The Growing Importance of Work Life Balance in the Modern Business Environment

This research project explores the growing importance of work life balance in the modern business environment. It covers research methodology, data analysis, and discussion of findings. The study highlights the significance of maintaining work life balance and effective ways to achieve it. The research is conducted through a questionnaire survey of 25 employees of Morrisons. The findings suggest that work life balance is essential for employee engagement, productivity, and retention. The study recommends offering flexible and remote working, regularly reviewing workloads, and optimum utilization of resources to mitigate the challenges associated with work life balance management.

Research Project
The growing importance of work life balance
in the modern business environment
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Contents
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................3
DATA ANALYSIS.........................................................................................................................8
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS........................................................................20
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS..........................................................................24
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................28
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................30
Questionnaire.............................................................................................................................30
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research methodology introduce to the essential and effective process of collecting and
evaluating information regarding any topic or subject. Main aim of research methodology within
a dissertation is to assist researcher by giving them accurate and reliable information about the
existing topic. Therefore, by getting accurate data, researcher become able in accomplishing
research aim as well as each objective effectively. There are several types of research
methodologies that are valuable in current dissertation. These are explained as below in context
of the present topic or dissertation;
Research philosophy: Philosophy introduces to the process of gathering, analysing and using
information regarding any topic (Alrowwad and et. al., 2018). There are basically two types of
research philosophy such as positivism and interpretivisim. Both types of research philosophies
are described as below:
 Positivism philosophy: This is an effective type of research philosophy that helps
researcher in gathering and evaluating quantitative data about the topic.
 Interpretivisim philosophy: This is another type of philosophy that assist researcher in
gathering and analysing qualitative data.
Justification of the chosen philosophy: From the above mentioned philosophies, positivism is a
chosen research philosophy because it helps in gathering, analysing and using of quantitative
information. As compared to interpretivisim philosophy, positivism is cost-effective, time-
effective and helps in achieving valid outcomes. Along with this, there are various benefits of
using positivism philosophy i.e. provide objectivity and validity to a research, not consume
maximum time etc.
Research approach: This is the process followed by researcher for evaluating gathered
information about the topic. There are two effective types of research approaches i.e. inductive
and deductive (Álvarez‐Pérez, Carballo‐Penela and Rivera‐Torres, 2020). These are main
approaches and helps researcher in evaluating of information about the topic. Both methods of
data collection are explained as below:
 Inductive approach: This is an essential approach that facilitate researcher in evaluating
of qualitative information effective.
 Deductive approach: This is another approach of research that facilitate in evaluating of
quantitative data about the research topic.
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Justification of the chosen approach: Above mentioned both approaches of data collection are
essential but according to the current dissertation, deductive approach is more valuable and
essential for the researcher. There are various benefits of using deductive approach i.e. facilitate
in evaluation quantitative information, not takes maximum time and cost etc. These are main
advantages of deductive approach that assist investigator in accomplishment of each objective of
the research (Ansari, Gopalakrishnan and Jasti, 2020). Inductive is another approach of the
research that is not valuable in current dissertation because it not assists in evaluating numerical
data as well as takes maximum time.
Research strategy: There are various types of research strategy that are effective in
collecting of information regarding any topic. These strategies are case study, survey, action
research and many more. All these are main strategies and defined as below:
 Action research: This is an essential research strategy that helps in collecting of data
from educational industry.
 Case study: This is another type of research strategy that facilitate in collecting
secondary information regarding the topic.
 Survey: This is an effective research strategy that facilitate in gathering of primary
information from larger sample.
Justification of the chosen strategy: From the above mentioned all these are effective strategies
but according to the existing topic or dissertation, survey is a main strategy because it helps in
collecting of primary and quantitative information within minimum time. There are different
benefits of using survey strategy i.e. relatively easy to researcher, high representativeness, helps
in collecting primary and quantitative data and many more. Therefore, as compared to all other
strategies, survey is cost and time saving strategy (Asumadu, 2019).
Research design: This is the process of identifying the research problem through
effective research strategy. There are basically three main types of research strategy such as
exploratory, descriptive and experimental. These are main but in accordance to the present study,
descriptive design is more beneficial and essential because it assist in using, collecting and
evaluating quantitative information.
