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This project focuses on studying the concept of equality and diversity within the workplace, based on the provisions of the Equality Act 2010. The research is conducted on ThirdWay Company, a London-based commercial real estate company. The project aims to understand the importance of effective management of equality and diversity, analyze strategies to prevent discrimination, and provide recommendations based on research findings.

Managing a Successful Business
Project

Topic: “To study the concept of equality and diversity within the workplace
based on equality act 2010.” A project conducted on ThirdWay Company.
INTRODUCTION
Management of a business company and making it a successful organization require a high
level of skills and understanding about their dynamic nature and necessity of business
environment. In current business environment due to globalisation and high integration among
various economies and culture, the issues associated with discrimination and cultures barriers are
faced by many organizations thus, management of equality and diversity is becoming a necessity
(Abdullah and Foo, 2019). Many laws like Equality act 2010 are also formed to keep a check and
control on all kinds of biasness and discrimination exists within the business premises and
organization.
This project is basically developed and designed on the ThirdWay organisation which is a
London based medium sized commercial Real Estate company having its headquarter in London,
England having specialisation in creating an exceptional and award-winning spaces throughout
many locations of UK. The main focus of this project is on setting aims and objective together
with an appropriate project management plan. Beside this a small scale research together with
various timers frames and stage of completion is there. Further effective presentation of data and
recommendations based on findings are also consists in this project.
Project definition
The main purpose of a project management plan is to facilitate an authority to make use of
organisational resources by the manger and researcher with the aim of completing and achieving
project objectives on time (Basu, 2017). Thus, a project management plan demonstrate and lead
to effective direction and guidance for project team and help in identifying and meeting the
needs and expectation of all associated party including the customers and other stakeholders of
an organisation and facilities effective management of all activities of project from the starting
till to the effective completion of project.
The organisation selected for this project is ThirdWay Company which mainly deals in real
estate investment, architecture, technology, workplace consultancy, furniture and design-and-
build practices across the UK. Thus, a powerful mix of creative and innovative employees are

required that are full of knowledge and insatiable curiosity for having a continuous improvement
in the organisation. Therefore the main ain of this research conducted on ThirdWay Company is,
“To investigate about the importance of effective management of equality and diversity within
an organization based on the provisions of Equality act 2010.”
Problem statement
The goal of this project is conduct an effective research which includes collection of
authentic data in the provided time. But, there are many issues and problem associated with this
goal and effective completion of project that includes lack of sufficient resources and assets that
will lead to delays and consequences in completion of work (Bell and Harrison, 2018). Thus,
time restriction and insufficient resources are two biggest problems that is hindering and creating
obstacles in this research.
Project strategy
Various strategies and plans are formulated to ensure that resources are used in best
possible way in an efficient manner with minimum amount of wastage. Effective planning and
strategy formulation also lead to timely completion of task and ensures that right task is finished
at right time without any overlapping and duplication of work (Bryson, 2017). For this specific
research the project strategy includes preparation of Gantt chart and WBS structure to meet the
provided timeframes together with a conduction of a small scale research through survey method
that includes use of a questionnaire to collect primary information from the respondents and
other stakeholders of organization to formulate effective decision and recommendations on the
basis of research findings and collected data.
Project objectives
The objectives set for this research conducted on ThirdWay Company are as follows:
 To find out the importance of management of equality and diversity within an
organization.
 To have a better understanding about the provisions of Equality act 2010, that are
facilitating a more diversified and inclusive work environment (Buttrick, 2018). To analyse about the various strategies that can be adopted by ThirdWay company in
order to prevent discrimination and lead fairness and equality in the organisation.
Question tag

