Equality and Diversity in the workplace

This study report focuses on the importance of equality and diversity in the workplace, specifically in Aston Martin Lagonda. It explores the impact of gender pay gap on employees' overall performance and aims to provide recommendations for eliminating the gap. The report also discusses the development of policies related to equality and diversity.

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Table of Contents
TITLE:.............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
P1) Devise aims and objective of the project..............................................................................1
P2) Formulate project management plan by including scope, time, communication, resources,.
Risk, cost and quality. ................................................................................................................3
P3) Explain Gantt Chart and Work Break Down Structure........................................................4
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................5
P4) Conduct small scale research by applying qualitative and quantitative research methods
to achieve designed aims and objectives.....................................................................................5
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................7
P5) Evaluate research and data by using proper tools and techniques. ......................................7
Qualitative questions:.....................................................................................................................15
P6) Provide recommendation to draw meaningful conclusion.................................................17
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................18
P7) Reflection............................................................................................................................18
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................19

TITLE:
“ Equality and Diversity in the workplace”. A study report on Aston Martin Lagonda.
INTRODUCTION
In the era of globalization it is very important to build equity and diversity in the working
premises. Those organization having diverse culture on the floor are more successfully as
compare to other business running in the cut throat competitive world (Ali and Konrad, 2017).
Though equity diversity can not build in a day but firm can strategies to build them gradually in
the working environment. There are several advantages that can be gained by an organization by
introducing equality and diversity in effective manner. Competitive advantages, customer
satisfaction, more market value etc. are some of the benefits that are acquired by firm in the long
run. In order to complete this project Aston Martin Lagonda is undertaken. From more than
hundred years this firm is serving luxury car to their client. It is a British car company which is
famous for creating he world's most beautiful and accomplished automotive art worldwide. This
assignment covers aims and objective of the topic. PMP is prepared in order to complete the
research project in the set time frame. Gantt Chart and WBS is prepared to make the complex
task easy. Quantitative and qualitative approach are used to collect data .
LO 1
P1) Devise aims and objective of the project
Overview of the Company
Aston Martin Lagonda is a independent luxury manufacturer sports cars and grand
Tourers. It came into existence in the year 1913 by Lionel martin and Robert Bamford. This
leading form is recognized in the market for it's conducting the business in ethical and
transparent manner (About company,2019). Due to this commitment management has develop
integrated corporate social responsibility strategy for the business in intense competitive world.
The corporate social responsibility strategy is based on ten principals of UN Global Compact.
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Illustration 1: Logo of Aston Martin Lagonda.
Aims:
“ To understand the impact of gender pay gap on employees overall performance in an
organization”. A study report on Aston Martin Lagonda.
Objectives:
 To understand the phenomena of equity and diversity in Aston Martin Lagonda.
 To examine the impact of gender pay gap on employees overall performance in Aston
Martin Lagonda.
 To study the ways in order to eliminate gender pay gap from Aston Martin Lagonda day
to day working.
 To determine how policies related to equality and diversity can be developed in the
workplace of Aston Martin Lagonda.
Research Questions:
 Explain the phenomena of equity and diversity at Aston Martin Lagonda ?
 Discuss the impact of gender pay gap on employees overall performance in Aston Martin
Lagonda?
 Mention the various ways through which gender pay gap can be eliminated from Aston
Martin Lagonda day to day working?
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 How policies related to equality and diversity can be developed in the workplace of
Aston Martin Lagonda?
P2) Formulate project management plan by including scope, time, communication, resources,.
Risk, cost and quality.
Project management plan is explained as:
Cost: It is more important for company to maintain appropriate amount of funds that can
be possible either through taking support from investors or reserve funds (Barak, 2016). For this
purpose, the researcher should prepare budget in which cost must be allocated on the activities
on the basis of their impact. In order to conduct the research project smoothly estimated amount
of £68000 is required. Having this much fund will help the researcher in their research project to
conduct all the activities smoothly and on the set deadline. Lack of funds can be arranged by
taking finance from friends, relatives and other financial institutions. Thai is done in order to
gain in-depth understanding regarding the topic for which sufficient capital is needed. The
sample of such budget statement showing total cost incurred are given as under:
Estimated Budget
Particulars Amount (£)
Cash cost of diversity £30000
Opportunity costs of diversity £20000
Costs of legal compliance £10000
Business risks of diversity £8000
Total Cost £68000
Time: It is also an important element which assist Aston Martin Lagonda to achieve
competitive advantage through completing project activities within limited period of time. In
order to complete the research project in the set time span it is essential to prioritize the research
project task accordingly so that without any difficulty they can be full-filled easily. All the task
should be arranged properly in order to accomplish all the research activities in the set time span.
