To Analyse Strategies Role and Importance for Equality & Diversity at Workplace

This report focuses on the strategies that aid in implementing equality and diversity at workplace. It includes aims, objectives, project management plan, research methods, data analysis, and recommendations. The study is conducted on Sunspel, a UK-based garment retailer.

MANAGING A
SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS PROJECT

Table of Contents
Title: “To analyse strategies role and importance that aid organisational management team in an
organisation while enforcing equality & diversity at workplace.” A study on Sunspel..................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Prepare desired aims & objectives for project work as per the selected topic................1
P2 Design an efficient project management plan including factors such as risk, time,
communication, cost, resources, quality and scope................................................................2
P3 Develop a Gantt chart and WBS structure according to project activities to identify the
timelines and stages for project completion...........................................................................4
M1 Formulate a project management plan, schedule associated project and milestones to
check and fulfil aims of project..............................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P4 Conduct research at small scale level, using various research methods to accomplish
desired objectives and aims of project ...................................................................................6
M2 Acknowledge reliableness and accuracy for research methods used to perform research10
D1 Critical evaluation and analysis of project management processes and methodologies of
research applied during project ...........................................................................................10
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
P5 Research analysing and collection of data by desired techniques and tools...................10
P6 Recommend about research and analysis of data to carry to conclude a valid conclusion17
M3 Justify the usage of appropriate techniques & tools to get accurate data. Also, justify
suggested recommendations.................................................................................................18
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................18
P7 Reflection upon values of project and research undertaking to achieve desired objectives
and own performance & learning.........................................................................................18
M4 Evaluate need of project management process and usage of quality research methods in
fulfilling stated objectives....................................................................................................19
D2 Critically analyse and reflect upon outcomes of project, decision making and changes in
development of project plan.................................................................................................19

CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................19
REFERECNES..............................................................................................................................21
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................22

