Analyzing Strategies for Enhancing Equality and Diversity in the Workplace

This report analyzes the strategies and initiatives taken by companies to enhance equality and diversity in the workplace. It includes a case study on Verdant Leisure, a holiday park company. The report provides valuable insights, recommendations, and a reflection on the project.

Managing a Successful
Business project
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TITLE
“To analyse the different strategy and the initiative that has been taken by the company to
enhanced the equality and diversity within the workplace”. A case study on Verdant Leisure.
INTRODUCTION
The managing and the successful business will include the attainment of different policy
and strategy as per the working condition of the business and with this easily get accomplish
their goals and objective within the timely basis. It is the process under which all the different
operation and the function will get performed in systematic manner thus the continuous success
and growth will get attained by the business (Kozak-Holland and Procter, 2020). To gain the
rapid growth the business will uses the equality and diversity within the business and with
thesethey have attract the employee from different places, religion, caste, gender, age, race etc.
The equality and diversity is mostly get used by the business to attract the skilled and talented
workplace all across from the world. It is the approach of the business through which the
working attitude and behaviour of the business will get reflected and from this have grab
different market opportunity in proper manner. This report is based on the Verdant Leisure that is
the holiday park company and have operate the business in north of England and Scotland and
have launched the business in 2010 and get founded by Graham Hodgson, Andrew Wall and Bev
Dixon. This report includes the project execution plan, findings, recommendation and the
reflection.
TASK 1
P1 Project aims and objectives
To measure the different strategy that gets used by the business in order to promote more
fairness and wide ranging employee capability within the company. There are a lot of
competition in the market and with that the company have induces the different strategy within
the business so as to make their image and value different as per the other companies. In this it is
more important that business must have the talented workforce that could induce the different
strategy with more perfection and set the standardised performance in the workplace (Huber,
Kaufmann and Steinmann, 2017). Thus the equality and diversity are the major aspect through
which the businesses must have uses the different technology and statistics to get enhance the
working ability of the business. In this Verdant Leisure have uses the fairness and the
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comprehensive nature and culture by which the working capability of the business will get
continuously developed. It is more advanced approach that is used by the business to get attracts
the most skilled people by which get achieved the suitable outcomes.
Aim- “To analyse the different strategy and the initiative that has been taken by the
company to enhance the equality and diversity within the workplace”. The Verdant Leisure
provides the park holiday and in this have provide the adequate package to the customer as per
their convenience and need and in this it is more important that the employee must get attract and
fulfil the demand of the customer. In this the employee participation will get improvised by
which they have achieved the success by satisfying the customer need by making advanced
experience.
Objectives
 To gather to gather more information about the importance of the equality and diversity
within the employee.
 To analyse the effectiveness and important of the fairness and comprehensive culture
that is used by the business.
 To examine the dependence of the equality and wide ranging of the employee within the
workforce.
 To identify various strategies that can adopted by the organisation for managing equality
and diversity.
Research questions:
 The understanding about equality and diversity in the business?
 To analyse the diverse strategy that enhance the equality and diversity within the working
place.
 To define the significance of fairness and multiplicity in the business?
 To identify various strategies that can adopted by the organisation for managing equality
and diversity?
Literature Review
The understanding about equality and diversity in the business?
As per the viewpoint of Kelly S. Meier, 2019, the federal laws get used by the business to
prevent the workplace and employee from the discrimination and with that most of the
businesses must have promote the equality and diversity within the business that makes their
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system more inclusive (Athanasoulias and Chountalas, 2017). The leader of the business must
demonstrate the commitment of the fairness and comprehensive nature inside the company and
make an audit to ensure that more ideas get developed in order to promote that on wider level.
This concept has greater impact and influence on the goodwill of the organisation and on the
customer base. The equality among the employees can be analysed on the basis of various factors
rather than just equal pay to each and every employee. Such factors include the equal
opportunities to each and every employee irrespective of their gender and the background.
To analyse the importance of diverse strategy that enhance the equality and diversity
within the working place.
