Equality and Diversity in the Workplace - A Case Study on TESCO

Managing a Successful
Business Project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................3
P1 Developing project aims and objective .................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................................................4
P2 Produce a project management plan .....................................................................................5
P3 Work Breakdown structure and Gantt Chart ........................................................................7
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................10
P4 Research methodology ........................................................................................................10
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................13
P5 Data Interpretation ..............................................................................................................13
P6 Recommendation and Conclusion ......................................................................................22
TASK 4 .........................................................................................................................................23
P7 Reflection ............................................................................................................................23
CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................23
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................24
APPENDIX I.................................................................................................................................26
APPENDIX II................................................................................................................................28
Template for Performance Review to be attached with the report by the learner:........................28

INTRODUCTION
TOPIC: “Equality and diversity in the workplace- A case study on TESCO”.
The term diversity and equality are considered as one of the integral component within an
organisation. However, the aim or purpose of diversity and equality are almost similar i.e.
ensuring that everyone accessing same opportunities and also acquiring fair treatment form the
management. Yet there is a slight differences among these two concept viz. The word diversity
means comprises of different gender, culture, age, religion, language, abilities, race, caste, creed
and etc. with an aim of placing positive value on such differences for accomplishing business
goal or objective without any hindrances and differences among manpower. On the other hand,
the aspect of equality refers to ensuring that each individual at workplace obtain equal
opportunity and are not treated differently or discriminated against their characteristic or
attributes (Araten-Bergman, 2016). Hence, combination of both the term benefit establishment in
an impressive manner as it motive managers to accept and respect every personnel and also
providing equal opportunities at workplace for the enhancement of establishment and also for
individual performance among competing industry. In context of this research, Tesco company
has been considered which is one of the multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer
in UK industry. It is established in the year of 1919 and deliver broad range of commodity like
clothing, electronics, financial services and many more across the world by maintaining best
quality of product or services. In this report, it involves project aim and objectives, developing
project management plan, producing Gantt chart and work breakdown structure. Moreover,
implication of appropriate research methodology and interpreting the collected data by using
relevant tools. Finally, providing suitable recommendation for further improvement and also
providing reflection in which they share their experiences for achieving best result in a given
time duration.
TASK 1
P1 Developing project aims and objective
Research Aim
The aim of this research is “To investigate the influence of diversity and equality within
organisation. - Case study on Tesco”
Research Objective

 To study the concept of diversity and equality at workplace.
 To identify the strategies that can be implied by TESCO to maintain diversity and
equality and to attain competitive advantage.
 To determine the challenges face by TESCO to maintain diversity and equality at
business premises.
Research Questions
 What do you understand by the concept of diversity and equality at workplace?
 What are the strategies that can be implied by TESCO to maintain diversity and
equality and to attain competitive advantage?
 What are the challenges face by TESCO to maintain diversity and equality at business
premises?
LITERATURE REVIEW
Concept of diversity and equality at workplace.
In the views of Angel Sharma, 2016, In an organisation the term Diversity and equality
plays a important part as it motivate management to generate better relationship among
personnel and also to improver overall productivity of organisation in an amended way (Boehm
and Dwertmann, 2015). Hence, these terms are not similar in nature as it contain its own
features and understanding towards accomplishing company's objective in an effective way.
Additionally, diversity is a combination of race, colour, religion and other traits while equality
means rendering fair treatment and opportunities to every personnel irrespective of religion,
language, caste, culture (Managing diversity and equality in the workplace, 2016). Therefore,
adopting of both the concepts enable organisation to place their brand in a aggressive and
competitory perspective as well as can generate collaborative or extremely cooperative working
condition among employees. With the help of this, firm can attain sustainable growth and
profitability ratio among competitors in an improved manner.
Strategies that can be implied by TESCO to maintain diversity and equality and to attain
competitive advantage.
According to Louise Petty, 2016, For acquiring improved level of profit margin within
current industry, the view of diversity and equality has a significant role as it help organisation.
Along with this, it motivate manager to provide equal opportunity and enormous growth
platforms which lead them to generate healthy relationship among manpower in a better manner.

