Evaluating Globalisation's Impact on Business Functions

This assignment evaluates the completion of a research project on globalisation's impact on business functions, specifically John Lewis & Partners. The project aimed to identify positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of globalisation on different business functions. The evaluation covers tasks planned, time management, technical accomplishments, increase in research skills, strengths and weaknesses, and how the project contributes to continuous development for future research processes.

Project Management

INTRODUCTION
Organisation exist in most competitive market where environment become more complex
that directly affected by globalisation. International market is greatest approach to enhance
business into global level. The business gets into the new market and enhance the business
operation and development growth market opportunities as well. Globalisation is the best way to
improve higher demand from markets and faster turnaround times. It will help to improve the
way of producing a better goals and objectives in order to improve the company quality and
market positioning as well.
During the past few years scientific perfections in transportation new advanced
technology and process of communication had been given huge impact on the business
development goals. Apart from that, it made big contributions to the growth of globalisation.
Present description will be going to be based on globalisation & their positive and negative
impact on the retail sector. For that, report will be taking John Lewis & Partners which is a chain
of high end department stores operated in UK. Overall study explained about the importance of
globalisation and discussed the significant effects on the overall development process.
LO 1
P1 Devise aims and objectives
Background
Company expand its business operations into another company for enhancing their
business functions and growth expansion. In other terms globalisation is also emphasized that, it
is the term which integration of cultural, regional and economies with the help of communication
by different transportation mode. Globalisation presented in different kinds of such as
liberalisation, internationalization, universalization & westernisation etc. The aims to get into the
each other functions to earn innovative more development and leading result opportunities
(Bratton and Gold, 2017). Besides, it also includes some issues regarding business ethics.
Globalisation is the best tool to enhance the development of company operations and probability
market into the higher level.
Aims : “To identify the positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of globalisation on
different business functions”- A study based on John Lewis & Partners.
Objectives
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 To categorise the positive influence of globalisation on different factors.
 To determine the position of International market for better performance of business
functions.
 To analyse the ethical issues in different Globalization practical areas that company
faced.
Research Questions
Q. What are the optimistic impact of globalisation on different factors?
Q. What are the standing of economic process for better performance of business functions?
Q. What are the ethical issues in different global areas that company faced?
P2 Produce a project management plan
Communication: The basic function behind communication process is to ensure that
every member of project should aware about the all activities and functions needs to be
performed to get target accomplished (Cavusgil and et.al., 2014).
Project scope: Project scope is the developing result outcomes on which result has been
based. Scope is very much necessary and essential to understand the importance which express
the purpose. Present research scope is to express the positive and negative impact of
Globalisation on Cited company functions.
Quality: Excellence application is mandatory in the project to ensure that everything is
going good and according to set method. This element ensures project stability and possibilities
of good outcomes.
Resources: Resources required to full fill the aim and objectives such as to collect data,
human resource is required. To manage data and statistics technology is required etc (Taylor,
Bogdan and DeVault, 2015).
Costs: Prices has involved in each activity through task get accomplished and fulfilled.
Such as to conduct this present study researcher spend £450.
Risk: Risk is the uncertain factor which generally involved in each and every activity in
the project. Such as researcher could face many issues to collect data, researcher could fail in
order to accomplished goals due to some limitations etc.
Time : This is the most vital factor in project which showing when project will be started
and when it will be closed. This project will be complete in 202 days.
Project management plan
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P3 Work break down structure and Gantt Chart
Gantt Chart
Work Break down structure

