Effects of sustainability on supply chain management

Research project

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The present investigation proposed about the effects of sustainability on supply chain
management. In context to hospitality sector, sustainability in supply chain is extend beyond go
green. It is helpful in improve the productivity of business and saves money. Aim of present
investigation is identify the significance of sustainability in improving supply chain management
within hospitality industry. Literature review is conducted for achieving research objectives with
the help of implementing secondary sources. There has been research methodology conducted by
using the research onion. In this, positivism research philosophy has been used because it is
related to quantitative method and provide relevant information. For collect the data and
information, primary method of data collection has been considered. In this, questionnaire has
been conducted through including the different questions related to effects of sustainability on
supply chain management.

Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Background of Research.........................................................................................................1
Background of Research.........................................................................................................1
Aim.........................................................................................................................................2
Research Objectives...............................................................................................................2
Research Questions................................................................................................................2
METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................3
Research philosophy...............................................................................................................3
Research Approaches.............................................................................................................3
Research Strategy...................................................................................................................3
Research Choice.....................................................................................................................4
Data collection........................................................................................................................4
Sampling.................................................................................................................................5
Data analysis...........................................................................................................................5
Time horizon..........................................................................................................................5
MAIN BODY AND FINDINGS.....................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................22
RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................................................22
REFEFENCES...............................................................................................................................23

TITLE: Effects of sustainability on supply chain management.
INTRODUCTION
Background of Research
Sustainability in hospitality sector has come to longer way arrival of the in- room
recommendations to reuse the towels as well as save the water. The business is taking one of the
mature approach that mainly includes sound environmental policies and social responsible
practices. In the hospitality industry, sustainability saves the money through minimizing wastage
and spending. The sustainability is important in supply chain management is to develop
partnership opportunities because environmental responsibility is necessary factor (Al-Aomar
and Hussain, 2018). Practicing the eco- awareness in each aspect of business helps in improving
reputation and legitimize organisation. Holiday Inn is American brand of the hotels and was
founded in year 1952. It is one of the largest chain of hotels and headquarter is in Denham. Well
established supply chain management can help hospitality sector to gain the competitive benefits.
Using the strategy relates to supply chain assists to make improvement in services and quality of
hotel.
Background of Research
The current research is concerned to know about significance of sustainability in order to
make improvement supply chain management within hospitality industry. Conducting the
present investigation helps in understanding about the concepts involved in research in detailed
manner. In hospitality sector, supply chain management develop relationship with work and
supplier with better ordering system in order to make improvement in the level of services
towards consumers. This investigation is performed in professional and personal context. In
personal context, understanding of an investigator can be enhanced regarding the sustainability
and supply chain management within hospitality sector (Ertuna, Karatas-Ozkan and Yamak,
2019). On the other hand, in professional context research skills and core competencies of an
investigator can be maximised. Through this, researcher can find the complexities faced by the
hotels regarding sustainability. Hotels faces the issues regarding improving the sustainability in
supply chain management. Other than this, investigator conduct same kind of a research in the
future.

Aim
“To identify the significance of sustainability in improving supply chain management
within hospitality industry.” A study on Holiday in
Research Objectives
• To develop basic understanding regarding the sustainability in context of hospitality
industry.
• To identify the significance of supply chain management within Holiday in.
• To determine the ways for promoting sustainability within hospitality industry.
Research Questions
• What is sustainability in context of hospitality industry?
• What is the significance of supply chain management within Holiday in?
• What are the different ways for promoting sustainability within hospitality industry?

METHODOLOGY
Research methodology is defined as the techniques that used to determine and analyse the
information regarding specific subject area. It allows reader to evaluate critically the reliability as
well as overall study. Research onion was mainly created by Saunders et. al. in 2007 that explain
stages through which research needs to be pass when developing methodology (Filimonau and
Naumova, 2020). Different stages involved in research onion given below:
Research philosophy
This layer of research onion explains pictorially different aspects of an investigation to be
planned or examined to come up with effective research design. The research philosophies are of
different types for an instance interpretivism and positivism research philosophy (González-
Torres, Rodríguez-Sánchez and Pelechano-Barahona, 2020).
Justification: In conducting research philosophy, positivism research philosophy has been
used as this is on quantitative research method and provide the authentic information regarding
effects of sustainability on supply chain management.
Research Approaches
The research approach is explaining as procedures as well as plans for conducting the
research that span stages from the broader assumptions to the data collection in detailed manner
and analysis methods. The deductive and inductive are various types of the research approaches.
Inductive approach moves from particular observations to the wider generalisations. Deductive
approach to an investigation is one that the people are related with the particular investigation
area (Govindan and et. al., 2020).
Justification: In this investigation, deductive research approach has been considered
because this is concerned with creating the hypothesis as per the existing research subject related
theory. This is related with deducting the conclusion from the premises.
Research Strategy
The research strategy is explained as plan in order to conduct an investigation. It guides an
investigator to find out the better research strategy to collecting the information regarding the
particular subject are. There are different types of research strategies for an instance survey,
interview, focus groups, observation and others (Gutiérrez-Martínez and Duhamel, 2019).