Due to which best report in be presented to the readers. For this, critical path should be followed
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in order to identify the time already invested and required to complete project activities. Fifty
two weeks are required to complete the assigned project in appropriate manner (Benschop,
2016).
Quality: It is a crucial factor which can always positively impact on the profitability and
sustainability of an organisation. Researcher receives standard quality of work for the project by
collecting data from qualitative approach and quantitative approach. Primary data collection
method is adopted by the researcher as they provide authentic and fresh data which is not used
by any other researcher in their findings. By this quality findings can be drawn from the gathered
information. As information is assembled directly from respondents it is of high quality and
fresh. It will help to build more loyal readers for the research work.
Risk: It always exist in all business activities which can hinder management to achieve its
desired outcomes within pre-determined time period. Such risk may include poor knowledge,
lack of an appropriate support of employees, insufficient resources etc. It enable researcher to
make suitable plans and strategies in advance so as to deal with future contingencies in more
effective way. Here, risk involve insufficient human resources, incomplete information , lack of
employees support etc. Through equality and diversity business. are facing big challenges like,
employee turn out ratio, decrease in productivity etc. lack of time, money, resources, unethical
behaviour of respondents are some of the major risk factor that are faced by researcher while
collected reliable information regarding the topic.
Communication: Face-to-face communication, email, written methods of communication
etc. are numerous communication channels that they can used by researcher to transfer their data
to one other. In the findings they used face to face communication method so that chances off
error can be reduced and productive results can be attained. Email is used by the researcher in
their research project in order to store and to share the assembled data from one other. By this
chances of error is reduced and data can be studied easily. Effective communication channels has
helped the researcher to exchange relevant information with one another so that in the specified
time all the activities are performed properly and accurate findings is provided to the readers.
Resources: Having sufficient amount of resources such as capitals, funds, skilled
employees etc. encourages researcher to work on the project effectively for better outcomes
(Hawkins, 2017). All the resources are utilized properly in order to complete the research
project so that in the set deadline research project can be finished properly. Laptop. Mobile
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phone etc. are resources which are used by researcher in their findings in order to come up with
more accurate results.
Scope: In case of this reports, the scope is very wide as this will support the researcher of
the business Aston martin Lagonda in the utilisation of all the resources, grasping of all the
available opportunities and chances of growth without facing any difficulties and conflicts. It in
completing up coming projects more accurately so that more reliable conclusion can be drawn
easily. The raise understanding regarding the topic will help the investigator to conduct other
research work more properly and in organized manner. So that information regarding the topic
can be captured by the readers easily.
P3) Explain Gantt Chart and Work Break Down Structure
Gantt Chart: It is a bar chart that explains project schedule. It was invented by Henry
Gantt in the year 1910-1915. Modern Gantt Chart also showcase the dependency relationship
among activities and present schedule position. It is used by the firm in order to complete the
project in the set time frame.
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Work Break Down Structure: It is a hierarchical decomposition of the work which
need to be implemented by project team in order to accomplish set standards of the project
(Hideg and Ferris, 2016) . This is the cornerstone of effective project execution, planning,
controlling, reporting and monitoring. Here, the complex task is cut down into smaller task so
that it can be completed on the deadline by the co-workers in easy way.
LO 2
P4) Conduct small scale research by applying qualitative and quantitative research methods to
achieve designed aims and objectives.
Qualitative approach: It is the best approach as it provide quality results to the readers.
Researcher use this approach in their findings as there is no use of mathematical data in their
research project. It become easy for readers to understand the illustrated information in the short
time period (Kirton and Greene, 2015). The main focus of qualitative approach is to provide
quality outcomes to their client over the years. It consumes less time to capture the data from the
research paper.
Quantitative approach: To provide informative data to the reader or client researcher
adopts quantitative approach in their findings. This is because it included more of graphs, tables,
pie diagrams, charts and so on in their presentation of project. Quantitative approach is complex
in nature as compare to qualitative approach as more numerical figure are used in the project.
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Relevant and authentic data are provide to the readers as numbers does not provide wrong
information.
However, Aston Martin Lagonda is adopting both type of approaches such as quantitative
and qualitative in their research project findings. Both play significant role in providing reliable
and feasible data to the readers. In the research project findings both are equally important as it
makes the project presentable and informative in nature as compare to other.
Primary data collection method: Through this method fresh and accurate data are
collected in order to attain productive results for readers. Researcher adopts this in their findings
as the information gathered through this method is not used by any other researcher in their
project. Survey, questionnaire are the sources through which primary data can be accumulated
from the respondents. Though it requires huge funds and time to perform in effective manner.
The chances of duplicacy decreases as outcomes are fresh and authentic in nature and is not used
by any other in the earlier project (Klein, 2016).
Advantages:
 It addressees particular research issue due to which authentic outcomes are attained .
 Lot of time is spend in gathering information which results in accumulation of reliable
and accurate data on the given topic.
Dis-advantages:
 Accumulated information is not feasible in nature.
 It is very expensive to conduct research through primary data collection method.
Secondary data collection method: The information collected from this sources are
used by many other researcher in their findings. Secondary data collection method requires less
time and money as compare to primary data collection method. Books, journals, newspaper,
articles are the the available sources from which data can be accumulated for the finding.
Advantages:
 In short time span sufficient amount of information is gathered from books, journals,
articles etc.
 It is cost effective in nature because from secondary sources data can be collected easily.
Dis-advantages:
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 They provide incomplete information to the readers as they are collected from secondary
sources like, books, articles etc.
 Quality of researcher is not up to the standard due to which readers are not happy with
the findings.
In order to complete the research work in effective manner primary data collection
method is used by Aston Martin Lagonda in their project. It provides complete fresh and correct
results as they are not used by any other researcher in the past findings (Ozturk and Tatli, 2018).
Seventy respondents are taken so as to answer the questions stated below:
Questionnaire:
Quantitative questions:
Q1) Are you aware about the terminology of equity and diversity?
a) I am aware
b) I am not aware
Q2) Do you think equality and diversity is important in Aston Martin Lagonda working
premises?
a) It is important
b) It is not important
Q3) Do have understanding regarding gender pay gap?
a) I have understanding
b) I don't have understanding
Q4) Discuss the impact of gender pay gap on employees overall performance in Aston
Martin Lagonda?
a) Reduces workforce efficiency
b) Build unhealthy working environment
c) Build mental stress
Q5) Why is it important to build equal pay scale in Aston Martin Lagonda?
a) To bring uniformity
b) Raises goodwill
Q6) Do you agree that gender pay scale is the main reason of unproductive outcomes in a
company?
a) To some extent
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b) Depends on company
Q7) What is the acceptable gender pay gap of men and women in a company?
a) Men, 9.2%
b) women, 7.2%
Qualitative questions:
Q8) Mention the various ways through which gender pay gap can be eliminated from
Aston Martin Lagonda day to day working.
Q9) Do you think Aston Martin Lagonda need to publish gender pay gap?
Q10) Which are the factors related to pay equity?
Q11) Do you think by eliminating gender pay gap skilled and potential employees can be
retained back in the firm?
Q12) What the response of organization towards equality and diversity issues at work
place?
Q13) How inclusive culture assist organization to gain competitive advantages in the
market?
Q14) According to you gender pay gap is the main cause of raising employee turnout
ratio?
Q14) Provide suggestions regarding impact of gender pay gap on employees overall
performance in an organization
LO 3
P5) Evaluate research and data by using proper tools and techniques.
Content analysis is explained as organized research method for examining quantitative
data.
Strengths
 Provide insight into difficult models of human idea and language.
 Look more in communication instead of text due to which central aspects of social
interaction is attained.
Weaknesses
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 Coding manually is almost impossible.
 It is difficult to determine the answers the “why” questions
Skills such as, data collection skill, report writing, finding information from internet,
analytical skills, planning, interviewing. All this has helped me to complete the task in the
set time period
Theme1: Aware about the terminology of equity and diversity.
Q1) Are you aware about the terminology of equity and
diversity?
Frequency
a) I am aware 50
b) I am not aware 20
50
20
a) I am aware
b) I am not aware
Interpretation: From the above data it can be concluded that from the sample size of 70
respondents only 50 people said that they are about the terminology of equity and diversity.
While the left over 20 communicator said that they are not aware about the above mentioned
statement.
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Theme2: Equality and diversity is important in Aston Martin Lagonda working premises
Q2) Do you think equality and diversity is important in Aston
Martin Lagonda working premises?
Frequency
a) It is important 30
b) It is not important 40
30
40 a) It is important
b) It is not important
Interpretation: The above mentioned diagram sates that 30 out of 70 communicator is
saying that equality and diversity is important in Aston Martin Lagonda working premises. And
the left over 40 person commented that it is not important to build equality and diversity at the
workplace.
Theme3: Understanding regarding gender pay gap.
Q3) Do have understanding regarding gender pay gap? Frequency
a) I have understanding 25
b) I don't have understanding 45
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25
45 a) Yes
b) No
Interpretation: From the digram it is concluded that 25 out of 70 people said that I have
understanding regarding gender pay gap in a company. However, 45 person is replying that they
do not have understanding regarding gender pay gap.
Theme4: Impact of gender pay gap on employees overall performance in Aston Martin Lagonda
Q4) Discuss the impact of gender pay gap on employees overall
performance in Aston Martin Lagonda?
Frequency
a) Reduces workforce efficiency 20
b) Build unhealthy working environment 30
c) Build mental stress 20
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20
30
20
a) Reduces workforce ef-
ficiency
b) Build unhealthy working
environment
c) Build mental stress
Interpretation: From the sample size of 70 communicator only 20 people are saying that
the main Impact of gender pay gap on employees overall performance in Aston Martin Lagonda
is that it reduces workforce efficiency of the co-workers. The remaining 30 person agreed that it
build unhealthy working environment due to which assigned work is not completed in the set
deadline. While the left out 20 are replying that mental stress is raised due to gender pay gap in
the premises.
Theme5: It important to build equal pay scale in Aston Martin Lagonda
Q5) Why is it important to build equal pay scale in Aston Martin
Lagonda?
Frequency
a) To bring uniformity 27
b) Raises goodwill 43
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27
43 a) To bring uniformity
b) Raises goodwill
Interpretation: The pie chart provide the conclusion that out of 70 comunicator who are
chosen for the survey from them 27 are saying in order to bring uniformity in the working
premises it is important to build equal pay scale in Aston Martin Lagonda. Whereas, remaining
43 are commenting that it directly or indirectly uplift goodwill so it is the core element to build
equal pay scale.
Theme6: Are you agree that gender pay scale is the main reason of unproductive outcomes in a
company
Q6) Do you agree that gender pay scale is the main reason of
unproductive outcomes in a company?
Frequency
a) To some extent 55
b) Depends on company 15
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Interpretation: From the diagram above it can be explained that from 70 answering who
are taken for the survey from them 55 people are agreeing that to some extent gender pay scale is
the main reason of unproductive outcomes in a company. While, the remaining 15 person are
reverting back that it totally depends on company that gender pay scale is the main reason of
unproductive outcomes in a company.
Theme7: Acceptable gender pay gap of men and women in a company.
Q7) What is the acceptable gender pay gap of men and women in
a company?
Frequency
a) Men, 9.2% 40
b) women, 7.2% 30
15
55
15
a) I agree
b) I don't agree

40
30
a) Men, 9.2%
b) women, 7.2%
Interpretation: From the above illustrated image it is summarized that 40 out of 70
communicator are saying that for men (9.2%) is the acceptable gender pay gap of men and
women in a company. While, left over 30 answering are favouring that women with (7.2%) are
acceptable.
Findings:
From the above findings it has been calculated that from the sample size of 70 maximum
numbers are in favour that they understand the terminology of equity and diversity. Whereas on
the other hand maximum number of respondents are not aware about gender pay gap. Around 30
communicator are saying that due to gender pay gap in the working premises unhealthy working
environment is build which leads in downfall of productivity. 40 people out of 70 respondents a
think that the acceptable gender pay gap for men is 9.2%. Additionally, 55 person are in favour
that gender pay scale is the main reason of unproductive outcomes in a company.
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Qualitative questions:
Q8) Mention the various ways through which gender pay gap can be eliminated from
Aston Martin Lagonda day to day working.
Factors Explanation in context of your company
Design policy of prohibiting wage
discrimination
Aston Martin Lagonda by framing the policy of
prohibiting wage discrimination can eliminate
gender pay gap in their working premises
(Ravazzani, 2016). By this they can easily
assure their staff members that gender pay gap
is not conducted in their organization in any
aspect. This helps to retain capable sub-
ordinate for longer time period.
Train management to avoid remuneration
discrimination
To abolish gender pay gap from the workplace
of Aston Martin Lagonda first they need to
train their mangers and superiors to avoid
remuneration discrimination in any condition.
By this act the task of eliminating gender pay
gap can be performed easily. This act makes
employees more loyal towards the firm.
Formulate guidelines and requirements for
salaries and bonuses.
Top level supervisors need to frame proper
guidelines and requirements in context of
salaries and bonuses so that no one feels that
they are discriminated on any basis. The
deserving candidate will be offer the standards
salary and bonus for their hard work.
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Q9) Do you think Aston Martin Lagonda need to publish gender pay gap?
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Factors Explanation in context of your company
Yes it should be published In to assure employees that they are not
discriminated on any grounds it is necessary to
publish gender pay gap. Aston Martin Lagonda
will be able to raises goodwill in the eyes of
existing and other employees working in open
market place (Sharma,2016).
No, it should not be published No there is no such requirement to publish
gender pay gap because the salary package is
based on work experience and many other
conditions. By publishing many rumours gets
emerged and un-necessary gossip take place
which directly impact work performance.
Depend upon the organizational Publishing gender pay gap in-front of others is
totally the decision of Aston Martin Lagonda
management. Depending upon their
understanding with sub-ordinate and working
culture the decision of publishing gender pay
gap can be taken. By this no one will feel
inferior and superior as it is done with mutual
understanding among employer and
employees. This leads in creating healthy
working environment.
Q10) Which are the factors related to pay equity?
Factors Explanation in context of your company
Education Education is the factor related to pay equity. In
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Aston Martin Lagonda if both male and female
holding the same level of education they
management should pay equal wages to them
despite of any culture, religion, colour,
background etc. This attribute helps the firm to
place deserving candidate at the right post.
Work Experience Another factor associated to pay equity is
work experience. Male and female both should
be offered the same package if they are having
same work experience in the same field as per
the requirement. Aston Martin Lagonda can
easily eliminate gender pay gap by this act
(Srinivasan, 2015).
Tenure Aston Martin Lagonda decide the pay scale of
both men and women on their tenure. If the
condition are same they are offered similar
benefits, roles and responsibilities as well as
remuneration. This factor related to pay equity
aid firm to run the business smoothly despite
of having diverse culture in the working place.
Q11) Do you think by eliminating gender pay gap skilled and potential employees can be
retained back in the firm?
Factors Explanation in context of your company
Yes By reducing the gender pay gap from the
premises skilled and capable employees can be
retained back easily because the feeling of
discrimination will be abolished.
May be may not be Those who want to leave the firm they will
leave it weather there is gender pay gap or not.
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So by eliminating gender pay gap skilled
employees can not be retained back in the firm
over the years.
No The pay scale is done according to the work
experience, ability, capability and so on. If the
firm eliminate gender pay gap then also
potential staff members can not be retained
back if they are nor satisfied with the policies,
working environment, teammates etc.
Q12) What the response of organization towards equality and diversity issues at work
place?
Factors Explanation in context of your company
Positively Organization responded positively towards the
issues emerged due to equity and diversity in
order to survive in the global market.
Negatively The reaction of the management towards the
equity and diversity issues was negative
because they did not want to raise the issues in
the eyes of the employees and to spoil the
working environment.
Nil The problems emerged die to the
implementation of equality and diversity at the
work place firm did not respond to it and
neglected it. The work and business activities
are performed as they were conducted earlier
in the same manner.
Q13) How inclusive culture assist organization to gain competitive advantages in the
market?
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Factors Explanation in context of your company
a) More innovation Competitive advantages can be gained when
there is innovation in the goods and services
and inclusive culture come up with this. It is
because they perform the same work with
varied style.
b) More profitability ratio Firm is able to gain huge revenue because of
creativity in the goods and services due to
which tough challenges is created for others in
the open market place.
c) More customer base Customers are more attracted to innovative
product and services in the offered by the
company. That results in raising huge customer
base for the goods and services.
Q14) According to you gender pay gap is the main cause of raising employee turnout ratio?
Factors Explanation in context of your company
a) Yes It is one of the reason of employee turn out
ratio in the firm because it raises the feeling of
discrimination in the eyes of the customers.
b) No There are many other reason due to which
worker leave the firm like, unhealthy working
culture, behaviour of team members, salary
issue etc.
c) Depends on situation Potential leave the organization not because of
gender pay gap but there are many undisclosed
condition due to which they leave the
company.
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P6) Provide recommendation to draw meaningful conclusion
The recommendation for the above mentioned data analysis are explained as under.
 All the employees, directors, suppliers etc. should be gathered together in order to resolve
the issue of gender pay gap. By this best solution can be attained by analysing each and
everyone view point (Vickers, 2017).
 Creditors and Shareholders should be given the opportunity in order to share their
thought regarding the issue of gender pay scale so that no one feels that they are treated
as inferior or neglected. This act creates harmony in the working premises.
 Directors, unions, government agencies and so on should be invented to give their
feedbacks regarding the issue of gender pay gap in the firm. By examining all the ideas
best solution can be drawn for the emerging problem. Also, by this chances of biasses is
reduced and transparency is build among both employer and employees.
 Management should conduct sessions in order to explain the reason why there is gender
pay gap in the premises with strong reasons.
 Experts are hired in order to have open discussion on this topic of gender pay gap. By this
the doubt regarding this can be cleared and best satisfactory solution can be suggested to
them. This raises productivity level and gradually things gets shorted out with the phase
of time (Wrench, 2015.)
 More focus should be done on content analysis as it provide more closeness to data
gathered from respondents.
LO 4
P7) Reflection
I am thankful that I have been part of this research project. Through out the journey of
this project it has raised my skills from every aspects as well as has enhanced my knowledge in
context of equality and diversity as well as issues associated with it. Being the part of this
research project it has raised my concept and understanding on the topic “To understand the
impact of gender pay gap on employees overall performance in an organization”. A study report
on Aston Martin Lagonda. The aims and objectives of the research project are attained because
the project activities were completed in the set deadline. The conclusion drawn from the findings
was authentic in nature a which assist me to achieve the set aims and objectives. While gathering
the data for the findings I came across many challenges like, unethical behaviour of the
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communicator, lack of time and insufficient finance. Due to which in-depth knowledge regarding
the topic was not assembled as lack in concluding meaningful conclusion. The other challenge
which I faced was deficiency of time and money. This aspects limited me to interact with large
proportion of public regarding the topic. Lack of time restricted me from exploring on the topic
deeply. While conducting the research work I discover that I am good in certain skills such as,
data collection skill, report writing, finding information from internet, analytical skills, planning,
interviewing. All this has helped me to complete the task in the set time period (Wrench, 2016).
While I felt that I too lack in various skills like, critical analysis, critically thinking and
communication. It has raised my work burden as these are my loop holes as well as consumed lot
of time while drawing conclusion for the findings. In order to improve this skills I am attending
various seminars and spending time with seniors. While assembling data form the communicator
I problems like, unethical attributes of the person, lack of resources and time. It results in
incomplete understanding regarding the topic as well as inaccurate findings was drawn .As I was
part of the research I realize that gender gap gap plays a vital role in raising the goodwill of the
firm in the market. By the gap in gender raises the ratio of employee turnout . Moreover I learned
how equal pay gap in workplace results in high productivity.