Title: “To analyse strategies role and importance that aid organisational
management team in an organisation while enforcing equality & diversity
at workplace.” A study on Sunspel.
INTRODUCTION
Equality in a business is defined as a situation in which all the workforce of organisation
is treated equally irrespective of their gender, socio-cultural background or other factors. If a
business firms have people from multiple origins, it will be called as diversified company. Both,
equality and diversity are important aspects if a company wants to operate in coordinated and
peaceful working environment (Ashe and Nazroo, 2017). This report is prepared in context with
Sunspel which is a UK based garment retailer and manufacturer, operating at medium level. This
company is established in 1860 and it headquarter is present in Derbyshire, UK. It is an
organisation where number of employees are around 51-200 and have their stores across the
whole wide world. Main products of this firm are Polo shirts, T-shirts and Boxer shorts. This
report is going to cover about aims & objectives for research. Also, management plan of project
will be prepared and a suitable research is going to be carried out. Other than this, analysis of
data is performed to justify suitable recommendations and conclusions. At last, a reflection will
be carried out to assess own learning and performance.
TASK 1
P1 Prepare desired aims & objectives for project work as per the selected topic
Diversity & Equality is a term which denotes the flexibility of company in providing
comfort to their employees. Equality pay or equal pay states that within a workplace structure
both men as well as women should get equal pay for the work of same job. In simple terms
equality pay is termed as equal pay for work of equal value. It is important for Sunspel to
consider these aspects so that talented people from multiple backgrounds can be part of their
organisation and they can achieve high advantage over their rivals without any issue (Cottrill,
Denise Lopez and Hoffman, 2014).
Title:“To analyse strategies role and importance that aid organisational management
team in an organisation while enforcing equality & diversity at workplace.” A study on Sunspel.
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Aim: Main aim behind conducting this specific research is to understand value and role
of distinct strategies in implementing equality & diversity at workplace. This research is carried
out on Sunspel, a SME operating in UK.
Objectives:
 To identify the meaning of terms such as diversity and equality in context with business
organisation.
 To acknowledge the positive impacts of equality and diversity on overall performance
and productivity of Sunspel.
 To understand different strategies that can be adopted by Sunspel for maintaining
diversity and equality at their working premises.
 To acknowledge the solutions in overcoming issues associated with Diversity & Equality
within organisation.
Questions:
 What do you understand by terms diversity and equality in context with business
organisation?
 What are the positive impacts of equality and diversity on overall performance and
productivity of Sunspel?
 What are the potential strategies that can be adopted by Sunspel for maintaining diversity
and equality at their working premises?
 What are the solutions to overcome issues associated with Diversity & Equality within
organisation?
P2 Design an efficient project management plan including factors such as risk, time,
communication, cost, resources, quality and scope
Project management plan is basically a working document which comprises of all the
activities and tasks that are important to accomplish a project. It involves detailed information
about project so that all the work can be performed in a systematic manner. Information
associated with elements of PMP are mentioned below:
 Cost: Cost is the amount which can be acknowledged in monetary value. In context
to Sunspel, cost needed to accomplish project is 4000 pounds. Within this amount all
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the activities of project are needed to be completed. For researcher, needed amount is
100 pounds (Glukhov, Ilin and Levina, 2015).
 Quality: To increase quality level of project, the manager in Sunspel is required to adopt
strategies of Diversity & Equality in appropriate way. Also, research quality can be used
by using methodologies like Qualitative, Quantitative, interviews, questionnaire etc.
Using this tool will help the researcher in performing work systematically and efficiently.
 Scope: For Sunspel, scope of this project is really wide as it will helps the firm in
satisfying their employees due to which they will be retained in firm for large time. In
case of research, scope is high as the investigator will get wide information about
maintenance of Diversity & Equality in company.
 Time: Total time needed to work on this project is 12 weeks. In context with research,
required time period is around 4 week. The researcher is needed to accomplish all this
work within this time frame (Klarsfeld and et. al., 2016).
 Resources: Main resources that are needed by the project manager of company to
perform this project are high technology, internet, capital, funds, skilled workforce etc. in
case of research, required resources are money, time, internet, books, magazines etc.
 Risk: In case of equality and diversity project, main risks are related to non-cooperation
of employees, lack of capital, time mismanagement, failure in achieving deadlines,
technology fail etc. From investigator's perspective, main risks are lack of time, money,
guidance and no access to internet.
 Communication: Main communication methods which can be used by the project
manager to communicate with their team are video call, web conferencing, voice call,
Email etc. In context with researcher, major communication tool will be mobile phone,
SMS, internet (Kulkarni and Gopakumar, 2014).
P3 Develop a Gantt chart and WBS structure according to project activities to identify the
timelines and stages for project completion
WBS: This structure is a systematic method of bifurcating big projects into small
components so that each activity and process of project can be given proper attention. This
structure break down the entire project into small chunks of elements. By this, every aspect of
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project initiated by Sunspel will be performed in a manageable manner. This will increase the
overall productivity of the selected project (Mukhopadhyay and Gupta, 2014).
Gantt chart: This is basically a graphical representation for the tasks and activities
which are performed in a project. These activities of project or research are marked against time.
With the help of Gantt chart, a project manager can prioritise project activities as per given time.
By this, it can be assured that project is going to be accomplished on time and no kind of
contingency in accomplishing project will take place (Troutman, 2019).
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M1 Formulate a project management plan, schedule associated project and milestones to check
and fulfil aims of project
Formulated project plan is going to help the researcher in creating and increasing their
knowledge about investigation and other aspects associated with it. Also, activities of project
management benefits a company in checking and monitoring all the important activities of the
project so that all the work can be accomplish according to the systematic schedule (Cottrill,
Denise Lopez and Hoffman, 2014). There are various elements associated with PMP like time,
communication, cost, resource, risk, scope, quality etc. All these aspects helps in attainment of
project objectives. Other than this, tools like Gantt chart and WBS helps in attainment of project
objectives in a timely manner.
TASK 2
P4 Conduct research at small scale level, using various research methods to accomplish desired
objectives and aims of project
Research methodology is a systematic study and investigation of materials so that facts or
conclusion can be established. With the use of research methodology, research on a specific
project can be conducted in a systematic manner (Hewins-Maroney and Williams, 2013). By