 What are the importance of management of equality and diversity within an organization?
 What are the provisions of Equality act 2010 that are facilitating a more diversified and
inclusive work environment?
 What are the various feasible strategies that can be adopted by ThirdWay Company in
order to prevent discrimination and lead fairness and equality in the organisation?
Performance, Cost and Time objectives
The performance of any research project is associated with quality of collected data and
authenticity of information which needs to validate and a researcher must ensures that the data
collected is free from all kind of biasness and prevent use of obsolete or unauthentic secondary
data (Christian, 2019). The cost is mainly associated with the expense made of various resources
and related activity during the research. The cost associated with this research is quite low and
includes the travelling cost tighter with cost of paper printing and other communication and
presentation cost. Beside this, efforts are also made by researcher to prevent delays in work and
properly meet the provided time structures and timeframes to complete the research work in
specified duration.
Deliverables
It basically denotes the intangible or tangible end results of any project and research that
needs to be achieved on time (Doyle, 2019). The deliverables of this resrch project includes
better understanding about equality and diversity so that effective recommendations can be made
to meet the expectation of internal and external stakeholders of ThirdWay Company which
includes its shareholders, directors, managers and all other associated party.
Project scope statement
The scope of project is related and associated with what needs to be get delivered and
achieved by this research and what are the various activities are conducted to meet and achieve
the objectives on time (Gechman, 2019). Scope management is a continuous process that needs
to be gets addressed throughout the whole research of the project and includes a regular and
continuous control and monitoring over various aspects of research. The scope of this research is
wide that includes better information about the thought of equality and diversity which is
necessary to create a positive and motivated atmosphere at the workplace to meet and achieve
the desired goals and objective well on time.

Included scope
The included scope of this investigation is related to deliverables of project outcomes and
objective on time and includes a better development of understanding about equality and
diversity and how an organization can effectively achieve the target of creation of a diversified
and inclusive workforce.
Excluded scope
The excluded scope of this research is associated with better understanding of needs and
expectation of associated parties together with better knowledge about the view points and
opinion of respondents so that effective decision can be made based on the findings of
research(Hidding and Nicholas, 2017). This research will provide and yield a better
understanding about the concept of equality and diversity based on the provisions of equality act
2010. Beside this, it also created a better scope for researcher through providing better future
opportunity.
Success Criteria
The success criteria of this project include:
 Collection of most reliable and authentic and reliable data for effective decision making
based on provisions of Equality act 2010.
 Completion of all tasks and activities without any overlapping or duplication of work
with use of resources in most efficient way.
 To achieve all the objectives on time without any delay in completion of project.
Project assumption
The assumption made basically reflects the belief of a researcher and include all the
aspects that are assumed and supposed true by the researcher while doing the investigation on the
basis of experience and available information (Hillson, 2017). It mainly includes the anticipated
situations or events that are supposed and likely to occur during the research life cycle. The
assumption made for this research includes that the opinion of respondents are free from biasness
and data collected is reliable showing the true facts and information. It has been also assumed
that proper control and monitoring is maintained on resources to ensure there optimum use. Use
of best possible research methods and techniques are made with an assumption that it facilitates
timely achievement of targets and goals.

Implementation plan
For success of any project or research it is necessary to effectively execute and implement
the planning. Proper planning is necessary for any project as it lead the foundation for
implementation process and describe what to do, when to do and how to do (Huovinen, 2019).
Following implementation plan are set for this research conducted on ThirdWay Company:
 The aim and objective of the project are clearly defined and communicated to all team
members by using communication toll like email.
 The work is properly divided into small task and clearly assign to various team to reduce
the chances of confusion and chaos.
 Information about proper timeframes and duration of each task is also communicated to
ensure timely completion of work without any delay.
 Proper control measures like KPI are also used to ensure the quality check and effective
monitoring of performance of each team member and task.
Use of Work Breakdown Structure and Gantt chart are made to meet the timeframes and
clearly show the stages of completion of various task to ensure timely completion of all activities
and research.
WBS
Use of following work breakdown structure is made for this research to properly divided
the work into various groups and teams to maintain the clarity in research work and to achieve
the targets on time (Islam, 2019).

Gantt chart
Use of Gantt chart facilitates a diagrammatic or graphical representation of a research
which clearly specifies the start and end dates of each task and activity thus, lead to efficiency on
work and also reduce the chances of overlapping and duplication of work. Thus, use of following
Gantt chart is made for this research to achieve and accomplish the targets on time with adequate
and efficient use of resources (Kerzner, 2019).
ACTIVITES WEEK
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Submission of
research proposal
Complete
background
information for
research project
Collect secondary
sources of
information for
research project
Complete research
methodology and collect
primary and secondary
sources of information
Complete
collecting data for
study and present
the result
Determining

Budget
Data Interpretation
and analysis
Evaluating results
and findings
Complete the
report and submit
the final report