Research choice: There are three main types of research choices i.e. mono method,
mixed method and multi-mixed method. All these are main choices that are explained as below:
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 Mono method: This is a method of the research choice that helps in gathering of only
one type of data, either qualitative or quantitative.
 Mixed method: This method of the research choice helps in collecting of both qualitative
and quantitative data.
 Multi-mixed method: This method is similar with mixed method and helps in gathering
qualitative and quantitative data.
Therefore, above mentioned all these are effective choices of the research but fir carrying out
current dissertation, mono method is a selected research choice. Quantitative research is used
under mono method because it helps researcher in gathering of numerical information within
minimum time period. There are certain benefits of using quantitative research such as not takes
maximum time, helps in collecting of numerical information, cost effective and many others. All
these are main benefits of using quantitative research (Caesar and Fei, 2018). On the other hand,
qualitative research is not essential within a dissertation because it is not time and cost effective
as well as not assist in getting of reliable outcomes.
Time horizon: Time horizon is referred as method that clearly describes the time framework for
the dissertation. It is used by investigator to achieve every objective in systematic and successful
manner. There are two kinds of time horizon that are cross-sectional and longitudinal time
horizon (Devi and Saranya, 2021). Longitudinal studies are described as time horizon that are
repeated after specific time period. Cross-sectional time horizon is used because it focuses on
achieving objective in a limited period of time.
Data collection: Data collection is described as method used for collecting appropriate, reliable
and accurate information about the selected topic. It is the type of research methodology that is
commonly used for gathering data from different sources. Data collection is being classified into
two main parts of data collection that are primary and secondary data collection. This is the
method that focuses on measuring and collecting data for answering pre-defined research
questions and objectives. There are generally two kinds of data collection that are primary and
secondary data collection (Hebert, 2021). Investigator has selected primary as well as secondary
data collection method. Primary data collection is used because it is the type of information that
is gathered directly from the source of data without taking assistance of already published
resources. In the current dissertation, questionnaire is used to gather authentic, reliable and
accurate data about the topic. It is gathered in the form of opinion, knowledge and view of
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chosen respondents. Secondary data collection is also considered for gathering existing
information about the topic from different sources. It is the kind of information that has already
collected by someone else in past for the fulfilment of personal motives. Secondary sources such
as books, newspapers, articles, business sites, publications, websites etc. These sources are easily
available because it is already published in public platforms.
Research instruments: Research instrument is referred as tool especially used for collecting,
measuring and analysing information related to research interests. The instrument of research is
identified by investigator as per the requirement of dissertation like survey, interview,
questionnaire etc. Questionnaire is selected as research instrument in the current dissertation
because it is reliable and valid. This method does not increase the cost of researcher to conduct
dissertation and help in collecting statistical information (Kathiravan, 2021). One of the biggest
advantage of research instruments it is concerned about gathering numeric information from
large number of participants.
Sampling: This introduces to the systematic process of selecting sample from total population.
This section of the methodology has two techniques of sample selection i.e. probability and non-
probability. These are essential but for selecting sample within a current dissertation, probability
sampling is used by researcher. With the use of probability sampling 25 employees of Morison
are selected randomly (Kochhar and Aranha, 2019). Main purpose behind the use of probability
sampling is it assist in larger sample selection and not takes maximum time. On the other hand,
non-probability is another technique that is not effective within a dissertation because it takes
maximum time. Therefore, probability is a selected sampling technique.
Research ethics: These are important within a dissertation because these helps in completing of
full dissertation in ethical and effective manner. There are different principles of research ethics
such as obtain informed consent from participants, reduce the risk of harm, avoid deceptive
practices, protection of confidentiality and autonomy, provide participants the right to withdraw
and many others (Malik and Saxena, 2019). All these are main ethics that should be follow by
researcher because it helps in completing each activity of the dissertation ethically and
successfully.
Data analysis: This introduces to the process of evaluating gathered information or data
from research analytical tool. Within a dissertation, quantitative data is collected from the
questionnaire and for evaluating this, frequency distribution analysis is applied by researcher.