this, collection of accurate data can be assured. There are two methods to carry out a research i.e.
quantitative and qualitative methods which are stated below in a detailed manner.
 Qualitative research method: This is a method to conduct a market research with the
help of texts and picture. This kind of research-practice do not involve any numerical
data. Data associated with this research is collected through behaviour of humans in
different situations. This research can be conducted with the help of methods like
observations, discussions, group focus etc. In this research, open ended questions are
asked to respondents.
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 Quantitative research method: This is a systematic way to conduct research and
collecting data with the usage of statistical and mathematical data. This research tactics is
used when respondents are very large in number. It involves methods like correlation
research, online polls, surveys, sampling methods etc. this covers close ended questions
which shows its structured aspect while data collection (Kumar, 2019).
Other than this, there are two ways to collected desired data. These methods are primary
research and secondary research methods. These methods are very different from each other but
their end goal is to collect reliable and accurate information. In primary method, data and
information is gathered for first time. This is the reason, it is time and cost consuming. To collect
data, methods like questionnaire, interviews, telephonic conversations can be used (Quinlan and
et. al., 2019). Secondary research is very different than primary research as here data is gathered
through already existing sources. Best way to collect data is through books, journals, internet etc.
In this research, both primary and secondary methods are used. Primary method is used in
the form of questionnaire and secondary research is carried out by using internet. Questionnaire
prepared for this research will be filled by 50 respondents. These people will be selected on
random basis and their answers will be treated as opinion of entire population. Respondents for
the questionnaire are staff and customers of Sunspel.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Quantitative Questions
Q1) Do you acknowledge the concepts like equality and diversity in relation to business
firms?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Do you believe both equality and diversity plays an essential role in increasing the
organisational performance?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) What are the main advantage for Sunspel by introducing Diversity & Equality within
workplace?
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a) Retain expert employees
b) Creation of positive work relationships
c) Increased performance
Q4) What can be the potential strategies adopted by management of Sunspel to overcome
problems related to Diversity & Equality at their company?
a) Treating staff members fairly
b) Adoption of equal pay Act
c) Training employees about diversity issues
Q5)What influence does equality and diversity have on the performance of employees?
a) Positive influence
b) Negative influence
c) No influence
Q6) How management in Sunspel can show their support for equality & diversity at the
workplace?
a) Through employer Commitment
b) By training
c) Legal Mandate
Q7) Do you believe executing of Diversity & Equality benefit Sunspel in retaining their
staff members for maximum time period?
a) Yes
b) No
Qualitative Questions
Q8) Mention various issues that can be faced by a firm while implementation of diversity
and equality at their organisation?
Q9) Discuss some ways through which barriers in implementation of Diversity & Equality
can be overcome by Sunspel?
Q10) Recommend measure by which business firms can acknowledge the impact of
Diversity & Equality in attaining high performance and productivity........
Quantitative Questions
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Q1) Do you acknowledge the concepts like equality and diversity in
relation to business firms?
Frequency
a) Yes 42
b) No 8
Q2) Do you believe both equality and diversity plays an essential
role in increasing the organisational performance?
Frequency
a) Yes 36
b) No 14
Q3) What are the main advantage for Sunspel by introducing
Diversity & Equality within workplace?
Frequency
a) Retaining expert employees 25
b) Creation of positive work relationships 15
c) Increased performance 10
Q4) What can be the potential strategies adopted by management
of Sunspel to overcome problems related to Diversity & Equality at
their company?
Frequency
a) Treating staff members fairly 20
b) Adoption of equal pay Act 15
c) Training employees about diversity issues 15
Q5)What influence does equality and diversity have on the
performance of employees?
Frequency
a) Positive influence 30
b) Negative influence 15
c) No influence 5
Q6) How management in Sunspel can show their support for
equality & diversity at the workplace?
Frequency
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a) Through employer Commitment 18
b) By training 14
c) Legal Mandate 18
Q7) Do you believe executing of Diversity & Equality benefit
Sunspel in retaining their staff members for maximum time
period?
Frequency
a) Yes 40
b) No 10
Qualitative Questions
Q8) Mention various issues that can be faced by a firm while implementation of diversity
and equality at their organisation?
Q9) Discuss some ways through which barriers in implementation of Diversity & Equality
can be overcome by Sunspel?
M2 Acknowledge reliableness and accuracy for research methods used to perform research
As both primary and secondary methods are used to conduct research, all the information
which is gathered here is accurate. This is because primary research is conducted via
questionnaire where only reliable and accurate data is collected. Also, secondary information is
used via authentic sources and websites which denotes their reliability. Thus, overall collected
data and information is totally reliable and accurate.
D1 Critical evaluation and analysis of project management processes and methodologies of
research applied during project
Project management plan include multiple elements like cost, time, quality, scope,
communication, resources, risks etc. All of these elements are important to perform a project in
proper manner. If these aspects will not be used then estimating required cost and time will not
be possible. Also, measuring scope and quality of project will be difficult. Other than this WBS
and Gantt chart is used. Without WBS, it is not possible to divide project into small sections and
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working without Gantt chart can leads to time mismanagement. To achieve aims and objectives
of research, both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies are used. Without these
methodologies, opinion of respondents will not be acknowledged and collecting accurate data
will not be possible.
TASK 3
P5 Research analysing and collection of data by desired techniques and tools
Data analysis is a way to evaluate information by using statistical and analytical tools so
that required information can be collected in a proper manner. This analysis will help
organisations in selecting right alternative from available options so that maximum profits can be
earned. To analyse the obtained data in a proper manner, thematic analysis will be used in which
data will be interpreted and final findings will be shown in the form of graphs and pictures.
Theme 1: Concept of equality and diversity
Q1) Do you acknowledge the concepts like equality and diversity in
relation to business firms?
Frequency
a) Yes 15
b) No 5
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Interpretation: This picture concludes that from 20 persons, 15 people have knowledge
about the terms equality and diversity in context with the workplace whereas other 5 people do
not posses any idea with these concepts.
Theme 2: Role of equality & diversity in the overall performance of an organisation
Q2) Do you believe both equality and diversity plays an essential
role in increasing the organisational performance?
Frequency
a) Yes 18
b) No 2
12
15
5
a) Yes
b) No
18
2
a) Yes
b) No

