Strategies for Building an Inclusive and Diverse Workforce - A Case Study on Tesco plc

This presentation explores the strategies and initiatives that can help Tesco plc in developing an inclusive and diverse workforce. It discusses the advantages of having an inclusive workforce and the benefits it brings to the company, such as increased productivity and better brand image. The presentation also includes a case study on Tesco plc and provides recommendations for building an inclusive and diverse workforce.

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Aims and objectives
• An inclusive workforce is that kind of workforce which contains
diverse employees in an organization. They are also valued in
an organization by including their view and opinion at the time
of taking decision inn order to make them realise there value in
an organization. This helps in increasing of commitments
towards a organization.
• Also more effective method of achieving goal is adopted by
them which makes an task to be complied easily. It also helps in
solving of dispute in an organization by creating harmony
among the workers and give rise to positive working
environment within an organization (Artto, Ahola. and
Vartiainen, 2016).

AIMS and OBJECTIVES
• Aim: “ To determine those strategies and initiatives that is going to help
an organization in developing of an inclusive and diverse workforce”. A
case study on Tesco plc.
• Objectives:
• Gather information about inclusive workforce
• To determine Strategies and initiatives which can be used by Tesco in
creating of inclusive and diverse workforce.
• For identifying of advantage of workforce for company.
• Research Questions:
• What is meant by and inclusive workforce?
• What strategies and initiatives should be used by an organization for
creating of diverse workforce?
• What are the advantages of having such a workforce?

Inclusive workforce in a company
• As per this having an inclusive workforce within an
organization means that people belonging to
different backgrounds, religion, cast, age, talent
and skill is working together within an organization.
This is very important that an inclusive form of
working environment is formed in an organization
which helps an organization in creating an equal
work environment within a company. It helps them
in feeling there value in the company

Strategies for building an inclusive and diverse
workforce
• According to the view of there are various manner in which an
organization can be helped in forming of an inclusive workforce in
an organization that is going to create a benefit in a company for
achieving of its goals and objectives in faster and better manner.
Training and development of programs is going to help the
employees to understand their work and completing them together.
• This leads towards acceptance among workers for each other.
Employee engagement is able to increase an company in the form of
participative leadership. So as the employees is also able to include
an decision making which can help in increasing the value of ideas
and thoughts.

Advantages of having inclusive and diverse workforce
• According to in the time of economic
globalization the companies are trying their
best to put an effort for creating of an diverse
workforce in order that people are having a
variety of thoughts, skills and talent is to be
hired in a company.
• It is going to help in increasing of productivity
and boosting of performances of workers as
they have to focus on their work.

Project management plan
• It means an formal well documented and
approved that is going to help in executing,
monitoring and controlling of project. Also it
helps in determination the following essential
components of an project to attain desired
results:

Cost
• : It is considered to be one of the most important element
of a project which helps in understanding the total cost
that is able to used for carrying out of activities in an
organization and also for its smooth competition. This has
helped in making sure that budget is formed as per the
advice given under this . so, that the cost of each activity
is to be determined of funds to be required by an
organization. For completing of this project research is
required with total fund of £68000 and all activities within
the project can be effectively completed. Also goal can be
achieved.

ESTIMATED BUDGET

Time:
• This is to determine the time period which is
going to be required for doing research for
completing of project. This is very important
which is for determination of an accurate time
that is required in order to not delay for
conducting of research and also funds is also
going to be use wisely. To completed a project
approximately time should not be more than 3
weeks (Engelbrecht, Johnston. and Hooper 2017).

Scope:
• It is related towards documenting a list of
specific goals that has to be achieved,
features, functions, deliverable, cost,
deadlines etc, is to be performed in order to
complete a project within time and also cost
can be determined.

Quality:
• This means that quality of results that has
achieved only after complication of the
project. Collection of data plays an important
role in defining quality of product.

Communication:
• It is related to using devices that can help in
establishing effective communication among
the team members so that all of them can
work together and coordinate. In other words
this means that coordination can be
maintained easily through various types of
modes. Communication is very important and
has to be done in effective manner.

Risk:
• This is also related to the research in a manner
that it is going to help in identify of the results
that can occur during the operations
performed at the time of doing project and
also quality can be effected which is going to
lead towards banning of project.

Resources:
• These are the resources which will be required
while carrying out the project so that they can
be utilised during the project. Office, printers,
mobile phones, team members etc.