LO 2
P4 Conduct research with the help of qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
Research approach: Investigation approached revenues been describing into two
different parts of method such as deductive and inductive approaches. Inductive approach
usually starts with observation philosophies are planned in order to finish the research process
and goals. Deductive research approach is developing the hypothesis on the existing theories.
Present study will be using the inductive research approach and goals. Taken study further.
Along with that, it discovers new management task and new effective learning goals.
Data collection: it is the procedure to collect different data from two different method
primary and secondary data collection techniques. That helps to collect data for the further
study, it helps to define into deeper manner. It is the kind of very systematic approach in order to
complete the process of project and helps to keep the target more managing and effective.
Present study will be uses primary information method by using the questionnaire method. It
develops the new managing new effective results.
Primary method of data collection is quite complex and expensive comparatively others.
Besides, primary data which create by some group of social unit. This data has been collected by
different know-how such as questionnaire, interview, observation etc.
Second method is secondary techniques to collect the data for research that to collect data
from internet, books, journals, magazines which has already been existed (Crane and Matten,
2016). The main aim of this method is to deeply analyse of the study which has been already
done by others to enhance the more knowledge on the specific topic.
Sampling: Selection is the long-lasting results & goals. Most specific and necessary part
of the procedure of research which taken some specific number of people as a respondent to
collect data. Sampling divided into two methods probability and non-probability sampling
technique. Probability selection acting is the process which stretches chance of participation in
the research. Probability sampling includes method such as stratified systematic, multistage,
cluster sampling method (Crane and Matten, 2016). On the other side, non-probability sampling
has selects member as per the age group, and selects people on the basis of non-random manner
(Vellas, 2016). Present study will be going to take simple random sampling method by taking
employees of the organisation which is around 20 employees as a respondent of the cited
company.

Data analysis: DA is another procedure after collecting data by many sources. Data
analysis consists some different kinds of techniques and results in order to meet out the result
and growth. There are two kinds of methods of data analysis. Quantitative and qualitative data
analysis methods of techniques. Quantitative method includes mathematical term in which
researcher analyse data on the basis of numerical manner with the form of mean, median and
mode (Wheelen and et.al., 2017). Apart from that, qualitative research method is simple and
flexible than quantitative process. That affect the business into more appropriate manner. In this
data collection technique data has been evaluated by critical manner. Present study will be taken
qualitative research technique.
Ethical consideration: Legal implications and laws helps to ensure about the legal terms
in the project that is essential to be followed. Ethical consideration protect study from illegal
forms of terms and guide about requirement to be take or which is not.
Questionnaire
Name :
Occupation :
Age :
1. Does globalisation has increased the opportunities of trade environment for company ?
 Yes
 No
2. Does globalisation helps to meet the needs of human resource department ?
 Yes
 No
3. Does globalisation create issues and challenges for marketing department ?
 Highly
 Lightly
 No
4. Is globalisation makes worldwide income growth for the company ?
 Agree
 Strongly agree
 Disagree

 Strongly disagree
5. How many years company has been doing enterprise overseas ?
 Less than 1 year
 More than 2 years
6. Globalisation has increased the level of competition or not ?
 Extremely
 Average
 No Idea
7. Globalisation adds complexness for business operational department or not ?
 Yes
 No
LO 3
P5 Data analysis
Theme 1: Opportunity includes in globalisation for international trading to company
1. Does globalization increased the opportunities of trade environment for
company? Frequency
Yes 14
No 6

Yes No
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
14
6 Column B
Interpretation: As per section given data and scenario it has been analysed by researcher that
least large number of responsive were suggested positively on the opportunities of trade and
environment. As per the fourteen defendants decided with statements that yes, globalisation is
helpful to trade in the external market and create huge occasions such as variety of talented
employees, advanced technology, enhance number of customers, promote brand awareness into
new market etc. Contrary, six out of all answering were introduced none of globalisation creates
instead of chances risk, uncertainties, competition stress.
Theme 2: Meet needs of quality resource department
2. Does globalization helps to meet the needs of human resource department ? Frequency
Yes 16
No 4

Yes No
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
16
4
Column B
Interpretation: As per researcher, it has found how many people think that, globalisation
fulfilled needs of HR department. So, on that note, 16 of them were stated yes and give views in
affirmative terms. As per to them globalisation present & opened the gate for intelligent who
wants to work with multinational companies & also keep growing in the future. On the other
hand, according to them employees also said that globalisation create new work culture within
the company by having different though full employees. On the other hand, 4 of them were
presented their issues that due to diverse culture some employees creates conflicts and issues as
well.
Theme 3: Create issues and challenges for marketing department
3. Does globalization create issues and challenges for marketing department ? Frequency
Highly 4
Lightly 12
No 4

Interpretation : As per this analysis researcher found out that on this statements or question
number of employees gives normal result that globalisation creates issues and challenges but less
than opportunities. 4 of them were state that yes international business brings high work
pressure, low productivity, competition pressure. Besides 12 of them were said it gives new
resources and idea to market the product into more appropriate manner. Rest of the 4 were stated
that, no its not create any challenges for marketing department.
Theme 4: Makes global income growth to company
4. Is globalization makes international sales growth for the company ? Frequency
Agree 8
Strongly agree 3
Disagree 5
Strongly disagree 4
4
12
4
Highly
Lightly
No

Agree
Strongly agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
8
3
5
4
Column B
Interpretation: As per the research found out that, has concluded that 8 members were agree
with the statements that international helps to improve sales growth due to large customers. 3 of
them were strongly agree and give best views on the international market. 5 of them were
disagree with statements and said customer were not trust on the new brands that's why they
preferred less to purchase international products. Rest of the 4 respondents were strongly
disagree.
Theme 5: Company has been doing business overseas
5. How many years company has been doing business overseas? Frequency
Less than 1 year 3
More than 2 years 17

Less than 1 year More than 2 years
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
3
17
Column B
Interpretation: As per the observation, investigator observed most of the response were stated
that business deals with foreign market for more than 2 centuries. 17 of them were said more
than 2 years and 3 of them were states. Corporation working at national level from less than 1
year.
Theme 6: Number of competitors present in the market.
6. Globalization has increased the number of competitors or not? Frequency
Highly 12
Moderate 4
Don't know 4

12 4
4
Highly
Moderate
Don't know
Interpretation: As per observation procedure, it has been found out that, as per the all 20
respondents. Globalisation extremely increased the number of competitor pressure due to several
other brands in the company. Besides, 4 of them were stated that, at global level competitor
affect business at moderate level. Besides, J&L having good customer. Institution gets less
affected from the competitors. On the other side, 4 respondent where don't know and have less
knowledge to identify the environment. In other words, it has been concluded that company
having high range of competition in the market in order to beat out the results and long lasting
range of product or services. In other words, it has been proved and identified that that company
has to develop long range of innovative services and product to beat the level of competition and
sustainer the growth of the company in the long range manner. This will help to recontinue the
process into the best effective and approachable manner. This will help company to make the
good response in the further development.
Theme 7: Complexity for business operational department
7. globalization adds complexity for business operational department or not? Frequency
Yes 4
No 16

4
16
Yes
No
Interpretation: As per the analysis procedure, it has been originating out that how much people
get demotivated that process of meeting the goals and meet out foremost outcome results &
goals. As per 4 were said that, yes globalisation creates complexity for business operations due
to manage the data of number of employees or handling day to day activities of different places
as well. As per the sixteen respondents, privatiszation helps candidates to get new growth skills
and target or method to perform work into more appropriate manner.
P6 Recommendation and findings
Findings
As per findings of conducted research cited company J&P and make the business growth
more powerful and strong (Epstein, 2018). Therefore, researcher has found out findings and new
actual structure task in order to meet out the better and best outcome results. Overall, research
has focused to found out the different knowledge outcomes and growth towards the globalisation
and their effective or ineffective services results. Like they number of workers settled with the
declarations that John Lewis & Partners get the high number of sales by the effect of
globalisation (Flick, 2015). Along with that, it makes better and long-term goals and better
effective performance making task for the better outcomes. On the other hand, researcher also
observed throughout the report that, globalisation is essentially required tool or source to get into
market to adopt further expansion method or working goals to their global customers. Besides,

globalisation also helps to introduce different resources to make new opportunities (Hair Jr, and
et.al., 2015).
Recommendation
Globalisation has consisted different driving factors that affect directly and indirectly to
the business functions. In terms to enhancing the concern performance, company inevitably to
focused on the new managing techniques, new thoughts and ideas to take the business into new
level (Globalisation. 2018). Apart from that, it is considered as the best and effective level of
outcomes and reduces the negative impact of globalisation. Globalisation can also assist to
develop the performance of employees by applying the new functional activities. Company can
also get benefited by experienced with new talented employees through different aspects and
goals. Cited Company needs to acquire legal legislations in order to maintained the ethical
position in the market. Orhanizations who followed the legal structure and their ethic rights that
organisation will always profitable one (Hair Jr, and et.al., 2015). Society and government
always give prioritise to those companies as well. Company can also might be the top one in
their customers mind if they launch fresh product or services in the global market. Apart from
that, it will help to maintained the better goals and services in order to accomplish goals of the
organisation. Company have to take long range of new styles and growth in order to make the
completion and adopt the best strategic decision making approach. Globalisation plays a most
important and effective result task that company should need to adopt in order to sustained its
business at global context. In other words, globalisation adopts the and gain the public and new
managing effective business to meet the company aims and subjective. This also helps in expand
business performance in the long range of market at international context.
LO 4
P7 Reflective
As per the conducted this research and study in term of most effective or knowledgeable
goals. Globalisation on the different functions of the cited company. I need to grow my
knowledge and skills in inquiry activity (Hirst, Thompson and Bromley, 2015). it will be more
beneficial for the better developmental target. Therefore, it brings the better growth to my career
in the future. During the study I have applied different research techniques and methods to
collect information and data. I had to know about how to conduct primary research by

