Managing A Succeful Business Project

MANAGING A SUCCEFUL
BUSINESS PROJECT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Aim..............................................................................................................................................3
Objectives....................................................................................................................................3
Project Management Plan............................................................................................................3
Work Breakdown structure and Gantt Chart...............................................................................5
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................6
METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................7
RESULTS........................................................................................................................................9
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS.................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................15
RECOMMENDATION.................................................................................................................15
REFLECTIVE SUMMARY .........................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................18
Logbook.....................................................................................................................................18
Performance review...................................................................................................................20

INTRODUCTION
Globalisation is a process of integrating and communicating with governments, people and
companies across the globe. Increasing participation of global people in society and economy has
led to boost and changes in trends of organisation and their activities (Effects of Globalisation on
the UK Economy, 2019). The present study is based on outlining positive impact of ethical,
economic and cultural of globalisation on marketing and HR function of Unilever. Unilever is a
British- Dutch transnational consumer good company offers wide range of product like food and
beverages, beauty, cleaning and personal care. The assessment will outline project management
plan which comprise, cost, time, quality, etc. of research. Further, the study will outline results
collected from sampled participants wit the helps of questionnaire. Last scholar will provide
recommendation to company of ways of manage impact of factors and will conclude with own
learning
Aim
“To assess positive ethical, economic and cultural impact of Globalisation on marketing
and Human resource function within organisation: A case study on Unilever”.
Objectives
 To understand positive impact of ethical, economic and cultural factor with increasing
Globalisation
 To examine ethical, economic and cultural consideration of Unilever on marketing and
Human resource function
 To outline ways to manage changes in marketing and Human resource function with
respect to ethical, economic and cultural factor.
 To recommend strategies which Unilever can implement to manage positive impact of
ethical, economic and cultural factor with increasing Globalisation
Project Management Plan
 Cost: Cost of research is about process of collecting and analysing information. In this
study cost is for researching over chosen topic which will comprise travelling expense,
stationery and technological equipment. The total cost of research will be approximately
£ 43.6
 Scope: Scope of research is wide as it is focused on outlining positive impact of three
different factors on two functions of organisation that is ethical, economic and cultural on
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HR and marketing. The key words of study will be impact, globalisation, culture,
economy, ethics, marketing, Human resource, responsibility, growth, etc.
 Time: Time is foremost aspect of research which derive project initiation and completion
with collection of appropriate facts. The present research will start from 02.08.2019 and
will complete by 16.10.2019. This is the aspect which need to assessed by scholar after
every step-in order to ensure timely completion and accomplishment of aim and
objectives.
 Quality: Assuring quality of research information is the main criteria which will eb
focused by scholar for which the individual will be seek for relevant secondary sources
and will also ensure appropriate referencing and citing. Further, or maintaining quality of
study scholar will seek feedback from supervisor after proof-reading collected and
analysed information.
 Communication: Interaction is a crucial part of research where aim of scholar is on
collecting viable information to draw outcomes of study. Communication in present study
will be via survey questionnaire with sampled participants.
 Risk: Risk of research is time constraints because it is important for the scholar to ensure
time completion of data collection and analysis in order to get the task checked by
supervisor before date o completion. Analysis of data cannot be biased therefore critical
comparison of collected information is risk step which will be processed in discussion
stage.
 Resources: Essential requirement of study which comprise technological tools,
stationery, print media, newspapers, magazines, journals and books, electronic sources
and internet.
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Work Breakdown structure and Gantt Chart
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Task Mode Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
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Topic selection 5 days Mon 8/5/19 Fri 8/9/19
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Setting aims and objec-
tives 2 days Mon 8/12/19 Tue 8/13/19 1
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Writing literature review 7 days Wed 8/14/19 Thu 8/22/19 1,2
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Selection and writing re-
search methodology 4 days Wed 8/14/19 Mon 8/19/19 2
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Preparation of Question-
naire 5 days Fri 8/23/19 Thu 8/29/19 3,4
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Data collection 7 days Fri 8/30/19 Mon 9/9/19 5
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Data analysis 5 days Tue 9/10/19 Mon 9/16/19 6
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Presentation of findings 4 days Tue 9/17/19 Fri 9/20/19 7
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Conclusion and recom-
mendation 4 days Mon 9/23/19 Thu 9/26/19 7,8
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Reflecting learning 1 day Mon 9/23/19 Mon 9/23/19 3,7,8
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arranging file in a struc-
tured format 3 days Tue 9/24/19 Thu 9/26/19 10
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Taking feedback and do-
ing modifications 7 days Fri 9/27/19 Mon 10/7/19 11
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Final submission 6 days Tue 10/8/19 Tue 10/15/19 12