Strategies for Developing an Inclusive and Diverse Workforce in ASDA

This research focuses on the strategies used by ASDA to develop an inclusive and diverse workforce. It explores the advantages of having an inclusive workforce and the importance of diversity in organizations. The research includes a small-scale research study, interpretation of findings, and recommendations.

SUCESSFUL BUSINESS
PROJECT

TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Aims and objectives...............................................................................................................4
P2 Project management plan.......................................................................................................6
P3 Gantt chart and WBS..............................................................................................................7
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................10
P4 Small scale research.............................................................................................................10
P5 Interpretation of findings......................................................................................................12
P6 Recommendations................................................................................................................20
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................21
P7 Reflection.............................................................................................................................21
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................21
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................22

TOPIC
“This has to be determined as the strategies which are very helpful to an
organization in order to develop an inclusive workforce”. Such case study has to be taken
upon ASD plc’’.
INTRODUCTION
Competition in market is being increasing day by day for organization seeking to
expand its business. This is an important thing for an worker and is going to help in enhancing of
skills with talent in them. It is going to result into achieving of objectives and goals at faster
rate. Also is going to result in forming of better coordination and diverse workforce is very much
necessary because it has an importance towards gaining of competitive edge in market. A diverse
workforce also creates skill, talent, background and experience which is helpful in achieving of
healthy competition in market. This makes workforce very much efficient and fill with
uniqueness of performing business activities. Workforce is required working environment that
leads towards achieving of objectives in an organization. ASDA is a British multinational
supermarket that was established in 1949. Headquarters is being set in Leeds and has around
450000 employees with 6800 shops that are present oversees also. In this file a research has to be
conducted over inclusive and diverse workforce. Further in this file strategies has to be explained
to form diverse form of workforce. Also how diverse workforce is helpful in gaining diversity in
workforce. All this is to be covered in the research that has to be done over small scale with
applicability of appropriate tools.
TASK 1
P1 Aims and objectives
Researcher has found that workforce consists of those employees under which a diverse
nature is there and is also present in its work force has helped an organization in gaining
diversity with working pattern in an organization. Due to this employees are being considered as
a valuable part of organization which makes him feel motivated. Including them in decision
making process is going to help in making a perfect decision and make them realize value in an
organization. Employees are going to stay more committed towards organization. Methods
required in order achieving goals effectiveness in easy way is done through coordination.
Dispute that has taken place in an organization can be solved that is going to make positive
environment at workplace (Ayande and Sabourin, 2016).
. Aim of research: “ This has been formed to determine that strategies that has been
formed for making achievement possible with diverse and inclusive workforce”. A case
study has to be done over ASDA.

Objectives of research:
 Required information to be collected through work force.
 Determining of strategies which has been used by ASDA in order to create diversity
within workforce.
 Identifying of advantages about workforce within an organization.
Research Questions:
 What is inclusive workforce?
 What initiative has to be used by an organization over creating diverse workforce?
 What are advantages of such workforce?
Literature Review
Inclusive workforce in a company
According to the researcher consistency of a work force in an organization is consisting
of various background, religion, cast, age talent and skill which is required to work together in an
environment. This is one of the most important parts of an inclusive working environment which
is required to be formed as this is going to help in making an organization leading towards
creating of equal opportunity in an organization which leads over creating fair opportunity to
work for all employees. It is helpful in providing value to an organization. Being a researcher it
has helped me in marking out that motivation is going to make and employee increase capacity
of working which eventually makes them perform well. Innovation has helped in leading over
helping an organization in making an inclusive environment. This is going to be helpful in
increasing of workforce and making an organization more efficient in its performance with
uplifting of productivity (Drysdale, and Gurr, 2016).
Strategies for building an inclusive and diverse workforce
According to the researcher there are various things which is going to be helpful in
forming of an work force. This lead towards an organization and is going to be most important
over achieving of goals and objectives. As per the research done by an researcher it has been
proved that acceptance over work and towards each other has to be there. Engaging upon worker
is being able to make a strong leadership in an organization. This had made employees involved
over decision making process that is going to be helpful through increasing both values and
ideas. It has been found in the research that confidence and commitment is necessary for an
organization. It has resulted in providing appraisal which has to be used over judging an
employee and his performance for enhancing its capacity and improving of workers (Cao, 2018).
Advantages of having inclusive and diverse workforce

