Problem Solving and Decision Making in Workplace Discrimination Against Women

Solving and
Decision Making

Contents
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ...........................................................................................................................................3
Discuss with the complex problem which is identified within the work place ..................................3
Identify various information on the identified problem, to aid inform the decision-........................4
making process..................................................................................................................................4
Suggest a range of alternative resolutions to the problematic..........................................................5
Giving women platform to be in power and make financial progress...............................................5
Ending violence and sexual assault against women...........................................................................5
Use a decision-making method to evaluate a range of answers to identify the most ......................6
suitable option...................................................................................................................................6
Develop a plan for applying the solution...........................................................................................6
Communicate the plan to shareholders.............................................................................................7
Assess appropriate monitoring and review practices to ensure successful application of ...............7
the solution........................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Business decision making is a complex process as the factors involved and the
consequences of each action made has varied effects on all stakeholders. The workforce of
the company is especially important and it has been identified that UK businesses are still
very sexist towards women and the female employees face harassment frequently (Garcez,
Cavalcanti and de Almeida, A.T., 2021). This report will include various topics such as
complex problem within the workplace, information on identified problem, alternative
solutions, decision making techniques, plan for implementing the solution, communicating to
the stakeholders and at last monitoring and review techniques for the successful
implementation of the solution. The organization which will serve as a framework on which
this report will be structured is Marks and Spencer which is a major British multinational
retailer which was established in 1884 and is currently headquartered in London while
specialising in sale of clothing and home products.
MAIN BODY
Marks and Spencer is a multinational company which holds a lot of corporate weight
behind its decades long legacy and as such it employs a large workforce while still failing the
women in its workplace. There are some glaring issues that the company themselves admitted
to in 2018 when it was identified that there was a 12.3% pay gap between the two genders
and when it came to women participation in the UK company, around 53% of the directors
were male and the company's 10-person board contained 7 men making it a 70% biased
scenario (Marks and Spencer reports a 12.3% mean gender pay gap, 2021). Such issues are
common ih the current business landscape of UK along with sexual exploitation which must
be resolved with urgency.
Discuss with the complex problem which is identified within the work place
It has been identified that a complex problem with this is the discrimination against
women within the workplace which has a huge impact over the business organisation. This is
the main problem which is seen in the workplace that through keen observation that the
women are not treated equally than men. It is an established fact that about most of the
women in the United Kingdom have faced discrimination on the job because of the gender.