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This is an analytical tool and facilitate researcher in evaluating of information easily that turn to
impact in accomplishment of research aim and objectives.
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DATA ANALYSIS
Data analysis refers to the essential process of analysing gathered data from any analytical tool.
In accordance to the current existing topic, quantitative data was gathered from questionnaire and
for analysing such type of information frequency distribution analysis is applied because it is an
analytical tool and not takes maximum time (Noronha and Aithal, 2019). Therefore, frequency
distribution analysis of the current dissertation is mentioned as below:
Q1) Do you have basic understanding regarding the work life balance in
context of Morrisons?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 3
c) Can’t say 2
Q2 Is it necessary to maintain work life balance in the model business
environment?
Frequency
a) Yes 23
b) No 2
Q3 What is the importance of work life balance in the modern business
environment?
Frequency
a) More engagement 7
b) Lower burnouts 8
c) Lower health issues 10
Q4 What are the effective ways that helps in maintaining work life balance of
employees?
Frequency
a) Set work hours of their employees 9
b) Plot some personal time 6
c) know their peaks and thoughts 10
Q5 What are the efficient ways that would be use by Morrisons for encouraging
balance in the workplace?
Frequency
a) Allow schedule flexibility 7
b) Engage in team-building exercise 9
c) Allow unpaid time off for live events 9
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Q6 What are the benefits of work life balance for the productivity and
performance of employees within a workplace of Morrisons?
Frequency
a) Less instances of sickness and absenteeism 9
b) Improvements in employee well-being and metal health 8
c) Greater employee loyalty 8
Q7 Does work life balance is important in retaining of employees for longer
time period?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 5
Q8 What is impact of increased employee productivity and performance on
Morrisons?
Frequency
a) Increased productivity 10
b) Better team work and communications 9
c) Higher employee retention 6
Q9 What are the major challenges that would be face by Morrison by managing
work life balance of their employees?
Frequency
a) Unhelpful attitudes 10
b) High stress level 7
c) Lack of resources 8
Q10 What are the effective ways that would be use by Morrison for mitigating
the challenges associated with the management of work life balance of
employees?
Frequency
a) Offering flexible and remote working 10
b) Regularly review workloads 7
c) Optimum utilisation of resources 8
Table 1: Basic understanding regarding the work life balance in context of Morrisons
Q1) Do you have basic understanding regarding the work life balance in
context of Morrisons?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
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b) No 3
c) Can’t say 2
Interpretation: It is determined that most of the participants have understanding
regarding the work life balance in context of Morrisons. For this, 20 out of 25 respondents said
yes, 3 said no and remaining 2 can’t say about the same.
Table 2: Necessary to maintain work life balance in the model business environment
Q2 Is it necessary to maintain work life balance in the model business
environment?
Frequency
a) Yes 23
b) No 2
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Interpretation: It has been interpreted that it is necessary for an organisation to maintain
work life balance at workplace. For this statement, 23 said yes and remaining 2 said no.
Table 3: Importance of work life balance in the modern business environment
Q3 What is the importance of work life balance in the modern business
environment?
Frequency
a) More engagement 7
b) Lower burnouts 8
c) Lower health issues 10
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Interpretation: There are various importance of work life balance within the modern
business environment. 10 out of 25 respondents said that work life balance helps in increase
engagement among employees which turn to impact in improving employee’s productivity. 7 out
of 25 participants have a view that lower burnouts are main significant because it helps in
increasing efficiency level of employees. Remaining 8 participates said that lower health issues
is biggest significant because it helps in reducing high employee turnover.
Table 4: Effective ways that helps in maintaining work life balance of employees
Q4 What are the effective ways that helps in maintaining work life balance of
employees?
Frequency
a) Set work hours of their employees 9
b) Plot some personal time 6
c) know their peaks and thoughts 10
Interpretation: There are various ways of managing work life balance of workers within
a working environment. 10 respondents said that setting working hours of their employees is
essential way because it increases employee motivation and satisfaction. 9 participants have an
opinion that plot some personal time is effective way as it helps in increasing employee’s
wellbeing. Reaming 6 participants have an idea that knowing peaks and thoughts in effective
way because it improves employee’s satisfaction. Therefore, all these effective and significant
ways of maintaining employees work life balance.