Project process
Project process includes the completion of all task within the given deadlines thus, require
that all the project task are being properly completed within the timeframes set in the Gantt chart
and WBS thus, research objectives can be meet on time and project can be completed in
prescribed duration without any delay.
Communication Plans
A communication plan provides a road map and approach for effectively communicating all
the relevant findings and information with the stakeholders and associated parties of organization
(Liao and Teo, 2019). An effective communication enhances the project experience and lead to
better understanding and efficiency among team members through reducing the chances of
confusion and chaos during the investigation and also makes parties aware about the facts needed
to perform tasks in a better way. The communication plan of this research includes:
 Keeping the managers and other top authority up to date with the progress and various
activities of the research project.
 Effective communication with employees and stakeholders of the organization to
understand their opinion and beliefs in a better way.
 To maintain a good communication among the team member through making use of both
types I.e. oral and written communication channels to have team bonding and providing
proper guidance to achieve the desired objectives on time (Peters, Stanko and Merrett,
2019).
 To present the overall findings and information in an effective way to all the interested
and associated parties of ThirdWay company by making use of thematic approach and
pie charts.
Research Methodologies
It provide a set of methods that are used by a researcher for collecting, gathering,
analysing, evaluating and presenting data in an effective way during the courses of research. The
two main types of methods of conducting a research are as follows:
Qualitative research method Quantitative research method
Use of qualitative research method is made by
researcher to collect in depth and detailed
information.
Use of quantitative method is made when data
is collected in form of numeric terms and
frequency which provide better statistical

analysis (Polonsky and Waller, 2018).
The data collected is mainly associated with
social science research and provide
information about behaviours and human
tendency of respondents.
The data collected is less generalised and
provide mere opinion of respondents instead of
in depth information.
Use of Primary inductive research method is
made to find and develop formula, theory or
other suggestion.
Use of Primary deductive research methods are
made to see and check the relevance of pre
tested information.
It is time consuming and difficult to convert
theoretical data in to tables and graph.
Numerical data can be easily converted and
presented in form of tables and charts.
Use of detailed and In-depth interviews,
Questionnaires, Focus group activities, etc are
made to gather data from this method (
Rachlin, 2019).
Use of Surveys, interviews review of numeric
information etc are made to collect data under
quantitative research method.
For the purpose of this investigation project use of both qualitative and quantitative
research methods are made to collected information. Use of qualitative research provide in-depth
and detailed information about the nature and behaviour of respondents where as quantitative
research method lead to better presentation of collected data. Use of survey method is made
where data is collected through questionnaire to meet the objectives of research.
Advantage of survey
It provides a cost effective method to collect and gather information and also provide
flexibility to researcher to have an effective strategy as per the circumstances. Thus, survey
provides an easy way to collect and analysis the research findings without much adequate need
of scientific or background knowledge (Rapp, 2019).
Disadvantage of Survey
Collection of data with the help of questionnaire and survey is a time consuming process
thus, can lead to frustration in respondents which affects the viability and reliability of collect
data. Thus, affects the quality and authenticity of findings and decision making.
Data collections
There two main sources of data collection which are used for gathering information for this
research project which are described below:

Primary sources- This sources yield the first hand and most authentic data which is
gathered and collected by investigator through making its own personal efforts thus, provides the
most authentic and reliable data for research. Use of a questionnaire is made to by researcher to
collect information from primary sources (Rowden, 2017).
Secondary sources- This source provides access to some past and pre collected and exits
information that can be used by a researcher to support arguments of its findings. Secondary data
can be collected from literature, books, journal, past articles, records and also through online
website (Sanghera, 2019).
For collection of data for this research use of a questionnaire is made that is having 6
Quantitative close ended questions and 4 open ended qualitative questions to get and gatherer the
opinion of respondents. Use of random sampling method is made to solve the issue of biasness
in research and selection of a pre resolute number of units is made from a large population to
conduct this research in an efficient and effective way. Selection of 30 respondents are made
from stakeholders of ThirdWay company which includes its directors, mangers, employees,
clients, suppliers, customers and other related party. Following questionnaire is provided to these
individuals to have their opinion on the topic “Equality and diversity together with the provisions
of Equality act 2010.”
Questionnaire
Q1) According to your opinion is maintenance and management of equality and diversity is
important for an organization?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) what are the main factors that tends to lead an enhancement in diversity and facilities
increase in chances of discrimination?
a) Integration of various economies
b) Expansion of organisation in different locations and nations
c) Male dominance in particular sector
d) Biased nature of manager and top authority
Q3) Do you agree or disagree with the fact that an adequate level of discrimination and
unfairness is seen in the working environment of ThirdWay Company?
a) Agree

