Workforce Transformation in Small and Medium-Sized Businesses: A Case Study on Unilever

Managing a successful
business project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK1 ............................................................................................................................................3
PART A...........................................................................................................................................3
Aims and Objectives...................................................................................................................3
P2 Project management plan.......................................................................................................4
P3 Work breakdown Structure and Gantt chart..........................................................................5
PART B............................................................................................................................................6
P4 Research Methodology..........................................................................................................6
Section 4- Findings .........................................................................................................................8
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................13
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................14
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................15
Reflection .................................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16
APPENICES..................................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Management is regarded as the concept that is used for the purpose of developing and
organising of talented employee’s so that it can posses positive impact on the organisation and its
overall productivity. In organisations it has become an important component for the purpose of
having adequate process for human resource management. Unilever is a brand that is serving the
progress organisations related with care about services, safety, reliability and value. The
organisation is dealing in delivering of outstanding customer services for optimisation of their
business services and efficiency (Turner, 2017). In present report there is analysis of the way
Workforce transformation practises are to be used for the purpose of managing the overall
business process for attracting and retaining of talent in the organisation.
TASK1
PART A
Aims and Objectives
Research Aim- “To determine the workforce transformation in small and medium sized
business”. A case study on Unilever.
Objectives:
 To understand the concept of workforce transformation in small sized business
 To identity various challenges associated with managing workforce transformation in
Unilever
 To formulate strategies for the purpose of dealing with challenges and maximisation of
effectiveness of workforce transformation in Unilever
Questions:
 What is the basic concept of Workforce transformation in small sized business?
 What are various challenges associated with managing workforce transformation in
Unilever?
 What are some of the strategies for the purpose of dealing with challenges and
maximisation of effectiveness of managing workforce transformation in Unilever?

P2 Project management plan
Time: it is the vital aspects that are to complete all the activities that have to be completed in the
particular identified time frame (Fahmi and Mohamed, 2020). For this purpose in the present
research report there is identified time period of three months to complete the research
report.
Cost: it is the amount and the total expenses that will take place while conducting the study. It is
very important for the respect to set up the budget in order to complete the study with
appropriate financial resources (Harsch and Festing, 2019). In preset study the required
budget will be approx $800 to complete the work suitably.
Quality: It is regarded as the aspect in which adequate quality standards have to be followed by
applying of various perspectives (Gündüzalp and Özan, 2020). In the present study there
will be identification of the ways in which there can be retention of talented employees for
longer time period.
Communication: It is very important for the researcher to communicate all the research
outcomes to all associated stakeholders. In present report there is use of both written and
verbal communication methods for the purpose of communicating all the research outcomes.
Scope: It is related with managing the coverall scope of the research report. In this process there
will be formulation of suitable strategies that is required for the purpose of managing the
competent talent in small sector business organisation.
Risk: it is related with the various associated risk that may affect the process of achieve the
present laid aims and objectives in the organisation (De Boeck, Meyers. and Dries, 2018). It
becomes very important for the research to have adequate measures to identify such risks
and formulate plans to deal with so that there can be no negative impact of such identified
risks on the overall outcomes of the research.
Resources: these are the resources that are required essentially for the purpose of completing the
project on time. It includes major resources that are manpower, machine, laptop and other. It
is identified that all these resources have to be optimised usage in order to maximise the
effectiveness of present research work (Mangue and Gonondo, 2021).