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Table 5: Efficient ways that would be use by Morrisons for encouraging balance in the
workplace
Q5 What are the efficient ways that would be use by Morrisons for encouraging
balance in the workplace?
Frequency
a) Allow schedule flexibility 7
b) Engage in team-building exercise 9
c) Allow unpaid time off for live events 9
Interpretation: There are different ways used by Morrisons for encouraging balance un
the workplace. 9 out of 25 respondents said that allowing schedule flexibility is essential because
it support in enhancing employee motivation that turn to effect on their productivity in positive
manner. 7 respondents have an idea that engaging in team-building exercise is essential because
it enhance employee efficiency level. Remaining 9 participants have an opinion that allowing
unpaid time off for live events is essential because it increasing motivation that result in higher
productivity and performance.
Table 6: Advantages of work life balance for the productivity and performance of employees
within a workplace of Morrisons
Q6 What are the benefits of work life balance for the productivity and
performance of employees within a workplace of Morrisons?
Frequency
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a) Less instances of sickness and absenteeism 9
b) Improvements in employee well-being and metal health 8
c) Greater employee loyalty 8
Interpretation: There are various benefits of work life balance for employee’s
performance and productive within the workplace of Morrisons. 9 out of 25 respondents have an
opinion that less instance of absenteeism and sickness is main benefit that helps in increment of
employee performance and productivity. 8 participants have an idea as work life balance helps in
improvement of employee mental health and well-being that result in improved employee
performance and productivity. Remaining 8 participants said greater employee loyalty is major
advantage of work life balance. These are main benefits that helps business organisation in
improvement of employee’s productivity and performance.
Table 7: Work life balance is important in retaining of employees for longer time period
Q7 Does work life balance is important in retaining of employees for longer
time period?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 5
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Interpretation: It is interpreted from the above mentioned graph or table that work life
balance is highly essential and significant in retaining highly experienced employee for longer
time. For this statement, 20 out of 25 said yes, whereas remaining 5 said no. It means, most of
the respondents said yes about the significance of work life balance.
Table 8: Impact of increased employee productivity and performance on Morrisons
Q8 What is impact of increased employee productivity and performance on
Morrisons?
Frequency
a) Increased productivity 10
b) Better team work and communications 9
c) Higher employee retention 6
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Interpretation: There is a various impacts of increased employee productivity and
performance on Morrisons. 10 out of 25 respondents said increased productivity is a main
positive impact of increased employee performance and productivity. 9 out of 25 participants
have an opinion that better team work and communications is main impact because effective
communication among employees helps them in increment of their performance and
productivity. 6 respondents said higher employee retention is also a positive impact of improved
employee performance and productivity. Therefore, all these are major impacts that are effective
for employees.
Table 9: Major challenges that would be face by Morrison by managing work life balance of
their employees
Q9 What are the major challenges that would be face by Morrison by managing
work life balance of their employees?
Frequency
a) Unhelpful attitudes 10
b) High stress level 7
c) Lack of resources 8
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Interpretation: It has been interpreted that there are various challenges faced by Morrison
by managing work life balance among employees. 10 respondents said unhelpful attitudes is a
main challenge because it increases misunderstanding among other employees. 7 participants
have knowledge that high stress level is a biggest challenge because it increases workload in
employees. Remaining 1 participant said lack of resources is a biggest challenge. Therefore,
above mentioned all these are biggest challenges that have negative impact on business
performance and goodwill.
Table 10: Effective ways that would be use by Morrison for mitigating the challenges associated
with the management of work life balance of employees
Q10 What are the effective ways that would be use by Morrison for mitigating
the challenges associated with the management of work life balance of
employees?
Frequency
a) Offering flexible and remote working 10
b) Regularly review workloads 7
c) Optimum utilisation of resources 8
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Interpretation: It is determined from the above stated graph that there are various ways that
are effective in mitigating the above mentioned all issues of work life balance. 10 respondents
have an opinion that offering of flexible and remote working is essential because it helps them in
managing their work life balance easily. 7 out of 25 participants said regularly review workload
is essential because it increase employee satisfaction that result in easily management of work
life balance. 8 participants have an opinion that optimum utilisation of the resources is effective
because it helps in reduction of the challenge of lack of resources. Therefore, all these are
essential ways that helps in reduction of above mentioned all these challenges.