b) Disagree
Q4) What are the main provision of Equality act 2010 that are facilitating a more
diversified and inclusive work environment?
a) legally protects people from discrimination
b) Integration of previous anti-discrimination laws into a single Act
c) both a and b
Q5) What are the various feasible strategies that can be adopted by ThirdWay Company in
order to prevent discrimination and lead fairness and equality in the organisation?
a) Participative leadership style
b) Formation of inclusive council
c) Cultural and other fairness training
Q6) What overall all impact or implication is created on performance of ThirdWay
Company through effective management of equality and diversity within its organisation
based on provisions of Equality act 2010?
a) Positive
b) Negative
Q7) What are the possible importance and advantages of maintaining and effective
management of equality and diversity with respect to ThirdWay Company?
Q8) What are the various forms of discrimination that are considered unlawful and illegal
as per the provisions of Equality act 2010?
Q9) What steps can be taken by ThirdWay organisation to prevent and reduce the chances
of discrimination at its workplace that includes Gender pay gap, Recruitment policy on
Socio-cultural background, Gender and promotion, etc?
Q10) Any further recommendation for ThirdWay Company?
Data Interpretation
For analysis of above gathered and collected information use of Thematic approach is
made for this research an evaluation and interpretation of which is provided below:
Theme 1: Importance of management of equality and diversity
Q1) According to your opinion is maintenance and management of
equality and diversity is important for an organization?
Frequency

a) Yes 28
b) No 2
Interpretation
In association with above drawn pie chart it can be said that 28 respondents are having an
opinion that maintenance and management of equality and diversity is important for an
organization while 2 individuals are not agreed with this fact.
Theme 2: Main factors that tends to lead an enhancement in diversity
Q2) what are the main factors that tends to lead an enhancement in
diversity and facilities increase in chances of discrimination?
Frequency
a) Integration of various economies 5
b) Expansion of organisation in different locations and nations 5
c) Male dominance in particular sector 15
d) Biased nature of manager and top authority 5

Interpretation
Above drawn pie chart is depicting that 5 respondents are in support of Integration of
various economies as a main factors that tends to lead an enhancement in diversity while other 5
are in favour of Expansion of organisation in different locations and nations. Beside this, 15 are
supporting Male dominance where as 5 respondents are in support of biased nature of manager
and top authority as a main factors that tends to lead an enhancement in diversity
Theme 3: Discrimination and unfairness is seen in the working environment of ThirdWay
Company
Q3) Do you agree or disagree with the fact that an adequate level of
discrimination and unfairness is seen in the working environment of
ThirdWay Company?
Frequency
a) Agree 20
b) Disagree 10

Interpretation
On the basis of fore headed picture it can be interpreted that 20 respondents are agreed with
the fact that an adequate level of discrimination and unfairness is seen in the working
environment of ThirdWay Company while 10 individuals are disagreed with this statement.
Theme 4: The main provision of Equality act 2010
Q4) What are the main provision of Equality act 2010 that are
facilitating a more diversified and inclusive work environment?
Frequency
a) legally protects people from discrimination 12
b) Integration of previous anti-discrimination laws into a single Act 12
c) both a and b 6

Interpretation
The overstated diagram is reflecting that 12 individuals are having a thinking that legal
protection of people from discrimination is the main provision of Equality act 2010 while 12
other are in favour of Integration of previous anti-discrimination laws into a single Act where as
6 respondents are in favour of both options a and b as the main provision of Equality act 2010.
Theme 5: Feasible strategies that can be adopted by ThirdWay Company in order to
prevent discrimination and lead fairness and equality in the organisation
Q5) What are the various feasible strategies that can be adopted by
ThirdWay Company in order to prevent discrimination and lead
fairness and equality in the organisation?
Frequency
a) Participative leadership style 10
b) Formation of inclusive council 10
c) Cultural and other fairness training 10