As per the viewpoint of Charang Chow, 2019, the diverse workforce includes the age,
nationality, orientation, religion; gender and race that become the prospect of the business and it
help the business to develop the new ways to cater the larger number of customers. The
companies must have used the wide range of policies, strategy, initiative and the tools to get
designed the diversity among the working employees (Gambardella, Khashabi and Panico,
2020). It is more important to make the diversity and with this the higher level management get
manage and control that to promote the culture. Such policies facilitate the organisation in
motivating the employees and in improving the overall performance of the organisation so that
they can easily and efficiently accomplish their goals and objectives. In addition to this it makes
the workplace culture better and comfortable for the employees in which they feel treated equal
and fair due to which they feel motivated and thus performs better.
To define the significance of fairness and multiplicity in the business
As per the viewpoint of Louise Petty, 2016, equality and the inclusive is more important
in the business whether it will get operate within the hundred members of more than that. It has
been used to access the different opportunity and with that the fair treatment. The motive to bring
this in the company is to get provide a platform to the employee that is completely free from the
harassment, discrimination, bullying out, unfortunately and the victimisation in averse of this
ensure that employee get equal opportunity to make more success and development. When the
employees are treated equally and fairly their morale boosts which has direct impact on their
productivity and performance which ultimately increases the efficiency of the organisation. This
improves the image of the organisation in context of attracting the new talent within the
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organisation. The diversity among the employees facilitates the organisation in providing various
innovative ideas so that the problems can be resolved easily and efficiently.
To identify various strategies that can adopted by the organisation for managing equality
and diversity?
According to the view of Kirton, 2019, the organisation has to manage the equality and
diversity within the organisation as this offers various advantages to the company such as it
enables them to develop a better workforce that can facilitate them in accomplishing the overall
organisational objectives. For this various strategies need to be adopted by the companies so that
they can undermine the efforts and the resources of the organisation as well as of the employees.
The companies need to emphasis on different aspects such as involving all the people in the top
management as per their roles and responsibility because they have understanding of the
situations and due to which they can recommend various ways with which various issues can be
resolved. To ensure equality among all the strategies that company must consider strategy such
an organisational culture must be developed that can facilitate roles as per the ability of the
employees, employee engagement must be ensured at different level and they must be given
opportunity to express their views and opinions. This will make the employees feel treated equal
and fair as well as the diverse workforce will enables to perform better. In addition to this
various initiative must be taken n grounds of HR which includes encouraging the employees,
rewarding them for the performances, communicating with them as these steps will motivate
them and will facilitate the organisation to retain their employees for long.
P2 Produce of project management plan
The management plan of the project is basically the written document that get includes all
the relative information of the task and activities that get performed within the timely manner
and under this more surety will get transferred that the business will attain more profit from that
particular task (Khan and Khan, 2017).The management is the process that includes the plan,
execute, monitor, control and the implementing the different activities by which the achievable
outcomes get attained within the specified period of time. It is the plan through which more
related result get achieved that helps to make continuous growth and achievement that build
more motivation within the employee as well the business. It is even more useful as with the risk
will also get analysed and by performing the task with more adequacy that will also get reduces
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or vanished out from the project execution by which smooth services will provided to the
customers.
Project plan
Aim and deliverables: This project will get performed with the aim to analyse the
importance and the different aspect that get related with the equality and diversity by which the
systematic understanding get developed and this the improvised and applicable strategy get
implies by the business in order to promote the inclusive behaviour.
Scope: The project will get includes the different task and it is more important that all the
associated activities get performed with more sufficiency by which the business will get
adequate outcomes after the accomplishment of the project. It is even more important that all the
require resource will get utilised with more perfection and under this the standardised output will
get achieved (Tarhini, Yunis and El-Kassar, 2018). It is more important for the Verdant Leisure
for the future prospect and with this have attains the goal in timely manner.
Project cost: It will be the associated amount that is more needed to get performed within
the business and this allocated cost is of about £60 to make the project completed in effective
way.
Time: It is basically related to the net period that is required to get accomplished the project
with and in this the researcher will require the time of about 3months and under that the
complete research will get preformed and appropriate result will get reached. It is important for
researcher to utilise time so as to complete research with valid and reliable conclusion at the end.