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DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS
It is a significant part of the dissertation that helps researcher in discussing and analysing of
findings in appropriate manner. In order to discuss both type of data, there is requirement of
making themes. Therefore, discussion of the current dissertation is discussed through themes;
Theme 1: Basic understanding regarding the work life balance in context of Morrisons
As per the gathered information in the section of literature review with the help of
secondary resources it is analysed that work life balance is defined as prioritisation level between
professional and personal activities in the life of an individual and the level of operations related
to the current job are present at home (Nowak, 2020). Morrisons believes that an individual’s
happiness depends upon the level of difference between personal and professional lives. Work-
life balance is an ongoing topic in the workplace of Morrisons because there is no difference
between professional and personal because of increased use of mobile technology, cloud based
software and other services like internet had made easier for workforce to be at work
permanently (Patel, 2018). They all have decreased the difference between personal and
professional lives. It has created stress among employees due to poor work-life balance in
Morrisons. For resolving the issue of poor work life balance Morrisons is focused towards
introducing strategies and ways like flexible working hours so that employees could work
according to their need. This is helping Morrisons to give priority to their employee’s health and
economic problem. It has also analysed that measuring workforce’s productivity and growth are
interrelated to new inputs such as purpose, presence, creativity and engagement.
From the above mentioned primary information, it has been discussed that work life balance is a
broad concept that helps an organisation in increment of their employee performance and
productivity (Roopavathi and Kishore, 2020). Therefore, both types of data are related with each
other, it means research objective and aim are achieved as well as research questions are
addressed successfully.
Theme 2: Importance of work life balance in the modern business environment
As per the gathered information with the assistance of secondary sources like books,
articles, newspapers, business sites, already performed survey it is analysed that employees are
very important factor in every organisation so it is the responsibility of organisation to provide
situations that could help employees to maintain work-life balance in the modern business
environment. It would be normal to say that work holds significant plays in everyone’s life and
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even in some cases it is priority as compared to other things. In today’s unpredictable and fast
paced business world employees are suffering with overloaded work and trying hard to maintain
balance between work and professional lives (Santhanalaxmi and Chandramohan, 2021).
Balance in work life and professional life is necessary because overloaded working is creating
stress, blurred difference between personal and professional time etc. There are many reasons
that make work life balance important in an individual’s life, some of them collected are:
decreasing problems related to health, it is one of the biggest importance of work life balance. If
an individual is taking stress due to work load then there are higher chances to get depression,
anxiety etc. Maintaining balance in work life assists in decreasing the chances of health issues
and it would also ensure that organisation is doing great in its normal working hours. Another
significance of great work life balance is increase in engagement as members of team help each
other to have a healthy balance between home and work. Engaged employees are great in making
loyal advocates for organisation’s product, service and brand.
From the above information gathered from the questionnaire, it has been discussed that there is
various importance of work life balance in modern business. This importance is more
engagement, lower burnouts and lower health issues (Sinha and Sinha, 2018). These are main
importance that are similar with the secondary data. Thus, both types of data are correlated with
each other, it means research aim and objectives are accomplished in successful manner.
Theme 3: Benefits of work life balance for the productivity and performance of employees
within a workplace of Morrisons
According to the gathered information through secondary sources for attaining objectives, it
could be analysed offering work-life balance to employees helps Morrisons to increase their
performance and productivity. By having balance in work-life an individual could easily
maintain mental health which ultimately assists in keeping away from anxiety, insomnia and
depression. Morrisons focuses on ensuring that their workforce is not overloaded with work and
is not suffering from stress due to work. Morrisons considers different kinds of strategies and
ways that could support workforce to maintain balance between professional and personal lives.
