The Impact of Equality and Diversity at Workplace

Research Project

Table of Contents
Title of the Research .......................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................1
Chapter 2: Literature review ...........................................................................................................5
Chapter 3: Methodology .................................................................................................................6
Chapter 4 Data Collection and Analysis .........................................................................................8
Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations ...........................................................................18
Chapter 6: Personal Reflective Statement......................................................................................19
References .....................................................................................................................................21

Title of the Research
The impact of equality and diversity at workplace.
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Proposal
(i) Research project description
The current examination aim to analysing the effectiveness of assisting cultural diversity
in context of increasing organisational performance. Therefore, managing cultural diversity for a
business to develop their performance at market place. Organisational diversity is refers to be the
assortment of sameness among individuals in a organisation (Benn, Edwards and Williams,
2014). Diversity within workplace encompasses over race, gender, ethnic group, religion, age,
status, sexual orientation and so on. In the present study, Marks and Spencer is the chosen
business, in this particular examination, it is an enormous British worldwide organization, which
is working at worldwide level. It is an enormous open constrained organization and it is
principally established in the time of 1884 by the likely attempts of Michael Marks and Thomas
Spencer. The base office of the business is in London, UK. The businesses principally represents
considerable authority in selling top notch apparel, home items and food items. Despite from
this, the key intentional aspect of the business is to attaining potential progression and
advancement by means of overseeing assorted variety at work environment.
(ii) Research aim and objectives
This characterized to be the most significant region of an examination as it is compelling in
functioning as the foreordained perspective which is powerful in giving appropriate help to the
general examination in right way to draw legitimate and dependable result (Berry, 2011). The
key aim and objectives of this current investigation are described as beneath: :
Research Aim
To determine the effectiveness of Managing cultural diversity in context of increasing
organisational performance. A case study on Marks and Spencer.
Research Objectives
The key objectives of this present analysis are associated as under:
• To explore idea about the concept of equality and diversity in the terms of business.
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• To access the significance of managing equality and diversity in improvising the
performance of employees at workplace.
• To analyse the potential influence of equal and diverse workforce over the
performance of Marks and Spencer.
• To identify the measures that can be effective for Marks and Spencer in promoting
employee engagement at workplace.
Research Questions
The questions of this present investigation are described as below:
• What is the concept of equality and diversity in the terms of business?
• What are the significance of managing equality and diversity in improvising the
performance of employees at workplace?
• Which kind of influence does equal and diverse workforce has over the performance
of Marks and Spencer?
• What measures can be effective for Marks and Spencer in promoting employee
engagement at workplace?
(iii) Reasons for choosing this research project
The chose examination is consolidates on deciding the viability of Managing cultural
diversity in setting of expanding business execution. In this way, it is a more extensive territory
of exploration worry, as it is altogether actualized to send the substance of balance and assorted
variety inside an association (Daim and et. al., 2012). Another goal of leading this examination is
the individual acknowledgment of the examiner as the scientist needs to investigate own thought
and abilities concerning the picked investigation territory. In this way, the assessment will be
strong in executing future examination in progressively at risk way (Verburg, Bosch-Sijtsema
and Vartiainen, 2013). This examination is fundamentally considered in light of the fact that in
current present day authoritative condition endeavors are for the most part confronting the issue
of correspondence and assorted variety at work place, which is requires to be settled and this
investigation is adequate in executing engaging examination over this current examination
territory. Furthermore the existing exploration is mainly executed because it is a most common
periodical that is significantly countenance through the organisation and the present exploration
helps the analysis in providing suitable information to overcome the issue in appropriate manner
(Dozier, Grunig and Grunig, 2013).
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(iv) Activities and timescales
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