Interpretation
The above picture is reflecting that 10 individuals are in favour of Participative leadership
style, other 10 respondents are in support of Formation of inclusive council and the reaming 10
individuals are in having a thinking that Cultural and other fairness training is the most feasible
strategies that can be adopted by ThirdWay Company in order to prevent discrimination and lead
fairness and equality in the organisation
Theme 6: Impact or implication created on performance of ThirdWay Company through
effective management of equality and diversity
Q6) What overall all impact or implication is created on
performance of ThirdWay Company through effective management
of equality and diversity within its organisation based on provisions
of equality act 2010?
Frequency
a) Positive 26
b) Negative 4

Interpretation
On the basis above posted pie chart it can be evaluated that 26 respondents are having a
view point that effective management of equality and diversity lead to a positive impact on
performance of ThirdWay company where as 4 individuals are in support on its negative
implication.
Theme 7: importance and advantages of maintaining and effective management of equality
and diversity
Interpretation: As per the view point of maximum number of respondents it has been evaluated
that creation of a fair and positive atmosphere is the biggest importance of effective management
of equality and diversity which lead to many advantage like creation of innovative and creative
workforce which yield better competitive strength.
Theme 8: various forms of discrimination that are considered unlawful and illegal as per
the provisions of Equality act 2010
Interpretation: The various form of discrimination that is considered unlawful and illegal as per
the provisions of Equality act 2010 includes nine areas i.e. gender reassignment, age, disability,
marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, sex and sexual
orientation as per the view point of maximum number of respondents.
Theme 9: Steps can be taken by ThirdWay organisation to prevent and reduce the chances
of discrimination at its workplace

Interpretation: The maximum numbers of respondents are supported adoption of unbiased and
equal HR practises to prevent and reduce the chances of discrimination at its workplace that
includes Gender pay gap, Recruitment policy on Socio-cultural background, Gender and
promotion, etc.
Summary of research findings
It can be summarised on the basis of above result that integration among economies and
male dominance are the main factor that facilitates diversity in organisation. Legal protection of
people from discrimination and integration of anti discrimination laws are the main provisions of
Equality act 2010. It has been also summarised on the basis of above research that use of
participative leadership style together with formation of inclusive council are effective way to
lead fairness and equality in the organisation.
Recommendations
With respect to above findings and information following suggestion and
recommendations could be made for ThirdWay Company to comply with provisions of equality
act 2010 and lead to effective management and maintenance of equality and diversity at its
workplace:
 Use of a participative and unbiased leadership style like democratic leadership styles is
recommended on the basis of above summary of research findings with provide a better
interface and interaction among leaders and employees and also facilitates team bonding
in workforce thus, cut down the chances of discrimination and other form of harassment.
Use of democratic leadership style facilitates better communication channel at the
workplaces and yield equal opportunity to all employees in decision making and other
process thus, lead to more fair and motivated atmosphere at workplace, therefore provide
an effective way for management of equality and diversity at workplace.
 Along with this, constitution of inclusive council and committee is also suggested for
ThirdWay Company as this strategy is supported by many individuals during the research
it provides a group of individuals that guide and support leaders and other employees to
create a diversified and inclusive workforce. These council and committee play a crucial
role in effectively implementing diversity policies and strategy and also responsible for
advising leadership of company with respect to diversity and inclusion needs thus,
facilitates diversity initiatives throughout the organization.

 An unbiased HR practises are also supported by research findings thus, recommended for
ThirdWay company as it plays an effective role in reducing the discrimination of gender
pay gap and also facilitates transparency and fairness in promotion and recruitment of
employees thus, lead to effective management of equality and diversity. Beside this,
effective culture training for staff is also recommended as it facilitates better knowledge
among employees regarding various cultures thus built respect and equality for
employees coming from diverse culture and backgrounds.
Performance review
The complete journey of this investigation is very joyful and informative for me which
has laed to an improvement in my personal skills and lead to enhancement in my knowledge. I
had tried my best to meet the objectives and goals of this research on well and prescribed time.
Thus, for effective planning use of project management plan is also made by me and various
assumptions and project timeframes are also lead by me. Beside this use of WBS and Gantt chart
are also made to achieve the targets on time together with effective management of resources and
work allocation. An effective tiny scale research is also lead by me which has lead to
enhancement in my communication and team management skills. Use of both the research
methods i.e. qualitative and quantitative is made by me to ensure the authenticity and reliability
of collected data which is gathered from primary source with the help of a questionnaire. Further
use of thematic approach is made by me for communication and presentation of findings of
research. Beside this many issues and obstruction are also faced by me which are associated with
inadequacy and limited resources and time which us timely identified and solved by me by using
various statistical tool and techniques. Thus, overall this research journey is very useful for me
both in terms of personal and professional development as it lead to improvement in my
analytical as well as research skills that will yield better possibility for me in forthcoming time.
With the help of this research and while conduction this project I got a better chance to
sharpen my skills and knowledge and learned many skills. My communication skills got better as
I got an opportunity to interact and communicate with various people. Beside this, effective time
management and leadership skills are also learnt by me as I had made many project management
plan together with Gantt chart and WBS structures that had lead to better skills in me. Therefore,
overall my interpersonal skills got improved that lead to enhancement in my personality.

