Managing a Successful Business Project

Managing a Successful
Business Project

Contents
TITLE:.............................................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Project objectives and aims...............................................................................................4
P2 Project management plan that undertakes communication, cost, time, equality, risk and
resources.................................................................................................................................5
P3 Explanation about Gantt chart and work break down structure........................................8
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Quantitative and qualitative approach for attaining desired goals and objectives............9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
P5 Analyse of research using appropriate tools and techniques...........................................12
P6 Recommendations that are related with findings of organisation...................................19
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................19
P7 Reflect on the value that is used to meet with objective related with learning and
performance..........................................................................................................................19
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................20
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................21

TITLE:
“To determine the strategies and initiatives that will help an organisation in building an
inclusive and diverse workforce”. A study report on Rowlinson Knitwear.
INTRODUCTION
Workforce is an important asset for an organisation that leads management to gain top
position in market through performing all work and operations with an innovative approach. In
the present scenario, most of the organisation operating various branches at different places so it
is mandatory for management to manage and control workforce through implementing equality
and diversity strategy at workplace. Rowlinson Knitwear Limited is selected as an organisation
for this report which manufactures garments in bulk for fulfilling needs of customers at different
places. Company is offering their business at different places that include different areas of
Europe. Moreover, report highlights on aims and objectives, project management plan and use of
Gantt chart and WBS in a research. In the last, different methods of research and
recommendation on the basis of research will focus in the report.
TASK 1
P1 Project objectives and aims
Globalisation is enhancing their composition in the market due to which almost all
organisations are competing with each other at a similar platform. It also refers that local
workforce is also engaged in organisation operations and functions which relates with different
culture, religion and language. Therefore, business or enterprise requires need for promoting
diversity and equality at workplace in order to offer equal opportunity to all employees. This
helps company to retain its competitiveness in market by performing all work according to
desired goals.
Project- The term project is explained as a set of action and activities that are performed by
individuals in an organised manner for obtaining a specific outcome. Project is also completed
with team for completion of work with decided time period.

Project management- This is the managing for completing project that leads to start for
finishing all work with various process through adopting skills, processes, methods etc. for
achieving the decided target.
Aim- “To determine various strategies as well as initiatives which are utilised by business for
developing diversity and inclusive workforce that help to gain competitive advantage in market.
A study on Rowlinson Knitwear.
Objective
 For enhancing knowledge about equality and diversity in Rowlinson Knitwear.
 For examining overall workforce efficiency among workplace.
 Benefits that are gained through diversity for overcoming from Rowlinson Knitwear.
Research Question
 What are the different factors that are impacting on diversity workforce?
 Which are essential changes that relates with workforce and it influence on implement of
diversity and equality workforce?
 Who is responsible for managing and equality diversity workforce in organisation?
P2 Project management plan that undertakes communication, cost, time, equality, risk and
resources
The term project management plan is defined as a set of collection that is related with
baselines and subsidiary plans including scope, schedule, cost, quality and many more.
Management plans also include different aspect or purpose that determines project outcomes
which make profits to measure overall process of project management plan. Moreover, project
management plan undertake different aspect that leads to execute, monitoring, controlling and
executing different goals and objectives to attain better results. Along with this it is also used by
management to ascertain better outcomes that are included in the project for attaining better
outcomes through communicating project in an organised manner. Some steps of project
management plan are mention as follow:
 Plans helps to set scope, budget and schedule from initial point of project.
 All resources which are related with business must be arranged in an effective manner.
 Ratio to achieve desired outcomes is enhanced for obtaining better results.
Project management plan to include communication, scope, resources, time, quality and risk that
are explains as follow:

 Organisational structure- An effective structure is used by researcher for completing
project in decided time that leads to accomplish objectives in an efficient manner.
Functional structure is adopted by investigator and its team members for completing of
task according to decided priority. It is also used by management to achieve all goals and
objectives in decided time period.
 Scope- From the perspective of scope it is identified that employees of an organisation
perform essential role which is used by management to complete work in proper manner.
The scope for the study of employee relation through managing equality and diversity
strategy in organisational premises. All data and information which is gathered by
researcher leads management for enhancing skills, capabilities and data collection to open
up opportunities for better results which support employee to increase longer results.
 Communication- Researcher is focused to gain desire results through developing better
flow of communication which is free and adopted by all team members for transferring
important information among members in a desired manner. The main purpose to
implement right communication methods is to complete work in decided time period.
Moreover, by adopting an adequate communication system research is completed by
investigator to work in an efficient and effective manner. Along with this by conducting
research all team members leads to make right decisions for complete research. Emails,
chats, formal written documents etc. to perform all operations properly.
 Resources- There are various task and operations performed by researcher to work with
right techniques that helps to leads numerous resources with right capital, books,
magazines and other resources for utilising goals and objectives properly. To complete
task as per time management use different resources among global market. Moreover,
required resources are laptop, mobile phone, printer and paper to collect information from
online sources to complete research in an accurate manner. Books, journals, interview
and questionnaire is used for complete project to conduct research in a reliable manner.
 Communication matrix- This work as an effective assessment tool which is used for
designing a transparent communication system among different members. It also relates
with communicating efficient resources, project manager and other team members to
accomplish outside results. Along with this by implementing right framework flow of

communication to design desired parties for achieving desired goals. This matrix also
helps to take effective decisions through providing right information to all persons.
 Cost- In the present scenario, cost research is too intense that make a market place more
competitive for performing significant role with decided cost. Moreover, investigator
obtains sufficient funds to achieve competitive advantages in the market. This is used to
gather proper information about different resource that make cash amount with banks,
friends and other financial institution. In the last, with estimated budget management is
required proper research work.
Estimated budget
Particular Amount
Cost for diversity £ 1,000
Opportunity cost for equality £ 500
Legal cost £ 1,500
Business risk £ 800
Total £ 3,800
 Time- There is tough competition exists in market that is generating complexity for
organisation as due to intense competition researcher require effective ways to assign
project. Along with this organisation also frame different tactics that leads management
for complete of task in decided time period. With significant role in business it is used in
making significant role as per business administration.
 Quality- Data which is collected by investigator relates with collection of information
through two different methods that are primary and secondary resource. This is also used
by management for focusing on quality which work as a positive aspect for organisation.
With managing quality researcher is able to transfer information which make a project
more success through transferring knowledge in an accurate manner. Quality control
chart is recognised as an effective tool which helps to maintain quality of project that
leads to match with specification of project in proper manner.
 Risk- At the time of completing work it is mandatory for researcher to assign different
factors related with risk factor as less interested individuals towards answering question,
funds etc. It also involves and highlights different barrier that is negatively impacting on