Researcher has researched and found that economic globalization time all organization
are putting their best effort which is going to make creation over the diverse work force that
consist of the candidates having variety of skills and talent in order to get hired in a organization.
This is helpful in making of productivity better and also helps in enhancing of performance. Also
helps in increasing of productivity and making performance better which makes work to be done
in better way. It helps in developing of brand image of an organization and is responsible for
building of strong customer’s base by utilizing talent of workforce ((Heckmann, Steger and
Dowling, 2016).
P2 Project management plan
Now researches have decided to make budget management plan that is going to make
execution, control and monitoring of a project. This is going to help researcher in finding out
rules and regulation which creates problem that has to be solved. Such determination is going to
be very helpful in gaining of the desired results:
 Cost: It is one of the most important element that is required for a project to be started
and completed. It is required to maintain various kinds of funds which has to be
possible. This is helpful in dealing with funds required that has to be invested by
investors and also with fund reserving.
 Management has to prepare a budget that is going to cost and allocation of activities
upon the impact. Research is required to be done in order to achieve a project with
fund of £68000 and activities of the project is to be achieved in proper manner.
 Time: This is also another important thing that is required for performing of research
in order to achieve a project accomplishment. It is one of the most important elements

that is going to be help organization to get the work done within appropriate time.
Importance of management has to be adopted over mobile technology with a time
period for achieving of competitiveness in the market over rivals.
 Scope: This happens to be receiving of standard quality over work through
employees which has made it possible over learning programs that is making capable
over utilizing of technology. Researcher needs is required to be mark out in order
make scope in a project. Scope helps in gaining of the topic over which research has
to be done. So, as action is required to be taken when project has to determine (Ito,
2018).
 Quality: This factor is very important as it affects profitability and sustainable of an
organizational growth. As quality results over achieving of a complicated project.
Data collection has a major role to play in quality of product.
 Communication: Communication is considered to be one of the most important part
of getting a project done. As it leads towards transferring of information to make
research done inn smooth manner. This is possible through various types of means
like mobile, email and other devices that work over internet.
Risk: This is always present in an research activity that always hinder the process of
research for achieving of an desired outcome as per time period told. Risk is that
which includes poor knowledge, lack of appropriate support upon employment,
insufficient resources. It is helpful in taking that decision and making strategies that
has resulted into better outcome.
 Resources: Printers, team members and mobile phones are some of resources used by
the researcher over completing of project on time with stipulated budget.
P3 Gantt chart and WBS
Gantt chart: Researcher has defined Gantt chart as an effective effort which is going to be
used in terms that is able to make project achievable. Research has to done over time period for
getting information that is related to time and project effectiveness. It is important from point of
view of gaining balance and task achieving easy.

Work Breakdown structure Through research upon the chart. Researcher has marked
that method used over required management and control over activities is sufficient. All task is
being given a specific time period in which it has to be completed (Jemail, 2019).

TASK 2
P4 Small scale research
Researcher has to perform research upon an organization in order to make a organization
about concluding and this is because it is going to make me recognize about the trends of market
which has to be keep in mind while delivering of items with administration that has resulted into
raising of profitability and sustainability in an organization. Mainly two types of method is there
for research which has helped an researcher over conveying of an adequate data in respect to
progression and adjustment over the targeted customers with existing technology. These methods
of research are as follows:
Quantitative method: In this data is being collected through tables, statistics and
formats. This output has to be carried on different norms and conclusion is required to be taken
from required outcome. Such data is presented in the form of graphical representation also.
Qualitative method: As per this research data is required to be collected within the form
of quality that has varied statement and is measured through research. In addition to this another
vital technique has to be used in the research for collecting of an significant information within
factual information (Jung and Han, 2017).
 Primary source: As per the resource data has to be collected only when a researcher
does a survey through questionnaire and collect feedback with appropriate source.
 Secondary sources: In this researcher is required to collect data with information that is
existing in the form of newspaper, journals, and articles.