CONCLUSION
With respect to this research report it can be summarised that managing a successful
business undertaking is a crucial task that involves various activity and task. Utilization and
application of project management plan is made for effective planning regarding various aspects
and factors of research that includes quality, performance, cost, etc. Beside this Gantt chart and
WBS structure are formed to meet the timeline and complete the project in prescribed duration.
There are two main methods of research that are qualitative and quantitative. Primary source
provides first hand and most bona fide data while secondary sources include past records and
information. Use of thematic approach facilitates effective presentation of data by making use of
pie charts and frequency table.
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APPENDIX I
Template for evidence collection to be attached with the report by the learner:
Project Logbook for the chosen organisation:
Name of the learner: Name of the Supervisor:
Project Title: Date:
Update of weekly research/ tasks achieved (Account
for a minimum of six weeks with dates)
 What have you completed?
 Did you fulfil Task requirements?
 Are you on track and within deadlines set?
 Did you need to make any changes to your
project management plan?
Comments
I have completed project on: “To research into
equality and diversity within the workplace based
on equality act 2010.” A project conducted on
ThirdWay Company.
Yes
Yes
No
Any risks and / or issues identified?
 Did you identify risks/issues with a lack of
skills required for undertaking research
tasks?
Yes, many issues are faced by me associated
with management of resources and insufficient
time.

 Did you identify any additional risks/issues
that have an impact on the project
management plan?
No
Problems encountered
 What barriers did you face?
 How did you overcome them?
The barriers and obstacles encountered by me
include lack of sufficient time together with lack of
resources.
To overcome and solve these barriers use of project
management plan like WBS and Gantt chart is
utilized by me.
New Ideas and change of project direction I need 1 more week for completing and achieving
objects of my project in a better and more efficient
way.
What Have I learnt about myself this week? How did I feel when I had to deal with
tasks/problems? Did I find it useful to complete the tasks? How well have I performed? What did I
contribute?

 What can I improve on next week?
I Feel aggravated.
Yes
I formed well and I contribute my 100% of my
skill and time.
I can lead to improvement in my time
management and resources management skills on
next week.

 How might this learning apply in the future?
The enhanced understanding about equality and
diversity and better skills will be applied by me in
future.
Tasks planned for next week Which tasks are priority?
 Have you set aside sufficient time for
completion?
Collection of most genuine data was my priority.
yes
Project plan status to date (on, ahead, behind)
Supervisor comments to address
Signature of the Supervisor and date:
APPENDIX II
Template for Performance Review to be attached with the report by the
learner:
 What was the Project supposed to accomplish?
The project accomplished on: “To research into equality and diversity within the workplace based on
equality act 2010.” A project conducted on ThirdWay Company.
 Did the project succeed in its aims/ how do you know? Specifically, please
outline any evaluation and assessment undertaken.
Yes, it is a successful project as objectives and targets of research are achieved on
time.
 What things do you think worked well and why? Evaluate all aspects of the
project (e.g initial inception, project activities and project outcomes) from a
range of perspectives.

My communication skill went well and aspects of project includes preparation of
project management plan, WBS and Gantt chart.
 What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was
there timely identification of issues and resolution during the project process?
Problem related with insufficient time and resources is faced which are timely
identified and solved by making use of statistical tool.
 What did you learn from undertaking the project?
I have learned about concept of equality and diversity together with betterment in
my skills.
 How would you rate your performance as a management consultant leading
the project?
9.5 out of 10.
 What strengths and weakness of your performance did you identify?
My analytical, communication, deductive, logical, interpersonal, research skills are
my strengths but management of team and time are my weakness.
 How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?
Analytical, communication, logical, deductive, research skills, interpersonal which
are my strength will support my on going professional development.