Impact of Gender Equality in Leadership and Management on success and productivity of an organisation

This research project explores the importance of Gender Equality in Leadership and Management for the success and productivity of an organisation. It includes a case study on John Lewis & Partners and discusses the ways to ensure better implication of Gender Equality in its Leadership and Management.

Research Project

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Research Topic: “Impact of Gender Equality in Leadership and Management
on success and productivity of an organisation.” a case study on John
Lewis & Partners
Chapter 1: Introduction
Background of project
Gender equality is essential and vital for a firm as it is intrinsically linked with the
sustainable development the main objective of which is to providing same opportunities, rights
and obligations to women as well as the men in all spheres of work life (Burkinshaw and White,
2019). John Lewis & Partners is a high end departmental stores operating across various location
of Great Britain headquartered at London, England. Thus, this particular research work is
conducted on this organisation to evaluate the importance of Gender Equality in Leadership and
Management to achieve better success and growth.
Research aims & objectives
Aim
The aim of this research is, “To evaluate about the importance of Gender Equality in
Leadership and Management in success of an organisation”.
Research Objectives
The main objective behind conducting this investigation on John Lewis & Partners is as
follows:
 To have insight in the concept of Gender Equality and its need.
 To evaluate about the impact of Gender Equality in Leadership and Management on
success and productivity of an organisation (Williamson, Carson and Foley, 2019).
 To determine the ways that can be adopted by John Lewis & Partners to ensure better
implication of Gender Equality in its Leadership and Management.
Rationale for the research
The selection of current research topic is rationale as it meets the professional aspects of
investigator through leading better information about Gender Equality in Leadership and
Management and the crucial role lead by it success of an organisation. Further it also meets
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personal aspects of researcher through leading improvement in working experience and skills of
investigator.
Research questions
 What concept of gender equality is needed within an orgnisation?
 Why Gender Equality in Leadership and Management is important for an orgnisation for
its success?
 Why is it essential for John Lewis & Partners t adopt better strategies to ensure better
implication of Gender Equality in its Leadership and Management?
Chapter 2: Literature Review
A concept of literature review is type of reviewing or analysation of an particular topic. It is
scrutinize from article book or scholar paper that consists the current knowledge include
along with optimum facts and findings of topic related data information. The literature
review of importance of Gender Equality in leadership in management.
A) To making the understand the role of Gender Equality necessity.
As per the opinion of Rossa Brown, 2017. The main conceptual aspect of related topic pf
gender equality where it allows the opportunity driven as per the equality in the workforce
distribution as well as it regulates through some sort of compliances or regulation which involves
rules and norms to working procedure as per the undertaken in that boundaries of rules. In
organization the gender equality brings the first improvement is to making the environment
positive as where the employees can get rid to work peacefully and gently in another words they
get work satisfaction that will positive effect in their productivity. Second, allows to sharing the
views and thoughts of the assignment of individual where it helps to making the decision
effectively, Third by enhancing to promotes the high potential employees and allocate the
training program to non productive employees where they can get some kind of learning skills.
Somehow it get excessively divert in another side of employees development skills and
knowledge to elaborate the positivity aspects into performance benefits (Foster, 2019). Gender
equality agenda is to not having any discrimination within males and females workforce. The
organization have to understand the capability and higher competencies can be having in a male
and females as per the work should be divided in into both males and females where the salary
also propounded into similar factor.
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b) To evaluate about the impact of Gender Equality in Leadership and Management on
success and productivity of an organisation.
According to the Raina Shaffa, 2020. The importance having of the gender equality for
the workplace as not only because it is 'fair' and 'the right thing to do,' but because it is also
linked to a country's overall economic performance. Workplace gender equality is associated
with: Improved national productivity and economic growth. The essential of gender equality in
the organisation is to making the awareness among the workforce that they have been treated
equally as they are part of the family in the organisation where the women are face many
challenges towards getting assigned of the work as well as in the wages terms also not gt in equal
way where women puts the more efforts than men and on the other side men are getting more
wages as per for the same work allotted (Healy and Oikelome, 2017). Through the circumstances
face by workers by giving te importance to only high potential worker but not giving the same
platform to those rest of employees as they deserve to be perform and represent their skills as in
terms of group discussion, promotion, transfer, rewards and incentives etc. Thus, it can be
evaluated that overall a positive impact is lead by Gender Equality in Leadership and
Management on success and productivity of an organisation.
c) To determine the ways which can be adopted John Lewis and partner to ensure the better
implication of gender equality in its leadership management.
According to the Jessica Howard, 2018. The role of leadership is influence by
management concept is making understand about how it impact in gender equality to providing
the better environment as per the dividing of the work in a equal way through which they can
participate equally and contributes as per the needs of the assigned work objectives. There
should be not discrimination, violence or other kind of negative behaviour in company which can
allows the grievances and the not getting positive outcomes. The wages and equal salary should
going to provides as per the working systematic durations, and the rewards system have to
construct in the appropriate manner where they facilitates as per te competencies on which that
would be fair judgement. A leadership can be assigned only when a leader get to know about the
difference between right or wrong or fair judgements and having a effective decision making
(Stein, Hannah and Zimmerman, 2019).
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Chapter 3: Methodology and Data Collection
The background of methodology is compliance oriented structured that provides the
theoretical analyzation of the specific method which implies to the current study which is
measure by the researcher and obtain the truthful data knowledge.
Research Philosophy
It contains two main research philosophy that are Positivism and Interpretivism research
philosophy.
In this research philosophy, the researcher is considered the Positivism as it facilitates
the assumption of data information on the basis of conclusion where as Interpretivism not been
determined as it would be provide the subjective narrative form of data information (Taylor,
2018).
Research Approaches:
As per research approach having two important method that are Deductive and Inductive.
As for this particular research there is used of Deductive approach where it provides the
optimum selective theory which is scrutinized from hypothesis with proper evaluation while
inductive will generates only the outsourced logical process of data information which will not
be suitable for this research (Nachmias, Aravopoulou and Caven, 2019).
Research Method:
The research method are elaborates its two combination methods such as Quantitate and
Qualitative Method.
On the basis of this research there is used of Quantitative method where the research has
generates the numeric outcomes as well as the questionnaire purpose the need of this research
method suitable while Qualitative research method is not considered where it comprise about the
theoretical portion which is not suitable for the research objectives (Thompson, 2016).
Sources of Data Collection :
It defines about the data where is evolution from where it belongs. it having two sources of
data such as Primary and Secondary sources of data.
On the perspective of sources of data collection there is utilize of both primary data and
secondary data, where primary is for scrutinizing and procuring the raw data information from
own research for forming questionnaire while secondary data is evaluating the questionnaire
facts and finding.
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Sampling Method
Sampling is a method that is used by researcher for to choosing or select pre determined number
of units from the big population.
Gantt Chart: A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart representation that elaborates about the
assigned project time duration where it reflects about the relationship between activities and
current scenario of scheduling the status (Nachmias, Ridgway and Caven, 2019).
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Instrument Used: The instrument is been used the Questionnaire method.
Sampling Size: In this sample size has been taken through simple random sampling in
this research is to predicting the 30 respondent from the workforce of the John Lewis and
Partners.
Questionnaire: The formation of written document where it contain set of question
related to the any topic of research (Burkinshaw and White, 2019).
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you believe Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and
administration is necessary to ensure better growth and success of an organisation?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) As per your opinion, what importance is lead by Gender correspondence and fairness
in the guidance and administration in success of an organisation?
a) Facilitating positive working atmosphere
b) Enhanced motivation
c) Better productivity and team bonding
Q3) What are the possible challenges that are faced by an organisation like John Lewis &
Partners due to lack of Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and
administration?
a) Felling of stress and de-motivation
b) Chaos and confusion at workplace
c) hamper productivity
Q4) Are you agreed with the fact that John Lewis & Partners needs to have better ways
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and strategies to ensure Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and
administration for its betterment and enhanced?
a) Yes
b) No
Q5) What are the possible set of ways and strategies that can be implicated by John Lewis
& Partners to ensure better implication of Gender correspondence and fairness in the
guidance and administration?
a) Unbiased nature of top authority
b) Fair strategy for promotion and growth
c) Transparent decision making
Q6) Any further recommendation for John Lewis & Partners to have Gender
correspondence and fairness in the guidance and administration for enhanced growth and
success?
Ethical Consideration:
With respect to current research work the data has been collected with the help of the
sources comprising both primary and secondary for which application of different types of
approaches and philosophies were made to provides and ensures collection and presentation of
authentic and factual data for better completion of research Further, all collected data is properly
scrutinized to maintain its confidentiality and privacy.
Chapter 4: Data analysis and interpretations
For analysis and interpretation of data use of pie charts and frequency table is made a
description of which is provided below:
Theme 1: Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and administration is
necessary to ensure better growth and success of an organisation
Q1) Do you believe Gender correspondence and fairness in the
guidance and administration is necessary to ensure better growth
and success of an organisation?
Frequency
a) Yes 27
b) No 3
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Interpretation
It has been find out on the basis of above pie chart that 27 participants believes that
Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and administration is necessary to ensure
better growth and success of an organisation where as 3 respondents seemed against of above
stated fact.
Theme 2: Importance lead by Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and
administration in success of an organisation
Q2) As per your opinion, what importance is lead Gender
correspondence and fairness in the guidance and administration in
success of an organisation?
Frequency
a) Facilitating positive working atmosphere 10
b) Enhanced motivation 12
c) Better productivity and team bonding 8
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Interpretation
10 participants are having an opinion that Facilitating positive working atmosphere is the
most important benefit lead by Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and
administration where as 12 individuals have favoured enhanced motivation that lead to success
of an organisation. Apart from this 8 other respondents believes that Better productivity and team
bonding is lead Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and administration that
ensures success of an organisation.
Theme 3: Possible challenges that are faced due to lack of Gender correspondence and
fairness in the guidance and administration
Q3) What are the possible challenges that are faced by an
organisation like John Lewis & Partners due to lack Gender
correspondence and fairness in the guidance and administration?
Frequency
a) Felling of stress and de-motivation 11
b) Chaos and confusion at workplace 9
c) Hampered productivity 10
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Interpretation
Felling of stress and de-motivation is a biggest challenge that is faced by an organisation
like John Lewis & Partners due to lack of Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance
and administration which was supported with 11 participants along with 9 individuals who are in
favour of Chaos and confusion at workplace where as 10 other have supported hampered
productivity.
Theme 4: Need of better ways and strategies to ensure Gender correspondence and fairness
in the guidance and administration
Q4) Are you agreed with the fact that John Lewis & Partners needs
to have better ways and strategies to ensure Gender correspondence
and fairness in the guidance and administration for its betterment
and enhanced?
Frequency
a) Yes 24
b) No 6
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Interpretation
It has been analysed with respect to above pie chart and frequency table that 24
respondents are agreed with the fact that John Lewis & Partners needs to have better ways and
strategies to ensure Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and administration for
its betterment and enhanced while 6 respondents are disagreed with above theme.
Theme 5: Possible ways to ensure better implication of Gender correspondence and fairness
in the guidance and administration
Q5) What are the possible set of ways and strategies that can be
implicated by John Lewis & Partners to ensure better implication of
Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and
administration?
Frequency
a) Unbiased nature of top authority 9
b) Fair strategy for promotion and growth 10
c) Transparent decision making 11
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Interpretation
With respect to above research work it has been find out that 9 participants believes that
Unbiased nature of top authority is a possible way that can be adopted by John Lewis & Partners
to have more efficient coordination of Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and
administration where as 10 have supported Fair strategy for promotion and growth along with 11
other participates who have favoured transparent decision making.
Chapter 5: Research Outcomes
Covered in PPT
Chapter 6: Conclusion and Recommendations
Conclusion
In accordance to current investigation, conclusion can be made that Gender Equality in
Leadership and Management is vital to ensure better growth and success of an organisation as it
lead to positive working atmosphere and enhanced motivation that ensures better productivity
and team bonding for success of a firm. It could also be summarised that felling of stress and de-
motivation along with chaos and confusion lead by absence of Gender correspondence and
fairness in the guidance and administration that hamper productivity. At last it can be concluded
that, unbiased nature of top authority, Fair strategy for promotion and growth along with
transparent decision making process are suitable strategies to lead Gender correspondence and
fairness in the guidance and administration.
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Recommendations
In accordance with the above research work following recommendation could be made for
John Lewis & Partners to have Gender Equality in its Leadership and Management for enhanced
growth and success:
 Adoption of Fair strategy for promotion and growth by top authority is
recommended for John Lewis & Partners as it ensure reduction on the basis of
gender through fair promotion and growth of all employees.
 Further, transparent decision making is also recommended for John Lewis &
Partners as it ensure proper participation of all employees and ensure decision
making on the basis of consent and approval of all thus, lead to more fair and equal
strategy formulation to have Gender correspondence and fairness in the guidance and
administration.
Chapter 7: Reflection & Recommendation of alternative research
methodology
Critical analysation
As per this research the findings was in gender equality is to facing the problems towards
the females workers as to collecting the information through various factors of research
techniques and the gender equality is most probably implement in other corporate sector but due
to low productivity and low salary acquired to employees they are having bunch of grievances.
Reflection
As for the current research work is related to gender equality where the different kind of
knowledge is gained by me and I have assorted the differences if gender equality in the
organisational premises that women are more facing the challenges as to not getting equal pay in
the work allotment, at the time of research conducting in the organisation I have a word with the
employees some of them are satisfied but others having a grievances for facing kind of
discrimination in the organisation where women are very unsatisfied. As for the future this
research is having a scope to auditing the actual workforce satisfaction and dissatisfaction due to
gender equality or not.
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