It has been recorded that employees are provided flexible timing so that they could easily
manage their professional and personal work. When employees get flexibility in work regarding
their working hours or shift times they become motivated to perform their task with more
efficiency and effectiveness. With the great balance employees improve their well-being and
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standard of living their life because they are able to make coordination and balance between their
official and personal work. Managers of Morrisons make sure that employees are working with
free mind without taking pressure of overloaded work because they know if employees do it with
pressure they would not give their best results (St-Jean and Duhamel, 2020). So, for increasing
performance and productivity of employee’s managers of Morrisons play an important role as
they continuously communicate with employees and identify the problems they are dealing with.
One of the benefits include increased productivity that is gained by Morrisons as well as
workforce because of systematic balance in work-life. With the assistance of balance work life
employees could easily concentrate on their particular action and their attention does not get
disturbed. As employees become more focused towards their goal they automatically contribute
in achieving pre-defined targets of organisation. Another benefit may include great
communication and team work as Morrisons is concerned about offering work-life balance to
employees that ultimately leads to great and healthy relationship between employees. They
support each other in performing certain tasks and promote real time communication among
employees.
From the above mentioned gathered primary and quantitative information, it has been interpreted
that there are various advantages of work life balance in improvement of productivity and
performance of employees (Sudiro and Fanani, 2020). These advantages are less instances of
sickness and absenteeism, improvements in employee well-being and metal health and greater
employee loyalty. These are main benefits that are correlated with each other, it means research
aim and objectives are attained successfully as well as research questions are addressed
effectively.
Theme 4: Impact of increased employee productivity and performance on Morrisons
As per the information collected for literature review it has been analysed that there is positive
impact of increased employee performance and productivity in Morrisons because it makes
employees efficient enough to achieve targets of organisation in the limited time period. It is the
duty of managers of Morrisons to make sure that productivity and performance of employees are
improving every day. One of the ways that are used by managers to increase productivity of
employees work-life balance, they ensure that workers do not get pressurised by the overloaded
work. With the assistance of increased productivity of employees Morrisons is able achieve its
pre-defined objectives within short time duration without wasting limited resources. It ultimately
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assists in not increasing the cost of organisation because employees are efficient enough that they
do their work without any error in the workplace. Another positive impact of improved
performance of employees is great customer’s service that helps Morrisons to increase its
customer base (Yu, 2019). Their employees provide service of high quality to employees that
encourage them to again visit to purchase their needed products or items. Increased customers
lead Morrisons to increase level of profitability and revenue and to stay competitive in the
market place among different competitors.
From the above gathered quantitative and primary data, it has been discussed that there
are different impacts of increased employee performance and productivity. These are increased
productivity, better team work and communications and higher employee retention (Yunus, Zain
and Aman, 2018). These are major impacts that are similar with the secondary data, it means
research objectives and aim are attained and research questions are addressed in effective or
successful manner.
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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
CONCLUSION
From the above collected data it is summarized that work-life balance plays major role in
every individual’s life because everyone is continuously work and does not give importance to
personal life. This ultimately leads to anxiety, depression etc. Nowadays, organisations have
started given importance to personal lives of employees that mean they are adopting that could
help employees to maintain balance between their professional and personal lives. It has
recorded in the current research project that employees who have good balance between their
professional and personal work are more productive, active and empowered to attain pre-defined
objectives of organisation. Along with this, from the above mentioned findings and discussion, it
has been summarised that most of the respondents have accurate understanding about the work
life balance in context of Morrison. There are various significances of work life balance in
modern business i.e. lower burnouts, more engagement and lower health issues. These are
important and helped company in improvement of their employee productivity and performance.
There are also some ways that are essential in maintaining employees work life balance i.e.
plot some personal time, know their thoughts and peaks, set work hours etc. These ways are
effective and facilitated Morrison in increasing of their worker’s productivity. There are also
essential ways that supported in encouraging employees work life balance. These are allowing
schedule flexibility, engage in team-building exercise and allow unpaid time off for live events.
These are significant ways in promoting work life balance within a workplace. There are
different benefits of work life balance that helped in improvement of performance and
productivity of their workforce. These are leased instances of sickness and absenteeism,
improved in employee well-being and metal health and greatened employee loyalty. Along with
this, there are different impacts of improved employee performance and productivity. These are
increased productivity, higher employee retention and better team work and communications.