Quality: It is more vital part of the project that the company must get attained the best and
efficient outcomes and that will only get collected by making the overall research with more
appropriateness (Mohamed and Sameh, 2018). It is more needed for the Verdant Leisure that
they get the suitable output with liable interpretation under which have make suitable changes
within the business within the time by using the effective decision making.
Communication: It is more basic aspect within the business as it is needed that the suitable
interaction must get maintained within the different people by whom the relative information
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will get transferred and accept as well. It is even more useful within the business and for the
researcher as they have make connection with the employee to get more clear responds and to
carry out the research with more simplicity. Thus researcher must need the telephone, email,
printing machines, internet, human resources etc.
Risk: It will always to present with the project but the researcher will get ensure that risk will
get reduced and more appropriate result will get achieved by which the company will make it
more useful within the business. It will even more important for the business by which the
productive result will get attained by which flawless information will get circulated within the
business by which more profitable aspect will get developed (Stamp, 2017).
Resources: It is related to the different sources and material that get used by the researcher to
make more suitable changes and helps to gain the result with attractiveness. In this the researcher
need the phone, books, machinery, printing facility, human resource and many other factors as
well. Thus, these resources drives researcher and bring motivation to carry out an effective
research in more efficient manner.
P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart
Gantt chart: It is the bar chart that will illustrate the overall schedule of the project and
get invented by the Henry Gantt. It is the chart that will show the dependency of each and every
activity with each other that is more useful to check the current status of the business. It is more
helpful to easily get exemplify the programme and support to make the suitable plan and with
that coordinate it with the others by which parallel all the activities that is associated with the
project will get tracked as well.
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Work Breakdown structure: It is the project management tool and an engineered system
that worked with the deliverable course and in this the overall project will get divided into the
different slots or the components by which the managerial outcomes will get (Chaston, 2017). It
is more useful to reduce the redundancy from the project and more induce more certainty by
which it is easy for the researcher to keep an eye on all the activities and fulfil all the
requirement of the project. It makes easy for team members invoved in execution of research to
understand their respective roles and responsibilities which helps them in performing as per the
expectation. Thus, this will be more useful for researcher to use if needed to complete research
wthin pre-determined time period.
TASK 2
P4 Carry out small-scale research applying primary and secondary methods
The market research is the process under which the different understanding about the
relative project or topic will get collected as from the market. It is more supportive to the
business as with this they have make sure that correct and adequate approach will get used by
which the ultimate need and requirement of project will get fulfilled.
Primary research- In this research the data and information will get collected for the very
first time and under the researcher have performed the survey and make the questionnaire that
get filled by taking the interview directly to the adequate respondents. It is actually more time
consuming and accurate result will get achieved with more comfort. It provides accurate and
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reliable data due to which researcher gives more emphasis on adoption of such method if having
sufficient time and resources.
Secondary research-In this the research will get performed by analysing the already
published data and information as from the newspapers, journals, books, financial reports and
statements etc. It is also be more useful for the researcher as it helps to make the clear path and
guidance with that easily get the more relative solution that are useful while conducting the
research. It consumes less time, energy and funds thus adopted by the researcher if having
limited time and funds. It is also known as second hand information analysing articles published
by the authors thus less reliability and accuracy.
`Qualitative research methods- In this method the data will get gather in the forms of
figures or facts and in this researcher will get make the interview, observation and get focus on
the relative project by making by open ended survey and questionnaire (Invernizzi, Locatelli and
Brookes, 2017). It is also be done by performing the observation as like the textual and visual by
which favourable outcome get conceived.
Quantitative research method: In this the researcher will collect the information in the
form of mathematical impression, statistical formulation and the numerical analysis as well and
in this the data get in the form of polls or questionnaire. The researcher will use the diverse tools
and technique to make the effectual interpretation of the data.
Sampling: It is the method in which the researcher will get target the adequate amount of
audience and from them collect the result by making the suitable interaction. In this project the
researcher will select the sample size that is 30. These samples includes which employees and
customers whose opinions and views are considered to draw a valid conclusion at the end of
research.