However, there are various strategies which is related to diversity and equality that act as a
guidance and direction to firm for obtaining profit maximisation in an amended mode.
Additionally, some of the strategies are providing suitable training and development program,
rewarding each manpower in equal manner, giving equal growth platforms and many more
which help organisation to create improved level of collaboration and coordination among team
members (How Equality & Diversity Improves Your Workplace: Examining the Benefits, 2016).
Therefore, these strategies assist establishment to improve its overall productivity and
profitability ratio in an innovative or creative style.
Challenges face by TESCO to maintain diversity and equality at business premises.
AS per Mark Eltringham, 2016, An establishment undergoes various issues while
handling equality and diversity into their functional unit that directly influence its brand image
and productivity. Apart from this, some of the difficulties are gender equality, employee mental
state in accepting other opinion or ideas, differences in languages and so on. However, it may
create conflicts, disputes, misunderstanding, dissatisfaction, grievances and etc. which decrease
firm's productivity and proficiency ratio (Disabled workers continue to face barriers in the
workplace, 2016). Therefore, taking corrective course of action help administration to enrich its
market share or size in an amended way. Some of the ways are rendering equal opportunity,
recognising the effort of every personnel and many more which enrich overall sales performance
of company and also build a better relationship among manpower in a trenchant way.
P2 Produce a project management plan
PMP is termed as a confidential or classified document in which it displays the whole
information of project activities in the form of blueprint for achieving desired outcome in an
trenchant mode (Erickson and et. al., 2014.). Moreover, it provide proper guidance and
direction to researcher in order to carry out each activities in a given time duration without any
obstacle or difficulties among personnel. Apart form this, it encompasses different strategies and
plans that benefit organisation and project manager to execute the task among team members in a
impressive manner. However, it involves various types of components such as cost, risk, size,
scope, budget and so on. Therefore, as per Tesco researcher, they make an effort to produce a
project development plan which is described below:
Cost: It is one of the basic element during conducting a research as it is refer to those
aspect which states that a value of a amount which is needed to accomplish a pre defined goal or

objective in an reinforced way. However, in relation of this researcher analysed the existing
market scenario and on the basis of take action to acquire fund from different sources like
friends, relative, peers. Hence, the approximate cost which is ascertained by researcher in
relation to this report is around £250. Therefore, by estimating the expense in advance help
investigator to carry out each project activities in a effective and better manner without any
obstacle.
Scope: The scope of this current research is wide and large because existing industry
render enormous number of opportunities and chances to grow and explore the quality of specific
study in an efficient way. Hence, the major scope of present study is to examine or explore the
importance and effect of diversity and equality over organisation's potentiality in attaining
sustainable growth and also to enrich the overall performance of company in a impressive mode.
Furthermore, due to the broad scope of researcher, researcher was able to make use of various
opportunities for delivering appropriate strategies or ways related to diversity and equality in
order to enrich the overall productivity of organisation among competitors.
Time: This determinant is concern with those area in which it states the time period for
completing the peculiar work without any occurrence. However, due to the adoption of this
component, researcher is able to produce better quality of project in order to obtain full level of
satisfaction from targeted respondents (Ewoh, 2013). Henceforth, in relation to this research,
investigator examines the duration of whole activities and make a decision of finishing this
project within 2 months period of time. Therefore, by determining the time period in advance
help investigator to acquire effective strategies or techniques and apply the same within current
study. Moreover, it lead them to impose their best endeavour towards an achievement of pre
determined objective or aim in a better manner.
Quality: It is one of the key element in organizing research study as it directly connected
with specified project productivity and value among market and personnel. Hence, in regard of
this research, investigator make an effort to apply relevant or accurate information or data
through various sources like newspaper or websites. With the initiation of such activity , it aid
researched to acquire positive response from targeted manpower and also can be useful for
further scholars for making their studies and research in a better way. Furthermore, project
manager impose several strategies or tactics related to diversity and equality that aid them to
enrich their overall execution in an impressive way.