Apart from this, there are different challenges faced by Morrison while managing
employee’s work life balance. These challenges are high stress level, lack of resources and
unhelpful attitude. These are biggest challenges that have negative impact on business
organisation. In order to overcome all these challenges, there are various ways used by company
i.e. offering remote and flexible working, regularly review workloads and optimum utilisation of
resources. All these are effective and essential ways that helps in overcoming of all challenges in
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successful manner. therefore, all these are accurate and reliable information that resulted in
accomplishment of all objectives in successful manner.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
From the above collected data it is understood work-life balance is significant for employees
because then only organisation could towards success and development. Some of the suggestions
that are recommended to Morrisons to maintain provide work-life balance to employees are:
 Offer remote and flexible working: Employees do give value and importance to
flexible working. Morrisons must also adopt this strategy because employees want to be
managed by themselves. Workers give significance to employers who encourage them to
organise and manage their valuable time. This is important for Morrison to offer remote
working to their employees because it turn to impact in management of employee’s work
life balance. Offering remote working to the workers helped them in feeling more
satisfied, valued and motivated. This is beneficial for Morrison in improvement of their
productivity and profitability level successfully and within minimum time period.
 Encouraging managers to focus on productivity factor rather than hours: Managers
or employers should show concern on productivity rather than counting working hours
of employees. Morrisons must encourage leaders and managers to concentrate on
completion of a specific activity. There are some days where employees need to work
more than usual hours but this could be offset by the days when there is no requirement
to work whole 8-hour day.
 Encourage breaks: Morrisons must empower employees to take breaks time to time,
should offer facility to work in any part of the office or they must provide free time to
take small walk around the office. Morrisons could make rooms for break-out or keep
spare desks that employees could go to. It is believed that this would assist in creating
healthy and positive environment in the workplace (Chatrakul and et. al., 2019).
 Regular review of workloads: Managers of Morrisons should review their allocation of
responsibilities and duties to ensure employees have workloads that are attainable or
achievable. Managers require to familiarise themselves with work of allocating duties.
There are times when a small activity could take whole day to complete or achieve.
Managers must talk to their subordinates so that they could easily know about employees
who is stressed and busy and who has the ability to pressure of overloaded work.
 Offer healthy cash plans: This is another recommendation to the Morrison to offer
healthy cash plan to their employees because it facilitate them in maintaining of their
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work life balance. Provide health cash plans through giving reassurance to workers
knowing that they have assurance if they and their family become unwell. This is also
beneficial in boosting a more pro-active approach or technique to inoculation and health
check-up leading to fewer employee absence. This turn to impact in increasing business
performance and success.
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APPENDIX
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you have basic understanding regarding the work life balance in context of Morrisons?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Can’t say
Q2 Is it necessary to maintain work life balance in the model business environment?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3 What is the importance of work life balance in the modern business environment?
a) More engagement
b) Lower burnouts
c) Lower health issues
Q4 What are the effective ways that helps in maintaining work life balance of employees?
a) Set work hours of their employees
b) Plot some personal time
c) know their peaks and thoughts
Q5 What are the efficient ways that would be use by Morrisons for encouraging balance in the
workplace?
a) Allow schedule flexibility
b) Engage in team-building exercise
c) Allow unpaid time off for live events
Q6 What are the benefits of work life balance for the productivity and performance of employees
within a workplace of Morrisons?
a) Less instances of sickness and absenteeism
b) Improvements in employee well-being and metal health
c) Greater employee loyalty
Q7 Does work life balance is important in retaining of employees for longer time period?
a) Yes
b) No
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Q8 What is impact of increased employee productivity and performance on Morrisons?
a) Increased productivity
b) Better team work and communications
c) Higher employee retention
Q9 What are the major challenges that would be face by Morrison by managing work life
balance of their employees?
a) Unhelpful attitudes
b) High stress level
c) Lack of resources
Q10 What are the effective ways that would be use by Morrison for mitigating the challenges
associated with the management of work life balance of employees?
a) Offering flexible and remote working
b) Regularly review workloads
c) Optimum utilisation of resources
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