Interpretation: This chart shows that from the sum of 20 respondents, 18 persons have
the feeling that inclusion of diversity and equality within company helps in increasing the overall
performance as employees will deliver their best performance. Other 2 people do not agree with
the fact and feels that there is no involvement of Diversity & Equality in case of increase or
decrease in organisational productivity.
Theme 3: Advantage gained by Sunspel by implementing Diversity & Equality practices at
the workplace
Q3) What are the main advantage for Sunspel by introducing
Diversity & Equality within workplace?
Frequency
a) Retaining expert employees 10
b) Creation of positive work relationships 5
c) Increased performance 5
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10
5
5
a) Retaining expert
employees
b) Creation of positive
work relationships
c) Increased performance

Interpretation: As per the opinion of 20 people, this can be generated that around 10
people feels Diversity & Equality within an organisation benefits in retaining the staff of
company for maximum time. Other 5 people feel it benefits in sustaining a positive working
environment. Remaining 5 person feel, it helps in enhancing performance of company so that
high revenues can be earned.
Theme 4: Strategies adopted by managers to overcome the problems
Q4) What can be the potential strategies adopted by management
of Sunspel to overcome problems related to Diversity & Equality at
their company?
Frequency
a) Treating staff members fairly 10
b) Adoption of equal pay Act 5
c) Training employees about diversity issues 5
14
10
5
5
a) Treating staff members
fairly
b) Adoption of equal pay
Act
c) Training employees
about diversity issues

Interpretation: It is acknowledged that from 20 persons, 10 respondents feel that best
strategy for implementation of Diversity & Equality at workplace is treating all staff members
equally. 5 people thinks that Diversity & Equality can be maintained in Sunspel by following
equal pay act considerably and remaining individuals feels training employees to tolerate
diversity is best way to adopt Diversity & Equality in organisation.
Theme 5: Impact of equality & diversity on the performance of worker
Q5)What influence does equality and diversity have on the
performance of employees?
Frequency
a) Positive influence 10
b) Negative influence 5
c) No influence 5
15
10
5
5
a) Positive influence
b) Negative influence
c) No influence

Interpretation: This picture shows that 10 people from total of 20 individuals feels that
diversity and equality in company impacts employees positively. Other 5 people do not feel the
same and they believe, Diversity & Equality will impact workforce negatively. Other 5 people do
not have any opinion regarding this.
Theme 6: Support from the management team in order to implement equality & diversity
practice at the workplace
Q6) How management in Sunspel can show their support for
equality & diversity at the workplace?
Frequency
a) Through employer Commitment 10
b) By training 5
c) Legal Mandate 5
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10
5
5
a) Through employer
Commitment
b) By training
c) Legal Mandate