questionnaire it helps to communicate the best processing goals. I have learned both positive and
negative impact of globalisation on business functions either on operations, human resource or
financial. Overall, I have improved my self from this study and learn so many knowledges. I got
to learn how to manage things in appropriate manner (Mackey and Gass, 2015).
CONCLUSION
As per the above given research and study it analysed that commercial got affected by the
changes in globalisation policies and factors due instability of economic conditions of the
country. Study has been discussed both positive and negative consequences of globalisation and
international trade. For that, research has been applied primary research to collect data and got
suggested by the study skills of qualitative method. Further, it also undertaking project
management plan to describe the activities to be done to meet out aims and objectives. However,
study produced WBS and Gantt chart to showed the distributed happenings in order to achieve in
better manner. Overall, study presenting the negative and positive impact of the international
business within the working performance.

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APPENDIX
Project Logbook
Name:
Project title: “To identify the positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of
globalisation on different business functions”- Case study based on John Lewis & Partners.
Date:
Update on weekly research/tasks achieved
Points to consider:
What have you completed?
- I realised the inquiry on the topic of Globalisation.
Did you fulfil task requirements?
-Yes
Are you on track and within deadlines set?
-Yes
Did you need to make any changes ?
-No
Any risks and/or issues identified?
Points to consider:
Any identified risk and issue you found with lack of skills required for undertaking ?
- I have facing issues while collecting the data from respondents.
Any additional risk you found ?
- No

Problems encountered
Points to consider:
What barriers did you face?
 Enough Data or techniques
 Lack of participation
How did you overcome them?
 Making planning
 By adopting Appropriate technique or strategies
New ideas and change of project direction
Applying new approaches of Research.
What have I learnt about myself this week?
Points to consider:
How did I feel when I had to deal with tasks/problems? Did I find it useful to complete the
tasks?
-As per the conducted this research and study on the pros and cons impact of the
globalisation on the different functions of John Lewis & Partners.
How well I performed in within the project ?
-I have grown my knowledge and skills in research process. That will be more beneficial for
the future studies and goals. General, it brings the better growth to my career in the future.
How can this study helps in future ?
- By Taking new research on some different topic.

Tasks planned for next week
Points to consider:
Which tasks are priority?
-Planning
Have you set any time ?
-Yes
Project plan status to date (on, ahead, behind)
Supervisor comments
Performance Review Template
Performance Review
What are the project aims to accomplish ?
Aims : “To identify the positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of globalisation on
different business functions”- Case study based on John Lewis & Partners.
What are the aims and objectives of the project ?
Objectives
 To determine the positive impact of globalization on different factors.
 To ascertain the value of economic process for better performance of business functions.
 To analyse the ethical issues in different international functional areas that company

faced.
What process do you think is best ?
Finding - As per the findings of conducted research John Lewis & Partners and make the better
goals and service outcome results (Epstein, 2018). Overall, researcher has found out the findings
and new effective structure task in order to meet out the better and best outcome results. Overall,
research has focused to found out the different learning outcomes and growth towards the
globalisation and their positive and negative sources.
What are the problems and identification issues ?
 Involvement issues
 -Legal implications
What did you learn from this research project ?
 Time management
 Technical accomplishment
 Increase research skills
Rate your performance as project manager?
7 out of 10.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of yours ?
- Nothing
How this project helps in your continuous development ?
- In my next research process