Managing equality and diversity at the workplace

Research Project

Contents
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
P3 Primary and secondary research using appropriate methods for a business research project
that consider costs, access and ethical issues..............................................................................1
P4 Appropriate analytical tools to analyse research findings and data.......................................2
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
P5 Research outcomes in an appropriate manner for the intended audience 500.....................11
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12
P6 Reflection.............................................................................................................................12
P7 Alternative research methodologies and lessons learnt in view of the outcome.................13
RECOMMENDATION.................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

Title: “Managing equality and diversity at the workplace.
TASK 2
P3 Primary and secondary research using appropriate methods for a business research project
that consider costs, access and ethical issues
It is significant for researcher to includes all the necessary aspects at the time of
undertaking research activities includes cost, accessibility and ethical consideration (Fox and
Tang, 2017). All these are play crucial role in making a successful and authentic research
activities that provide valid and reliable outcomes at the end of the investigation.
Cost: It is one of the important factors of research as without this, investigator fail in
undertaking research activities in an effective manner. In order to make entire study more
effective than research is responsible for keeping sufficient and enough fund so that each and
every activities of research can be effectively completed. Along with this, researcher needs to
cover all the expenses that involved in research. This will contribute in attaining positive and
reliable outcomes at the end of the study.
Access: Data accessibility is referring to the important aspect in which researcher have
rights to access the information of respondents so that they can minimise the issue of arising any
kind of issues at the time of gathering data (Powell, 2018). Along with this it is also beneficial in
developing trust among selected respondents so that they feel more confident and safe while
giving their views points to investigation on the basis of research topic and area, This will
directly contributes in making overall research more effective and reliable in nature.
Ethical consideration: At the time of undertaking research, ethical consideration play an
essential role because it help investigator in completing entire activities in an effective manner
and also improve the chances of attaining valid outcomes. For attaining the same, research is
responsible for ensure that all the activities are under the ethics and also follow all the principles
of ethics, This can be beneficial in reducing the chances of arising conflicts in collecting
information from selected respondents (Harnois and Bastos, 2018). In addition to this, researcher
make sure that they respect for the dignity of research participants as per priority that may
develop the trust among selected respondents. Along with this, full consent needs to obtained
from the selected participants so that they can easily share their views points with research as per
research topic.
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P4 Appropriate analytical tools to analyse research findings and data
Data analysis is defined as process of data inspection, transformation and also cleaning in
order to search for useful information and to achieve a better conclusion. There was a thematic
analysis technique used to interpret the data obtained from the primary data collection method.
Using the primary data collection process, a questionnaire was developed. In thematic analysis,
the themes for questions listed in the questionnaire are developed by the researcher and the graph
is also made using MS-Excel. After this, the descriptions are made by an investigator and the
optimistic conclusion about the relevant research field is drawn.
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you have any acknowledgement about the concept of equality and managing
cultural diversity?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Does equality and managing cultural diversity support in improving performance
level of employees?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) According to your perspectives, what are the major significance of managing cultural
diversity at workplace?
a) Increased customer satisfaction
b) Enhance collaboration among employees
c) Creativity and drive innovation
Q4) Does sexual harassment create negative working environment within Marks and
Spencer?
a) Yes
b) No
Q5) As per your view point, what kind of actions needs to be taken by Marks and Spencer
for eliminating the issue of sexual harassment at working area?
a) Raise awareness
b) Update Anti- Discrimination policies
c) Incorporate staff welfare into review meetings and appraisals
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d) Zero tolerance policy
Q6) What kind of alternative ways that can implement by Marks and Spencer in
promoting equality and diversity?
a) Highlighting Personal Uniqueness
b) Develop Policies Adhering to Company Goals
c) Hold People Accountable
Q7) Does providing fair treatment to male and female workers support in building
positive employee at working area?
a) Yes
b) No
Q8) As per your point of view, does promoting quality and diversity help in reducing the
sexual harassment?
a) Yes
b) No
Q9) What are the different strategies used by Marks and Spencer to prevent workplace
sexual harassment?
a) Train their workers 11
b) Take all complaints seriously 9
c) Monitor workplace regularly 6
d) Adopt sexual harassment policy 4
Q10) Recommended the potential ways that can be contributes in promoting equality and
diversity at workplace of Marks and Spencer.
Frequency Table
Q1) Do you have any acknowledgement about the concept of equality
and managing cultural diversity?
Frequency
a) Yes 28
b) No 2
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