The Verdant Leisure have make the beneficiary outcomes by analysing the graphs with more
moderateness and thus get implement the change with more perfection and achieve more success
in future period of time.
Questionnaire
Q1) What is the normalize age of employee that get working within the Verdant Leisure?
a) 22-35
b) 35-50
Q2) Recognize the gender that has been composed to enlarge support facts about the equality
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and diverse personnel?
a) Male
b) Female
Q3) Did Verdant Leisure used different approach to fulfil the basic requirements of the
employees?
a) Yes
b) No
Q4)Is fair and wide ranging employees elevate the working behaviour and between the
personnel of the Verdant Leisure?
a) Yes
b) No
Q5) What are the different conducts of Verdant Leisure about the equality and diverse
employee?
a) To excite employees
b) To implement change
c) To job fruit fully in business
Q6) Did you experience that Verdant Leisure support the inclusive culture in the business?
A) Yes
B) No
Q7) Is recruitment is pale in the Verdant Leisure with including the viewof widermores?
a) Yes
b) No
Q8) Do you think that Verdant Leisure has the reliable workers or not?
Q9) Is the training method is fundamental for Verdant Leisure and if yes after that which
preparation method will presented by the business?
TASK 3
P5 Data analysis with use of appropriate tools and techniques
Q1) What is the normalize age of employee that get working within the
Verdant Leisure?
Frequency
a) 22-35 25
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b) 35-50 5
a) 22-35
b) 35-50
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Frequency
Frequency
Interpretation: It has been overfrom the graph that in total of 30 respondents, 25 are of
in between the age group the 22-35 respite of the age group of 35-50. Thus most of employees
of Verdant Leisure are young thus they have recruited the new talent on timely basis.
Q2) Recognize the gender that has been composed to enlarge support facts
about the equality and diverse personnel?
Frequency
a) Male 20
b) Female 10
a) Male
b) Female
0 5 10 15 20 25
Frequency
Frequency
Interpretation: As from the graph as of from the 30 respondent, 20 are those that are
male and rest 10 are female. Thus the ratio of male over the female if more in Verdant Leisure
but they all are more acceptable in the business and get equal opportunity as well (Sandoval-
Almazán and et. al., 2017).
Q3) Did Verdant Leisure used different approach to fulfil the basic
requirements of the employees?
Frequency
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a) Yes 23
b) No 7
a) Yes
b) No
0 5 10 15 20 25
Frequency
Frequency
Interpretation: It has been notices from graph that out of 30 respondents, 22 are believe
that Verdant Leisure uses different approaches to fulfil the requirement of the employee while
rest are not in the favour of that. Thus most are in side of the business and shows their support
for the business.
Q4) Is fair and wide ranging employees elevate the working behaviour and
between the personnel of the Verdant Leisure?
Frequency
a) Yes 22
b) No 8
a) Yes
b) No
0 5 10 15 20 25
Frequency
Frequency
Interpretation: As from the graph it is examined that as from the 30 respondent, 22 are
those that believes that the working behaviour will get elevate by using the equality and diversity
in the workforce and Verdant Leisure also be uses that in their business.
Q5) What are the different conducts of Verdant Leisure about the equality Frequency
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and diverse employee?
a) To excite employees 10
b) To implement change 8
c) To jobfruitfully in business 12
a) To excite employees
b) To implement change
c) To job fruitfully in
business
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Frequency
Frequency
Interpretation: From the above figures, it is clealry analysed that the company prefers to
maintain equality and diveirty among its workforce with having some objectives such as
bringing suitable changes, increasing profitability, employee retention etc. The above graph
defines that out of 30 respondents, 12persons believe that diverse practicewill induce the
fruitfulness in the business, 10 believe that it motivates the employee, 8 are those that believe
that it has been used to implement the better change that helps to gain more success.
Q6) Did you experience that Verdant Leisure support the inclusive culture
in the business?
