Building Diversity and Equality at Workplace

Managing a Successful
Business Project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
Aims and objectives of the project..............................................................................................3
Project management plan that covers various aspects................................................................4
Work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart.............................................................................7
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................9
Qualitative and quantitative research method.............................................................................9
LO 3...............................................................................................................................................12
Analysis of research and data using tools and techniques .......................................................12
Appropriate recommendations for data analysis.......................................................................18
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................19
Reflection..................................................................................................................................19
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................20
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................21

INTRODUCTION
Equality in the organisation is crucial as it helps to promote the equality for the
opportunity among the employees while diversity refers to the differences that are present in the
nature of the employees their beliefs, culture, religion, languages etc. This concept of equality
and diversity has various advantages to the organisation as it helps them to use talent from
various backgrounds to achieve their goals and objectives (Araten-Bergman, 2016). Also the
equality helps the organisation to avoid various conflicts among the employees also it has
positive impact on the staff. In this report the organisation which is take into consideration is
Hilton, which is situated on Park Lane of London. The hotel is a five star hotel which offers
various services to the customers that helps them to satisfy the customers. But for an organisation
along with customers their employees are also crucial for which this report has been prepared.
The report includes the aims and objectives of the organisation for which a project plan is
prepared that covers various aspects. To conduct the research for the project the information is
gathered with the help of various research methods, tools and techniques that helps in analysis
which will help the organisation in decision making.
Overview of the company : Hilton Hotel is situation on the Park Lane of London, which
has a large capacity as they have 28 storeys and 453 rooms. They belongs to the hospitality
industry where they offers various services to customers which can be personalised, or the
general services of the hotel. The focus of the company is on their employees which helps them
to take competitive advantages. For which this research in undertaken in which the importance
of the diversity and the equality at the workplace is considered.
LO 1
Aims and objectives of the project
Project is a series of activities that are to be done so that desired outcomes are achieved.
These activities are performed for a set period of time, within the stipulated budget and other
limitations. Project management on the other hand involves planning and organising company
resources by application of processes, methods, skills and knowledge so that the goals of project
can be achieved.
Title : To determine the strategies/initiatives which will help in building diversity and equality at
workplace.

Aim of the report : The aim of the project is to identify and analyse various strategies and
initiatives which can facilitate in building a inclusive and diverse workforce which can give
competitive advantage to the company. A study on the Hilton London.
Objectives of the report : The objectives of the report are :
 To develop a understanding of the concept of equality and the diversity in the
organisation.
 To understand the influence of diversity on the performance of the employees of Hilton.
 To identify the challenges faced by the company due to equality and diversity in the
organisation.
 To determine the ways that will help them in overcoming the issues which arise due to
diversity and equality in the organisation.
Questions: The question which are to be answered are :
 What do you understand by the concept of the equality and diversity in the workplace?
 How can the diversity influence the performance of the employees in Hilton?
 What are the challenges faced by Hilton due to equality and diversity in the
organisation?
 What strategies and ways can be adopted by the organisation to reduce the influence of
the equality and diversity?
Project management plan that covers various aspects
A project management plan is a document which helps to defines various phases of the
projects. It includes various components such as initiation, planning, controlling, execution and
monitoring (Ashe and Nazroo, 2017). This plan provides the structure which helps to determine
the outcomes of the project, how such outcomes can be achieved, who all will be involved in the
projects and various such related factors. The project plan so prepared need to be effective for
which various aspects need to be considered such as cost, scope, time, communication etc. The
project plan for Hilton is given below:
 Scope: This project will help in developing equality at the workplace where all the
employees can work efficiently in a diverse environment. It will also help in increasing
the efficiency of workers so by establishing equal and fair opportunities for its employees
so that employees belonging to diverse culture, religion, beliefs etc. can cooperate and
coordinate their work so that the goals and objectives of the organisation can be achieved.

The project will not include solving the conflicts among workers. The necessity of the
project is to integrate the work of all the employees so that competitive advantage can be
gained in the market (Bain, 2017).
 Organisational structure: Organisations can follow functional structure where the
employees are grouped in teams based on their special and similar set of skills and talents
so that team goals can be achieved. Pure structure is where project managers have total
control over the project. Matrix structure where the employees need to report to more
than one manager due to presence of a grid structure. Hilton Hotel follows functional
structure so that the objectives of the project can be effectively achieved.
 Resources: Under this aspect the requirement of land, labour, human resources, capital
etc. are ascertained so that the project can be completed in an efficient manner. The
researcher needs to analyse the resources such as experts team, leadership skills etc. so
that the project can be conducted and completed in the desired manner. Also the origin of
these resources are to be identified so that the cost of their acquisition can be determined
(Davis, Frolova and Callahan, 2016). The resources which will be used by the company
are human resource, finance and various equipment which they will procure from their
organisation while some of the resources such as equipment will be taken outside the
organisation. The resources which are used by the researcher includes his team and data
which he will gather from various sources.
Resources that are required for conducting the research are :
Resources Use of resources
Laptops 5 laptops will be used by the investigator which he will help them in
undertaking the research.
Books and journals Various information will be gathered by them from books and journals.
Mobiles 5 mobiles will be purchased which they will allocate to their team
members.
 Costs : Three main cost control techniques that can be used are : Budgeting it is a
process through which a plan is created to spend the amount of money. Cash flow
statement which is a financial statement that shows the inflow and outflow of the cash so