Gantt chart and WBS
• Gantt chart: Under this chart different time which
could be given upon each and every activity that is
to be performed for achieving of objectives within
specified time interval. This involves an effort
which is to be implied by an individual those in
terms is able to gain achievement of project. This
is used by an researcher in order to know an
effectiveness of the project and about the time
required for accomplishing of each task

Gantt chart and WBS

MSBP

Small scale research
• Research is that kind of process which has
help in finding and analysing of those aspects
which is necessary in order to accomplish a
particular task and it is done over a new topic.
Under this different type of data has to be
collected as per sources and reliable data
available upon it. There are two type of
resources that is primary and secondary
resources.

Quantitative method:
• Under this type of method data is
collected from tables, statistics and other
formats also. As per this output is carried
under different norms and conclusion is to be
carried away with the help of the output come
from it. Data generated out of this is going to
be gathered and collected for analysing
different kind of statistical data and also
helpful in calculation.

Qualitative method:
• Under this type of research data that is
collected in the form of quality as a varied
statement and will be measured in the form
of research. It has to be conducted from an
open ended question and feedback is been
taken in it.

Primary source:
•
• It is that kind of sources under which data
collected is from different kind of survey,
questionnaire, collection of feedback and
other kind of sources also. It contain more
authentic information and also adequate
information

Secondary sources:
• In this sources of research the data that has
been collected from an already published
data which is from the newspaper, journals,
articles, magazines and other. Data that has
been in order to get the relevancy in research
and give adequate direction (Keeys. and
Huemann, 2017).

Sampling:
• Under this process a particular amount of
people is going to be selected and then only
research is going to be conducted upon them.
Size of this research is 40.

Samapiling
• Questionnaire
• Quantitative questions
• Q1) Do you know what is inclusive workforce?
• Yes
• No
• Q2) Do you think that an included and dissimilar workers are important for company?
• Yes
• No
• Q3) Does there exist equality and diversity in Teso plc?
• Yes
• No
• Q4) How can varied workers be created in company?
• Indiscriminate recruitment
• Having variety of work
• Q5) What is an included employees?
• Engaged employees
• Include in decision making
• Valued indiscriminately
• Q6) Why is diversity important in company?
• Increased innovations
• Reputation of company
• Competitive edge
• Q7) How can involved personnel help employees?
• Improved performance
• Increased job satisfaction
• Q8) What are the benefits of inclusive workforce for company?
• Increased productivity
• Increased employee retention
• Better brand image
• Qualitative questions
• Q9) What are the strategies that can help in building an included and dissimilar staff?
• Training and development
• Participative leadership
• Q10) How can the strategies be implemented in company?
• Change in leadership style
• Performance appraisals
• Equal opportunities to all
• Q11) Recommendation

Interpretation of findings
• Q1) Do you know what is inclusive workforce?
• Frequency
• Yes
• 20
• No
• 20

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5
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20
25
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• Q2) Do you think that included and dissimilar
workers are important for company?
• Frequency
• Yes
• 30
• No
• 10

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45
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• Q3) Does there exist equality and diversity in
Teso plc?
• Frequency
• Yes
• 20
• No
• 20

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• Q4) How can varied workers be created in
company?
• Frequency
• Indiscriminate recruitment
• 20
• Having variety of work
• 20

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Q5) What is meant by included employees?
• Frequency
• Engaged employees
• 15
• Include in decision making
• 10
• Valued indiscriminately
• 15

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• Q6) Why is diversity important in company?
• Frequency
• Increased innovations
• 20
• Reputation of company
• 10
• Competitive edge
• 10

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• Q7) How can involved personnel help
employees?
• Frequency
• Improved performance
• 30
• Increased job satisfaction
• 10

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• Q8) What are the benefits of inclusive workforce for
company?
• Frequency
• Increased productivity
• 15
• Increased employee retention
• 15
• Better brand image
• 10

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• Q9) What are the strategies that can help in building an
included and dissimilar staff?
• Explanation
• Training and development
• This program has been helpful in building the required skills
and talents among its workers which is going to help in
maintaining of coordination and there work. This has to be
done for increasing coordination among its workers. In
other words it is said that an working environment can be
created and diverse workforce can work efficiently together
for achieving of task in an organization.

Q10) How can the strategies be implemented in company?
• Explanation
• Change in leadership style
• Participative leadership should be included in
leaders in order to involve all the employees
and make them feel valuable towards an
organization (Danwitz, 2018).
•

Recommendations
• Thus in this form of analysis it has to be said
that benefit is going to be there for an
organization likef Tesco. It is going to be from
such kind of strategies and is going to apply
them. This can be helpful in building a working
environment under which person belonging to
different religion, caste, age, sex etc. can work
together and increases company profits. Some
of the recommendation are as follows: