Impact of Training & Development on Employee Performance in UK Retail Sector: A Study on Sainsbury

TASK 1 & 2

Table of Contents
TASK-1 PROJECT PROPOSAL....................................................................................................3
Topic-...........................................................................................................................................3
Aim-.............................................................................................................................................3
Objectives-...................................................................................................................................3
Research questions-.....................................................................................................................3
Key areas-....................................................................................................................................3
Literature review-.........................................................................................................................3
Research methodology-...............................................................................................................4
Analysis & Evaluation-................................................................................................................4
Time line-.....................................................................................................................................4
TASK-2 PROJECT REPORT ........................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................5
Background-.................................................................................................................................5
Aim-.............................................................................................................................................5
Objectives-...................................................................................................................................5
Research questions-.....................................................................................................................6
Rationale-.....................................................................................................................................6
LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................................................6
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................9
Research type.............................................................................................................................10
Research approach.....................................................................................................................10
Data Collection..........................................................................................................................10
Data analysis..............................................................................................................................11
Research limitation....................................................................................................................11
Ethical consideration..................................................................................................................11
RESEARCH OUTCOMES............................................................................................................12
REFLECTIONS & RECOMMENDATION.................................................................................12
CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

TASK-1 PROJECT PROPOSAL
Topic-
“To investigate the impact of Training & Development on the performance of employees within
UK retail sector: A study on Sainsbury”
Aim-
“To examine the impacts of T&D upon Sainsbury's employee performance”
Objectives-
To understand the concept of Training and Development and relevant models.
To identify different Training and development sessions adopted by the retail industry.
To assess the relationship between Training and Development sessions and employee
performance in Sainsbury plc.
To recommend the best ways for making improvements in employee performance.
Research questions-
1. What is the concept of T&D and what are some relevant models?
2. Identify different T&D sessions practised by retail industry?
3. What is the relationship between T&D sessions and performance of employees in
Sainsbury?
4. What should be some better practices for making improvements in the performance of
employees?
Key areas-
The report will be covering range of areas such as concept of training and development
and how it is interlinked with the notion of employee performance. With this regard, Sainsbury
Plc would be taken into consideration. At the end of this report, some best practices would be
suggested in order to make the operations of Sainsbury effective (Maheshwari and Vohra, 2018)
Literature review-
Theme-1 Understanding the concept of Training and Development and relevant models:
According to Haugen, et al. (2019) T&D can be defined as some educational activities
whose focus is on enhancement of employee capacity and helping them to overcome their issue
and fear so can contribute bigger to the organization. There are number of models such as On the
Job and Off the Job models which are used by different organizations as per their needs.

Theme-2 Identifying different Training and development sessions adopted by the retail
industry:
Burhan Ismael, et al. (2021) supported the views that in the retail sector there are number
of T&D sessions are being held. For instance, Retail sales training program, Retail customer
service training, Product knowledge training, Leadership skills in retail programme etc. These all
are used as per suitability of the organizations.
Theme-3 Assess the relationship between Training and Development sessions and employee
performance in Sainsbury plc:
As per Al Karim, (2019) Training & Development and employee performance are deeply
related. Sainsbury is working with share of 14.9% in super market. It is having almost 180000
employees, so for such organization it is not handy to be highly productive in the market. It is
only possible with great manpower. With this regard, the role of employees becomes quite
significant.
Research methodology-
Research methodology Type
Research type It will be a qualitative research.
Research approach Deductive approach would be followed.
Data collection The data would be collected by only secondary data sources.
Data analysis It would be analysed using different evaluator techniques.
Research limitation The research is based on only secondary data so it is one of the
biggest limitation.
Ethical consideration All ethical norms were followed. It was insured that the sources
are used must be given credit to their authors.
Analysis & Evaluation-
The data would be analysed by using different techniques. The data is collected using
secondary data sources so the data would be evaluated and presented in the form of literature
review.