Frequency
A) Yes 24
B) No 6
A) Yes
B) No
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Frequency
Frequency
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Interpretation: It is cleary seen from the above figures that mjority of selected
respondents are in favour of adoption of inclusive workforce. It is notice from the graph that as
from the 30 respondent 24 are those that are in favour that Verdant Leisure must have support
the inclusive culture n the business and they have experience it closely while that rest didn’t have
the similar opinion. In totality more are in favour and shows their faith towards the business that
induces more positive impact on business profit.
Q7) Is recruitment is pale in the Verdant Leisure with including the view
of wider mores?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 10
a) Yes
b) No
0 5 10 15 20 25
Frequency
Frequency
Interpretation: The above report reflect that out of 30 respondents, 20 are those that
believe that Verdant Leisure uses the pale recruitment and have widen their employee viewpoint
by which have attract the talent. The more employees are in favour that Verdant Leisure uses the
blonder recruitment.
Q8) Do you think that Verdant Leisure has the reliable workers or not?
Answer-The Verdant Leisure provide the services to the customer and in that they need the
employee that are vaster and easily get understand the basic need and demand of the customer
that belongs from different region (Newton, 2016). This they have always make more
consistency within the employee and have attract the most skilled and talented workforce and
offer the similar opportunities to all by which they have feel more free and happy with the
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surround.
Q9) Is the training method is fundamental for Verdant Leisure and if yes after that which
preparation method will presented by the business?
Answer-In this Verdant Leisure believed that training is more vital and for that provide
different session with that try to improvise the employee participation by which the systematic
and clear understanding will get induce in between the employee that helps to make rapid
development by which the customer will also get attract for longer period of time.
P6 Recommendations
From the above interpretation, it makes easy for me as a researcher to provide suitable
recommendations to my client Verdant Leisure which further help their managers to make
suitable changes in their existing plans and policies. Here are some recommendations which
must be consider by the management of Verdant Leisure during building healthy working
environment:
 It has been recommended to the management to conduct suitable training and
development programs to their staff according to their requirements so that maximum
productivity can be gained for achievement of organisational goals and objectives
(Edkins and Smith, 2016).
 The managers must require to implement suitable organisational structure which allows
employees to freely communicate with their respective supervisors about their issues and
suggestions related with increasing performance level of an organisation.
 The managers must need to allow their employees to get participate in decision making
process so that new and innovative ideas could be generated which further undertaken to
achieve pre-determined goals and objectives.
TASK 3
P7 Reflection
As a researcher, I feel delightful to undertake present research based on the topic of “To
analyse the different strategy and the initiative that has been taken by the company to enhanced
the equality and diversity within the workplace” which helps me in gaining lots of experiences
and knowledge regarding people’s different perception towards same topic. I have faced lots of
issues regarding collection of data as majority of respondents are not willing to answer and fill
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my questionnaire form due to having fear of disclosing their privacy and confidential
information which further brings loss to them in their professional career. Along with this,
limited time, funds and lack of knowledge of multiple languages brings difficulties for me to
gather relevant data on research topic from large number of respondents. I prepared Gantt chat
and WBS to track each and every research activities that need to be executed within pre-
determined time period. Apart from this, I got an opportunity to examine my own strengths and
weaknesses during conduction of research which drives to improve for them same in the future
time period. For instance, my communication and time management skills are not up to the mark
which restricts me to complete pre-determined research activities within allotted time period
(Hansen, Mork and Welo, 2018). Thus, it wastes time and money as well due to engaging more
in getting accurate opinions and examine behaviour of respondents toward chosen research topic.
Thus, I decided to wok on for the same by participating in various learning and development
programs. It will help me in carrying out future research more effectively and efficiently. At the
end, I have successfully completed my research with all experiences and knowledge which may
bring my professional career ahead in near future.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded at the end of report that research is an essential part of every
organisation’s growth and success as it will help them in identifying accurate information related
with current market trends and people’s perception towards their existing plans and policies
related with managing and diversifying workforce. For this, researcher must be appointed having
adequate knowledge and skills who could carried out research work within given time frame. It
is important for the researcher to use an effective research method who costs less and time as
well. Along with this, it is essential for researcher to tract each and every research activities
using different tools such as Gantt chart and WBS. This will help researcher to make quick
decisions regarding speeding up their research work.
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