P5 Communicating research outcomes for the intended audience............................................15
TASK 4...............................................................................................................................................15
P6 Reflection..............................................................................................................................15
P7 Alternative research methodology........................................................................................15
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................17
APPENDIX .......................................................................................................................................18
QUESTIONNAIRE...................................................................................................................18

Title: The impact of the global pandemic on accelerating workplace
transformation. A case study on TESCO
INTRODUCTION
Workplace transformation in the process of enhancement of the work for skills and abilities in
order to keep up with the dynamic changes in the business strategy of the organisation. Due to the
covid-19 pandemic workforce transformation has rapidly shifted to the work from home environment
which has resulted in the workforce transformation. Organisation chosen is Tesco which was
established in 1919 and headquartered in the United Kingdom. It is one of the leading international
retail supermarket companies. The following discussion is based on the research aim and objectives
along with the literature review and data analysis with the help of questionnaire and findings with
proper conclusion and recommendation.
TASK 1
P1 Research proposal including research question or hypothesis with literature review
Research aim
To evaluate about the topic of workplace transformation along with analyzing the challenges faced by
employees due to the global pandemic. A research project on Tesco.
Research objectives
 To review about the concept of transformation in workplace.
 To determine about the challenges faced by employees of Tesco due to global pandemic that is
embarking on workplace transformation initiatives.
 To investigate about the insights and strategies that can be used by the Tesco to have better
and efficient transformation of its operations.
Research questions
 What is the concept of transformation in workplace?
 What are the challenges faced by employees of Tesco due to global pandemic that is
embarking on workplace transformation initiatives?
 What are the insights and strategies that can be used by the Tesco to have better and efficient
transformation of its operations?
Literature review

Literature review holds a special part in the whole research. It helps the research to gain a detailed
understanding about the topic. In this section all the secondary information about the selected topic is
been collected from various secondary sources are been published. The main reason to study the
literature review is to identify the gap between the past data of workplace diversification. This main
reason behind this is to help the researcher to gain the objective and aim in appropriate manner.
Explain the concept of workplace diversification?
As per the view of Ljubiša (2021), With the time the traditional way of doing work has change
with the modern ways and methods. The working environment has changed the way of working which
was done before 10 years. The concept of workplace transformation is gaining more importance with
the constant change in the surrounding. Organisations are planning a lot so that they can adopt the
dynamic situations in very effective manner. Many new technologies, workers and the environment
are be design in such a way that all the functioning can be done in flexible way. Workplace
transformation is a process where the whole workspaces of the companies are bring changed towards
more digital manner. Many digital platform are been adopted so that all the work can be done using
the network devices. This is done so that competitive advantages can be gained by the
organisation(Hamburg, 2019).
It is all about adopting the opportunity so that business can move forward in the race of
technology, innovation and surrounding. There are so many benefits that can be gained by the
companies if they adopt the strategies of workplace transformation. One of the important benefit is
enhanced productivity, as the employee are using more technology which help then to remove the
burden of the work as many repetitive work are been removed with the help of machines as well as
thee profit of the organisation are also increased as they can compete with their competitor in very
effective and efficient manner. The motivation level of the employee is also boost with the
transformation of the digital workplace. Second major benefit is better communication, with the help
of many software the internal communication and sharing of data is done in very effective way. This
helps the companies in improving the communication gap and built a strong workforce for them
(Haddud and McAllen, 2018).
Briefly identify the challenges that are faced by the Tesco during the pandemic which force them to
think about workplace transformation?
According to Bailey and Breslin (2021), With the hit of global pandemic, Tesco faces many
challenges which force them to adopt the workplace transformation. The challenges which are faced
are discussed below: