Managing Cultural Diversity in the Workplace

Unit 11
Managing Cultural Diversity in
the workplace/ Research Project

Research Proposal template
 Full Title of Research Project
Managing Cultural Diversity in the workplace.
 Aims and Research question (outline the aim of the study and the research question under
investigation. If appropriate, outline the study hypotheses.)
Aim: To measure the impact of cultural diversity policies on high employee turnover ratio. A
case study on Tesco PLC Aldgate East.
Research Questions:
What are the impacts of cultural diversity policies on high employee turnover ratio faced by
Tesco PLC Aldgate East?
 ‘Plain language’ Summary
This project is based on cultural diversity management that will be essential for the growth and
success of an organisation at marketplace. By managing diverse workforce at workplace, different
advantages will be gain by company such as improved business performance, reduced employee
turnover etc.
 Objectives
To develop understanding in relation to cultural diversity.
To identify the different benefits of developing cultural diversity policies for Tesco PLC Aldgate
East.
To determine the impact of cultural diversity policies on high employee turnover ratio faced by
Tesco PLC Aldgate East.

 Justification of the research
(Explain the rationale for carrying out this project. Please include any initial literature review to support
the research.)
 Lombardo. J., 2017. Cultural Diversity in the Workplace. [Online]. Available
Through: <https://study.com/academy/lesson/cultural-diversity-in-the-workplace-
definition-trends-examples.html>
 Dishman. L., 2018. This Is the Impact Of Gender Wage Gap. [Online]. Available
Through: <https://www.fastcompany.com/40556360/this-is-the-impact-of-gender-
wage-gap
 Jarrett. V., 2018. How Gender Pay Gap Affects Your Business. [Online]. Available
Through: <https://blog.vantagecircle.com/gender-pay-gap/>
 Clarke. L., 2020. Amazing Benefits of Cultural Diversity in the Workplace. [Online]. Available
Through: <https://inside.6q.io/benefits-of-cultural-diversity-in-the-workplace/>
 Please indicate the methodological design(s) and other features of your study
For doing current investigation quantitative data collection has been used by researcher because
it support researcher in gathering of primary and numerical information about the topic.
Questionnaire will be used as an effective technique of quantitative data collection.
 Participants
If appropriate to your research please include how you will sample your participants and what
numbers will be involved.
40 staff members of TESCO will be selected randomly under probability sampling method.
 Materials/apparatus/equipment
If appropriate to your research please include the materials that you will be using in the study (i.e.,
questionnaires, interview schedules etc.)
Questionnaire will be followed by researcher while collecting primary or quantitative information
about the topic.
 Ethical implications
Identify any ethical considerations relate to the study
 When you begin the research / dissertation process in your final year, you will need to
make full ethical application to collect data and conduct your research.

 However, on this form you should show consideration of ethical implications such as, but
not limited to, the following:
o Ensuring participants are not mislead – By informing them of the purpose of the
study in advance via a participant information sheet.
o Protecting participants from vulnerability and any physical or mental harm - By
not asking any questions of an overly personal or sensitive nature, and allowing
participants to decline answering any questions they wish not to answer
o Ensuring privacy/confidentiality/anonymity – By not revealing participants’
identity when referred to in transcripts and/or writing up of the research. It is
recommended that pseudonyms are used, with the profile of organisations and
individuals described without explicitly revealing the identity.
o Appropriate data management - By keeping all data derived from participants
securely stored on password protected devices that only the researcher and
research supervisor have access to, and adhering to other aspects of the data
protection act (1998) and GDPR.
o Reducing ethical issues surrounding reciprocity – By not offering any incentives to
participants to take part in the study or suggesting any direct benefits participants
may be gained from taking part in the study.
 Timescales
Insert here a Gantt chart of your time-plan for the project, include milestones such as planning,
literature review, ethics application data collection, etc.)