Ways to Reduce Gender Pay Gap at Workplace

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Table of Contents
Aim- “To identify different ways in which an organisation can reduce gender pay gap at
workplace. ”.....................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
Project aims and objectives.........................................................................................................1
Research proposal........................................................................................................................2
Project management techniques..................................................................................................3
LO2..................................................................................................................................................7
Method of conducting research...................................................................................................7
LO3..................................................................................................................................................9
P5. Analysation of data and research........................................................................................9
Certain recommendations..........................................................................................................18
LO4..................................................................................................................................................1
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2
APPENDIX I...................................................................................................................................3
APPENDIX II..................................................................................................................................5

Aim- “To identify different ways in which an organisation can reduce gender pay
gap at workplace.”
INTRODUCTION
In order to run a business in an appropriate manner, the basic thing which must be
considered by all organisations is to bring equality and diversity at workplace. Diversity and
equality at workplace is defined as a legal obligation which is used by an organisation to protect
workers from discrimination from caste, gender, belief, nationality, race, age, religion, and so on.
It aims at treating all employees equally in all aspects. This report is based upon Burberry which
is an UK based business retail organisation that deals with ready to wear outwear, cosmetics,
fashion accessories, and so on for both men and women (Allaoui, Bourgault and Pellerin, 2019).
It focuses upon initiatives and strategies which are brings out the organisation for building a
diversified workspace and in determining goals & aims of this project. Further, a a project
management plan is developed and various techniques and tools such as WBS structure and
Gantt chart is utilised. It also includes a research on small scale by utilising quantitative and
qualitative methodologists of research and its representation. At the end, proper reflection and
recommendations are provided in this report.
LO1
Project aims and objectives
Background
Burberry is an UK based retail organisation that provides its products at international
level. This enterprise deals with fashion accessories, fragrances, foot wears, clothes, cosmetics,
and so on for both men and women. It was came into force by Thomas Burberry in the year 1856
and it focuses upon developing the outdoor attire and it moved towards high fashion market
(Bos-de Vos, Volker and Wamelink, 2019). This organisation aims at bringing reducing gender
pay gap at workplace in order to satisfy large number of customers.
This project is conducted to identify that, “ What is the concept of gender pay gap and
which strategies can be used to reduce it at workplace?

Research proposal
Project management plan is determined as an approach and plan which is developed for
describing and defining each and every project phase (Butler, Vijayasarathy and Roberts, 2019).
It includes various different components which are planning, monitoring, initiating, closing and
controlling. In this context, development of project management plan is done in order to reduce
gender pay gap at workplace.
Cost- It is an amount that is required for completing the project in a proper manner
(Chapman, 2019). Here, the amount that is required for completing this research is £300 and it is
is divided as follows. This amount has been distributed as a promotional expenditure of
amount£100, the technical cost which is required for completing this project is £100 , and other
expenses which are required are estimated to £100.
Total Forecasted Budget
Particulars Amount
Promotional expenditure £100
Technological costs £100
Other Expenditure £100
Total Cost £300
Time- This is a specific phase or duration within which a project report is prepared. This
is a duration which is provided by an organisation to the project manager to complete a specific
project and able to achieve its overall objectives (Rapp, 2019). It should also be focused that
although the project must be completed on time, but it should not lack in quality, The quality of
the project must be good and it should be completed on time. Time which is given to accomplish
this research is 12 weeks.
Quality- Data which is used while conducting this research is relevant and significant
which increases the research quality (Fewings and Henjewele, 2019). Researcher and project
manager should make sure that quality of research is good for the user. For this purpose, the
researcher must collect relevant data and information which is related to the objectives of the
research. The researcher has a responsibility , to achieve the overall objectives of a research and
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achieve it through effective quality measures. Moreover, the research is based on primary data
which increases its eff ectiveness and reliability.
Risk- These are barriers and obstacles which arise while conducting a specific research
and it has negative impact upon the quality of research. Here, the risk which occurred was lack
of time given to conduct this research in an effective manner (Sankaran, Vaagaasar and Bekker,
2019). Another risk which can be seen in this regard is the lack of coordination between
researcher and team members. Project manager has to manage all the risk in the research and
provide solution for risky projects.
Communication- To conduct this research properly, effective flow of communication is
a must. To conduct research in an appropriate manner, oral and written mode of communication
are used (Gurău, Volovelsky and Dana, 2019). Without proper communication, a research can
not be conducted, so, communication plays a vital role in this regard. In this research, all the
team members are given equal opportunities to speak regarding the objectives and matters
related to research.
Scope- While conducting this research, there are various skills which can be developed of
project managers and team members. Skills such as analytical and research skills helps in
opening up various chances for future growth and recognition (Shaw, 2019). There is a high
scope of improvement in skills and knowledge which will help the researcher in future and helps
to grab many future opportunities.
Resource- In the process of conducting this project, many resources are used like
physical, technical, human, financial and other resources. Here estimated costs has been
maintained to these resources (Jansen, Cusumano and Popp, 2019). For instance, marketing
resource requires £100, technical resources requires £100, and other resources requires £100.
Project management techniques
There are various kinds of techniques and tools which can be used to conduct research
appropriately. The tools that are used while conducting this research are Gantt Chart and WBS
structure are explained as follows:
WBS Structure- It is defined as a planning tool of management project that helps to break a
project into many small parts. This tool also helps the business to organise team tasks into certain
actions of management. It also helps in providing significant approach for getting detailed
control and estimating cost and in providing proper guidance to schedule development and
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control (Jansen, Cusumano and Popp, 2019). It is basically taken into action to simplify project
execution by breaking down various managerial chunks. It also helps to organise project
appropriately and accurately to assign certain responsibilities to research team and by using this
technique, researcher is able to estimate the cost, risk and time which is utilised for
implementing a project.
Gantt Chart- This structure helps in dividing tasks of individuals into certain parts and on the
basis different activities are provided to workers in an enterprise for making sure regarding
completion of this research effectively (Kerzner, 2019). It will also help in improving overall
efficiencies and procedure and its also shows time slots that are made to each task of this
research.
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