Sampling: In order to understand this process a number of persons has been taken and research
is done upon them. Size of research is 40
Questionnaire
Quantitative questions
Q1) What is inclusive workforce?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Diverse workforce and inclusive workforce is important for an organization?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) Is there diversified and inclusive workforce in ASDA?
a) Yes
b) No
Q4) Diversified employees to be introduced in business?
a) Nondiscrimination recruitment
b) Variety of work should be there
Q5) Inclusive workforce meaning of concept?
a) Getting employees engaged
b) Decision making involvement
c) Value of indiscrimination
Q6) Why is diversity required in company?
a) Improvising of innovation
b) Image of organization
c) Competitiveness
Q7) Inclusive workforce helping in business to what level?
a) Improved performance
b) Increased job satisfaction
Q8) Advantages of having inclusive workforce in an organization?

a) Productivity improvising
b) Retention of employee is increased
c) Affective brand image.
Qualitative questions
Q9) main strategies top make inclusive and diverse workforce in an organization?
 Training and development
 Participative leadership
Q10) How to develop strategies in an organization?
a) Change in leadership style
b) Performance appraisals
c) Equal opportunities to all
Q11) Recommendation
P5 Interpretation of findings
Q1) What is inclusive workforce? Frequency
Yes 20
No 20

Yes
No
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20 20 Frequency
This graph has explained that out of 40 employees 20 knows about workforce and 20 is
not aware upon the topic. This means employees having knowledge upon it inclusive workforce
is helpful in getting satisfaction from job. This also leads towards gaining of satisfaction
(Kaushik, 2018).
Q2) Diverse workforce and inclusive workforce is
important for an organization?
Frequency
Yes 18
No 12
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Q2) Is diversified
workforce and inclusive
workforce is essential in a
company?

From the above garph this can be concluded that out of 40 employees 18 are in favour of
diversity and inclusive workforce is required for business. On the other hand an employee is not
able to think with two factors that is essential. This is said to be of two aspects essential in an
business for attining of business growth and objectives.
Q3) Is there diversified and inclusive workforce
in ASDA?
Frequency
Yes 20
No 20
Yes
No
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20 20 Frequency
From this graph it has to be marked out that there are 40 employees that are taken and 20
is not aware about the fact that workforce is required to be diverse and there should be inclusive
workforce in ASDA. 10 employees think that organization is supposed to have diverse and
inclusive work force. So, it has to be said that all things is leading towards a business and
enhancing of capacity with enhancing upon productivity.
Q4) Diversified employees to be introduced in
business?
Frequency
Nondiscrimination recruitment 20
Variety of work should be there 20

Indiscriminate
recruitment Having variety of work
0%
10%
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20 20
Frequency
From the above graph an researcher can understaand that there are 40 respondent. Out of
which 20 is of the opinion that diversity in workforce is required to be adopted with non
discrimiantion in recruiting process. Out of this 20 emloyees has to think upon adopting when an
business over having high variety of work this lead towards upon diversifying of workforce in an
organization. This is said to be recruitment of essential role within a busines because employees
having different skills is going to be helpful in making an business organization achieve its goals
and complete the project in time.
Q5) Inclusive workforce meaning of concept? Frequency
Getting employees engaged 15
Decision making involvement 10
Value of indiscrimination 15

Engaged
employees Include in
decision making Valued
indiscriminately
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15 10 15 Frequency
From the above graph it can be concluded there are 40 respondents. In which 15 is of the
opinion that inclusive workforce leads towards engagement of employees. 10 is of the opinion
that inclusive workforce should be involved in order to increase decision making. Other 15 is of
the opinion that employees id involved in aiming decision. Rest 15 is of the opinion that value of
indiscrimination policies should be done. So it can be concluded that inclusive workforce is sum
of employee engagement, their involvement in decision making and valued indiscrimination in
the business (Koch, and Siering, 2019).
Q6) Why is diversity required in company? Frequency
Increased innovations 10
Reputation of company 10
Competitive edge 10

Increased
innovations Reputation of
company Competitive
edge
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10 10 10 Frequency
In this graph there are 40 respondents in which 10 are of the opinion that innovation of an
organization can be done through diverse workforce. Other 10 thinks that for enhancing of
reputation over an organization is required for keeping workforce diversity. 10 is of the opinion
that to get an competitive workforce on diversity. This is going to make an workforce in an
organization and makes it efficient in achieving of goals with desired result (Rubin, 2016).
Q7) How inclusive workforce helps the
business?
Frequency
Improved performance 20
Increased job satisfaction 20

Improved performance
Increased job
satisfaction
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20
20 Frequency
From the above graph it can be concluded that 40 employees are there in which 20 is
having the perception that there should be workforce diversity and business that is needed to be
enacted through diverse force of work. So, inclusive workforce has been required in order to
enhance corporation that is within the employee through integration of business (Sligo and et.
al. , 2017).
.
Q8) What are the advantages of inclusive
workforce for business?
Frequency
Increased productivity 20
Increased employee retention 10
Better brand image 10

Increased
productivity Increased
employee
retention
Better brand
image
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
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20 10 10 Frequency
From this graph it can be concluded that 40 employees are there and 20 thinks that
productivity has to be increased that is going to be inclusive over workforce. 10 of them thinks
that all employees retention has to be enhance over an inclusive and rest 10 is of the opinion that
brand image of the business is going to be enhanced over marketplace in which an organization
has helped a business in making goals achieved.
Q9) What are major strategies for
inclusive workforce and diversified
workforce in the business?
Explanation
Training and development Such strategy has helped in performing research that
has helped an researcher in marking out talent and
skills in employees. As this has lead upon an going to
lead towards integration and is required to provide an
environment over cooperation in a manner over all
employee which work together to attain objective set
by business.
Participative leadership This is helpful in participative of leadership style and
employees within an business which may be having an
high level of motivation that is helpful in gaining free
and better business environment.

Q10) How the company may adopt
strategies?
Explanation
Change in leadership style Researcher has found that democratic form of
leadership for motivating the entire employee that is
working over an organization. It has to be achieved
through decision making. Boost performance level
upon employees which has new heights in market.
(Sundah, Langi and Maramis, 2018). This is also very
helpful in making decision. It is going to make
performance level upon employee that touches new
heights in market.
Performance appraisals This makes the researcher assist all employees on
enhancing performance for assisting employees and
enhance performance to gain monetary benefits.
Equal opportunities to all It is helpful to the employees in boosting of their
moral as they are equal opportunities for enhancing of
performance in the business.
P6 Recommendations
Researcher is going to be helpful in making an organization like ASDA in a way which is
going to gave rise upon all strategies which is applied upon. This makes environment of all
persons work together despite of religion, cast, age etc is able to work. These are explained as
follows:
Equality and fair chance should be given to employee in order to develop an organization
that is helpful in order to develop and increase satisfaction of job (Swanson and Pearlman, 2017).
Increasing employee engagement by including workers while making decisions so that
their ideas and opinions can be valued which help in improving their performance.

TASK 3
P7 Reflection
From the above research an improvement has been made by ASDA which has to lead
over an organization to achieve goals and objective. This is effective in a way that it has made
researcher using a survey of questionnaire which is very helpful and lot of question has been
asked by him to the employees of ASDA which made in generation of high voltage result which
has helped in performing of research in future within big organization. This has made the
researcher realize that these organizations are going to be helpful in financial resources and
getting admission in college of his desire (Taylor and Goodall, 2017).
CONCLUSION
From this file it can be concluded that an organization is required to created and diverse
impact upon workforce of an organization. This has helped in engaging them in the decision
making process in an organization. It has helped an company over building of an brand image
that has resulted in fund raising and profit making out from talent. Also fund raising is done by
it. This has lead over making organization strong and is helpful in increasing of profit. It has also
brought out talent of workers over profit strategies to be adopted as an inclusive workforce.

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