Interpretation: As per the opinion of 10 people out of 20 respondents, it can be said that
they believe Sunspel can show their support about Diversity & Equality at workplace by the
commitment of employers. Other 5 people said that it can be done by offering right kind of
training to staff. Other 5 people believe legal mandate is best way.
Theme 7: Implementation of Diversity & Equality in order to retain their staff members
Q7) Do you believe execution of Diversity & Equality benefit
Sunspel in retaining their staff members for maximum time
period?
Frequency
a) Yes 15
b) No 5
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15
5
a) Yes
b) No

Interpretation: This pie chart denotes that from 20 persons, 15 individuals feels
inclusion of both diversity and equality at company will help the employees to remain in
company for high time. Other 5 people do not show their agreeableness to the above stated fact.
Qualitative Questions
Q8) Mention various issues that can be faced by a firm while implementation of diversity
and equality at their organisation?
Answers: There are different issues which can be acknowledged while introducing
Diversity & Equality at an organisation. These issues can be less interest of employees in
interacting with diverse people, language barriers, conflicts at workplace etc.
Q9) Discuss some ways through which barriers in implementation of Diversity & Equality
can be overcome by Sunspel?
Answers: There are different ways by which issues related with Diversity & Equality can
be resolved. Manager of company can offer training to the employees so that they can better
understand each other. One day picnics, seminars, group meetings are also good way to promote
diversity at company.
P6 Recommend about research and analysis of data to carry to conclude a valid conclusion
In today's time, both diversity and equality are important aspects as they denotes the
tolerance among people about different castes, culture, gender, religion, background etc. There
exist some recommendations which can be given to the manager in Sunspel. These
recommendations will help the concerned company in implementing diversity and equality at
their workplace without any complexities. Recommendations in this context are stated beneath:
 Manager of Sunspel is recommended to hire their employees from different nationalities,
cultures and background (Roulstone and Williams, 2014).
 Company is recommended to adopts Acts like Equal pay Act, non-discrimination Act and
other acts in a sincere manner.
 Manager of concerned company is recommended to offer same opportunities to all the
employees.
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M3 Justify the usage of appropriate techniques & tools to get accurate data. Also, justify
suggested recommendations
Investigator has worked on this project by using primary and secondary method to collect
data. These are the best methods to collect accurate data. Usage of these methods provide the
authenticity of collected information (Kulik, 2014). Questionnaire is filled by customers and
employees of Sunspel due to which it can be inferred that data from only authenticate and
reliable sources are collected. Other than this, Justifications for recommendation are given
below:
 Recruitment of workers from different backgrounds, cultures and religions will help the
company in maintaining diverse workforce at their organisation. By this, new concepts
can be learned by employees to perform work.
 By adoption of Acts related to Diversity & Equality, no employee feel victimised while
working at company. By this, retention rate of workforce will be high.
 Offering same opportunity to workers will benefits the employees in feeling more
valuable. By this they will be able to deliver their best performance (Durlak, 2015).
TASK 4
P7 Reflection upon values of project and research undertaking to achieve desired objectives and
own performance & learning
By working on this research I have learnt that Diversity & Equality helps a company in
expanding the business due to diverse talent. My research and observation teaches me that there
are different kind of tactics and strategies that can be adopted by the manager in a company so
that their staff do not face discrimination associated with gender, different background, race,
religion etc. This project helps me to understand that an organisation can only operate well if its
workforce will be diversified and they will treat equally despite of some differences like gender
variation, background change etc. Other than this, I have learnt about the fact that diversity and
equality in a company assures same opportunities will be given to the individual irrespective of
any factors. This helps the workforce of company to work in productive manner. While
performing research, I faced issues related to money and time. To solve problems related to time,
I have prepared a time table. Also, to overcome money issue, I take help from my parent and
family. Thus, I am able to accomplish my research in timely and efficient manner.
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M4 Evaluate need of project management process and usage of quality research methods in
fulfilling stated objectives
At the time of performing research, I have acknowledge that procedures in project
management are essential to accomplish a project in appropriate way. By collection of right
information, I am capable to conduct project in expected manner. Proper utilisation of resources
has increased the overall productivity of my research. Other than this, I have learnt, in order to
adopt the aspect of diversity or equality, manager of a company is needed to adopt useful
strategies.
D2 Critically analyse and reflect upon outcomes of project, decision making and changes in
