Research Project on Equality & Diversity at Workplace: A Case Study on Marks & Spencer

This research project aims to identify effective strategies for promoting equality & diversity at the workplace, focusing on a case study of Marks & Spencer. It examines the concept of equality & diversity, problems faced by staff members due to discrimination, and strategies adopted by managers to provide a discrimination-free environment.

Research Project

Table of Content
• Research aim
• Research Objective
• Literature review
 Methodology
 Conclusion
 References

“To identify different strategies that are effective in promoting equality & diversity
practices at work place.” A case study on Marks & Spencer.
Research aim

 To understand the concept of equality & diversity at workplace.
 To examine the problems faced by staff members due to discrimination within
Marks & Spencer.
 To determine various strategies adopted by managers of Marks & Spencer in order
to provide discrimination free environment.
Research Objective

 What is the concept of equality & diversity at workplace.
 What are the problems faced by staff members due to discrimination within Marks
& Spencer.
 What are various strategies adopted by managers of Marks & Spencer in order to
provide discrimination free environment.
Research Questions

Literature review is a type of scholarly paper which includes current knowledge related to
substantive findings as well as methodological and theoretical contributions to a specific
topic.
Literature review

The concept of equality & diversity at workplace
 As per the views of Marshall (2020), Equality and diversity at workplace refers to
providing equal or fair opportunity to employees. This is considered as very essential
part of organization as promotion of diversity will lead to increase in performance.
CONTINUE…..

Determine various strategies adopted by managers of Marks & Spencer in order to provide
discrimination free environment.
 It is essential for the manager of Marks and Spencer company to reduces discrimination
from workplace as well as provide discrimination free environment to employees. For
this manager of respective company needs to develop appropriate strategies. Manage of
Marks and Spencer company needs to provide effective training to its employees
CONTINUE…..

Determine various strategies adopted by managers of Marks & Spencer in order to provide
discrimination free environment.
 It is essential for the manager of Marks and Spencer company to reduces discrimination
from workplace as well as provide discrimination free environment to employees. For
this manager of respective company needs to develop appropriate strategies. Manage of
Marks and Spencer company needs to provide effective training to its employees
CONTINUE…..

The main reason to organize this investigation is that M&S has done investigation to know
about how equality and diversity affect the employees and working environment in different
manner in term of creating discrimination in the company in context of growth options and
others.
Research Justification

• Research approach: Research approach divided into two parts such as inductive
research and deductive research.
• Research methods: Research method is used for data collection and data analysis. There
are three types of research methods such as quantitative research, qualitative research
and mixed research.
Methodology

Theme 1: Concept of diversity and equality
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Theme 2: Role of equality and diversity in business of the company
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From the preceding defined information, it can be analyzed that equality and diversity play
an essential role in a company as it build effective coordination and working culture and
environs. Moreover, it advantageous a firm to maximize the productiveness as well as to
take accurate course of action for coping against all existing and forthcoming time
challenges and risk in an innovative and productive way.
Conclusion

 Sang, K. and Powell, A., 2013. Equality, diversity, inclusion and work–life balance
in construction. In Human Resource Management in Construction. (pp. 187-220).
Routledge.
 Verschuren, P., Doorewaard, H. and Mellion, M., 2010. Designing a research
project (Vol. 2). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing.
References

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