Managing a Successful Business Project Assignment | Pret A Mange

Managing a Successful
Business Project

Abstract
Diverse and inclusive business environment is well oriented and innovative in nature.
Every organization come up with new changes to deliver the best business value. Study also
analysed the ways and practices through achievable by business regardless of nature size or
budget. Managing diversity in the workplace makes the business environment more energetic.
Overall, study analysed the deep analysing the sources and results.

Table of Contents
TOPIC : Strategies and initiatives do companies put in place to build Gender Equality and
diversity in the workplace- “A case study base on Pret A Mange”.................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................................................1
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.................................................................................................5
DATA COLLECTION....................................................................................................................7
RESULTS .......................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFLECTIVE................................................................................................................................19
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................20
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................21

TOPIC : Strategies and initiatives do companies put in place to build Gender
Equality and diversity in the workplace- “A case study base on Pret A
Mange”
LITERATURE REVIEW
Equal opportunity is the right of every employee who work for an organization purpose.
it is the responsibility of the employer to take care of its employees and ensure that
discrimination practices never happened at the workplace. The main purpose of the study is to
improve the business employee performance by implementing the equality and diversity business
environment. Besides, it also helps to examine the business workplace environment and
understand the employee needs and wants. (Barak, Findler and Wind, 2016). On the same side,
to maintained that pace company recruited a diverse workforce employees within the
organization. Present research will be base on topic strategic initiatives which has been taken for
Equality and diversity in the workplace. Research will be taking Pret a Mange which is an
international sandwich shop chain based in UK. It has 450 shops around in 9 countries. The main
purpose of this research is ti identify the strategies and initiatives taken by the companies to build
a diverse work place environment. For that, study outline the aims and objectives and project
management plan according to which study will be conducting the small-scale research along
with defining the explaining the research methodology approaches. Therefore in order to to
conduct primary research study researcher will further conduct a survey and concluding the
findings of the research.
Equality and diversity in the workplace is the most common concern within the
organization. It defines the promoting equality of opportunities for all without any discrimination
process. Also it is required for the organization to sustained and followed the Equality act 2010.
Indirectly it relates with employee diversity. In other words, Diversity is important strategies for
the workplace environment which is also a difficult task for the management too (Ben-Amar,
Chang and McIlkenny, 2017). To build an inclusive workplace environment, Companies
develops distinct diversity programs which perceived to be the right thing to do without
reflecting a true commitment to creating a work environment that fosters the best workplace.
The intent of the study is to identify the strategies companies adopted for their diverse workplace
environment. So overall, the main purpose of the study is to determine the strategies or practices
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that company implies into the business to eliminate discrimination within the environment of
business (Benschop and et.al., 2015).
Company Overview
Pret A Mange is an international sandwich chain across the 9 countries. Founder of Pret
A Mange has based in Hampstead, London in 1984. the concept of this business is very diverse
and unique as the chain of Pret A Mange is based on handmade products like natural food.
Pret A Mange using organic ingredients and promote its sandwiches are made on the day of
purchases in a kitchen at each location.
Aims : “To examine the strategies and initiatives that company implement at workplace for
Gender Equality and diversity” A case study base on Pret A Mange”.
Objectives
 To identify the strategies of Gender Equality and diversity in the workplace.
 To examine the impact of Gender Equality and diversity in the workplace on employee
performance.
 To determine the challenges and issues management faced while implementing Equality
and diversity initiatives in the workplace.
 To examine the Inclusive and diverse business learning within the workplace.
Scope : Scope is the term which relate with the importance. Like the scope of the present
research is to examine the importance of Equality and diversity in the workplace environment
within the organization and how it impact on the employee performance. This study can help to
influence business environment and make employees more productive in working with different
thoughts (Cloutier and et.al., 2015). Also it plays a important role because in modern workplace
environment for a new change a creative thought is very necessary which comes from diverse
learning. Scope also define a SMART objective which clears the aim of the study. Without a
specific scope study has not been completed.
Resources : Resources is the another significant component of the study which helps in
the process of study. Like Research requirements like Human resource, Training &
Development, Technical resources, Equipment etc. resources support the whole study and assist
to accomplish the aim of the study.
Communication : Project Management plan is not been completed without a proper
communication channels (Cook and Glass, 2016). Poor communication can makes the research
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worse and often the lack of communication is the only reason an issue arises. Communication
channel is required to communicate with the project stakeholders. Effective communication
solves the issues that arises that concerns their interest in the project. Avoiding it will only create
an environment whereby issues will arise much quicker in the future. Such kinds of opportunity
will easily helps to define the best development areas. Communication is also very necessary to
create new thoughts and ideas.
Risk : Risk effective management and makes the study more effective learning objectives
and also makes the things more clearly defined and emerging business objectives. Risk can be
happened anytime and anyways which is not predictable and efficient.
Cost/Budget : Financial resource is the crucial aspect of the research. Without
investment the project is not been started (Davis, Frolova and Callahan, 2016). Nature of a
project requires that a well defined budget actively managed all things in systematic process.
Like present research consists cost of human resource, purchase equipment, monitoring and
controlling. For all such activities investment is must required. Present project will be
approximately taking 450 pound
Quality : Quality is the term which defines how and when the things happened. Such
process maintained the systematic procedure and quality of work (Guillaume and et.al., 2017).
Like before starting anything project manager conduct planning of all the other processes.
Quality maintains when the project deliverable the exact amount of inputs. Project should have
maintained the some standards quality measures to conduct the study. Like to gathered
information for the study aims so the information or data must be according and effective as per
the objective. This business case helps to determine the business case which makes the things
more grateful.
Time : Every project has specific starting and ending date. Project time defined the
ending and beginning process which often external stakeholders which involve in the
determination of the deadlines dates (Huffman, King and Reichelt, 2017). Like preset research
will be finish of in between 11 to 12 months.
Work Break down Structure
Work breakdown structure is the process or tool that helps in making the project
management or research tools effectively managed (Klarsfeld and et.al., 2016). WBS tool helps
to divided the task and activities into smaller parts to effectively done into more effective
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