development of project plan
With the help of this research, I have acknowledged that Sunspel operates their business
in UK and European reason mainly. Also, this project teaches me the right manner to treat
diverse people equality without any prejudice. This will benefits me in future if I will chose to
became a manager at some workplace. This research helps me in taking different decisions due
to which my decision-making capabilities have also improved and my knowledge is enhanced.
CONCLUSION
As per this discussed report, this has been concluded that practices associated with
diversity and equality helps a company in providing right welfare to their employees. Also, to
perform a research, appropriate aim and objectives are needed. A project management plan
benefits project manager in completing all the work as per expectations. Also, qualitative and
quantitative are best methods to conduct research. With the help of thematic analysis, collected
data can be analysed properly. Reflection helps in identifying own strengths and weaknesses so
that appropriate learning can be performed.
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APPENDIX
Project Log Book according to live status of project
Basics Date
Identified
Update on weekly research (including new ideas or change in project
direction)
1 03/01/20
On this day I have taken my first lesson of MSBP and I have
gathered some ideas to select right title of project. Other than this,
I get introduction of different activities about project. In order to
select appropriate research title, I am planning to do some basic
research about my project topic.
2 10/01/20
After researching and finalising a proper title for my project, on
this day I have prepared aims and objectives of my research.
These aims and objectives will helps me in completing my project
in a quality manner and without any loopholes. Other than this,
today I have learnt the complete structure of this project.
3
21/01/20
Understanding the structure of project took me some days and
finally today I have move toward my project management plan. In
this plan, I am planning to gather information associated with cost,
time, scope, quality, resources, communication and associated
risks. All of these elements will helps me in improving the quality
of project. At this stage, I have faced issue with understanding
certain concepts. To overcome these issues, I have taken help
from my seniors.
4 05/02/20
Today my tutor has checked my project status and helps me in
improving those fields where I lack some expertise. Also, I have
accomplished my work on project management plan and I am
starting research methodology section. In this section, I am
planning to use both qualitative and quantitative approach so that
best outcomes can be achieved.
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Basics Date
Identified
Update on weekly research (including new ideas or change in project
direction)
5 26/01/20
Finally the day has come and I am ready to collect required data. Also, in past
session my tutor suggested me to use questionnaire to collect
primary data rather than taking only interviews. Due to this, I have
prepared a questionnaire to collect quantitative data and for
qualitative data I will take interviews of respondents. Also, I
gathered required secondary data with the help of journals and
internet.
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21/02/20
Today my tutor asked me to show the details of project. I have
went to the library and had a good conversation with my teacher
about improving this project further. My tutor suggested me that I
can use some graphs and pictures to show the response of
customers. These pictures will improve the representation of my
project.
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01/04/20
Its been a while since I am working on this project and today, I am
ready to analyse the collected data in a proper manner. In this
context, I am going to use thematic analysis so that evaluation and
analysis of data can be carried out appropriately. Also, as per
suggestion of my tutor I am going to add information gathered
from respondents in the forms of graphs. By this my project
presentation skills will improve further.
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30/04/20
Data analysing was a tedious task and now my work is to provide
recommendations on the basis of data analysis. This will help me
in suggesting right solutions of that both equality and diversity can
be maintained at workplace. Here, I am going to take help from
my tutor as recommending strategies to an organisation is a
complex task and without guidance I feel that I am not able to do
it well.
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Basics Date
Identified
Update on weekly research (including new ideas or change in project
direction)
9 07/05/20 My recommendations are appreciated by the project manager.
This makes me really happy as all of my work is appreciated by
my classmates, seniors, tutors etc. now, I am going to conclude
my work so that I can finish project work.
10 12/05/20 All of my project activities are finished and I am going to review
my performance. This will benefits me in identifying my positive
sides and weaknesses. By this, I will be able to further improve
my work performing capabilities.
11 13/05/20
This is the last day of my project, today I will submit my project
to my tutor. I am very pleased that I have complete my project in
timely manner. In beginning I was not confident about it but to
manage my time, I have prepared a time table. Also, to avoid
money issues, I have asked my parents and friends to help me. At
last, I must not forget the contribution of my tutor which guides
me through out the project.
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