CONCLUSION s
From the above discussion it can be ended that it is very essential to prepare aims and
objective for the project. By this management is able to frame strategies by scanning the external
source so that in the set time frame aims and objectives can be attained properly. Also, staff
members can b e trained and motivated to work effectively and efficiently in order to meet the
set standards. Quantitative and qualitative approach are used to gather relevant and authentic
information for the findings. Project management plan is prepared in order to conduct the
research activities smoothly without any difficulty. Modern tools and techniques are adopted so
as to interpret the accumulated data so that large section of reader can be attracted towards it.
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Project Logbook for the chosen organisation:
Name of the learner: Name of the Supervisor:
Project Title: Multinational companies is to
identify the positive as well as negative impact
of the business environment of host nations.
Date:
Update of weekly research/ tasks achieved
(Account for a minimum of six weeks with
dates) What have you completed?
 Did you fulfil Task requirements?
 Are you on track and within deadlines
set? Did you need to make any changes to
your project management plan?
“ To understand the impact of gender pay
gap on employees overall performance in an
organization”. A study report on Aston
Martin Lagonda. Has been completed by me.
Yes, the task requirement was meet in the set
time duration.
I am on the right track and work is completed
in the set deadline.
No, I don't want to make any changes in the
project plan.
Any risks and / or issues identified? Did you identify risks/issues with a
lack of skills required for undertaking
research tasks?
Lack of data collection skill has impacted my
work negatively because in-depth
understanding on the topic was not gathered.
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 Did you identify any additional
risks/issues that have an impact on the
project management plan?
Limited time duration and resources are the
additional risk which I faced and has
impacted my project management plan.
Problems encountered
1. What barriers did you face?
2. How did you overcome them?
The biggest barrier which I came across was
organizing the collected data in the proper
manner.
Separate note book was prepared by me in
which all the gathered data was mentioned in
proper sequence.
New Ideas and change of project direction No
What Have I learnt about myself this week?1. How did I feel when I had to deal with
tasks/problems?
2. How well have I performed? What did
I contribute?
I was feeling nervous while dealing with the
task.
Hundred percent was contributed from my
side while performing each and every activity
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3. What can I improve on next week?
4. How might this learning apply in the
future?
related to research.
By working on the ethical considerations and
by enhancing my loop holes in the skill I can
perform better in the next task.
Future research can be conducted with the
support of seminars because it is the most
effective way of learning.
Tasks planned for next week Which tasks are priority?
 Have you set aside sufficient time for
completion?
The main work on top priority is data
analysis and interpretation of the project in
organized manner.
Yes, with the help of Gantt Chart enough
time was set aside.
Project plan status to date (on, ahead, behind)
Supervisor comments to address
Signature of the Supervisor and date:
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Template for Performance Review to be attached with the report by the learner:
What was the Project supposed to accomplish?
“ To understand the impact of gender pay gap on employees overall performance in an organization”. A
study report on Aston Martin Lagonda.
Did the project succeed in its aims/ how do you know? Specifically, please outline any evaluation
and assessment undertaken?
Yes, the project succeed in its aims which is known by me by using different methods such as
questionnaire, sampling method etc.
What things do you think worked well and why? Evaluate all aspects of the project?
I think my communication skill is much better which helped my by collecting of data from the
respondents. This skill also helped me in evaluation of each research activities such as selection of aim,
research methodology, data collection, conclusion and recommendation.
What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there timely
identification of issues and resolution during the project process?
During the project, improper behaviour of respondents is major issues. In order to tackled this issue I
used to follow ethical consideration. Yes, time is another issue which highly impacted during the
investigation. In order to overcome this issue, I used Gantt chart.
What did you learn from undertaking the project?
From undertaking the project, I learned about the impact of multinational organisation on business
environment of host destination.
How would you rate your performance as a management consultant leading the project?
According to my performance in research, I rate myself which is 9/10.
What strengths and weakness of your performance did you identify?
By performing research, I identified as communication skill is much better and time management skill is
not good.
How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?Communication skill
inform and support me in my continuous professional development by resolving different issues and

providing information of previous study.
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