Managing a Successful Business Project on Workplace Transformation: Impact of Covid-19 on Asda

Unit 6: Managing a Successful
Business Project
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Theme: “Transformation of the workplace”
The Topic is: “How has a major external event
transformed the workplace?”
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Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................4
Overview of the organisation..........................................................................................................4
Aim and Objectives.........................................................................................................................4
Project management plan.................................................................................................................5
Gantt Chart......................................................................................................................................6
WBS.................................................................................................................................................7
Literature review .............................................................................................................................7
Research Methodology ...................................................................................................................8
Present findings and data ................................................................................................................9
Data analysis and findings ............................................................................................................10
Communicate appropriate recommendations................................................................................15
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
References.....................................................................................................................................17
Appendix.......................................................................................................................................18
Questionnaire........................................................................................................................18
Project log book....................................................................................................................18
Performance review .............................................................................................................19
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Introduction
Workplace transformation is defined as rethinking about the workspaces to accommodate
the different kind of work, workers and technological departments. In other words, it is a method
which is used to improve workforce skills, tools and manage different constant changes within
the organisation and manage beneficial strategies. It is important to work effectively and monitor
the activities closely in business and public places. The external event is Covid-19 which make a
direct and indirect impact on the workplace transformation strategies within the organisation
(Hesketh, 2021). The base company for this project is Asda, which is a value led organisation
and their mission is to encourage employees for working in open and honest perspective growth.
The company provide a support to tackle major challenges and societies to make effective efforts
in different community. This research reports highlight the aim and objective of chosen topic, a
detailed project management plan for completing research with appropriate manners. Whereas,
chosen research methodology and data analysis is considered to complete the research and
achieve objectives.
Overview of the organisation
Asda is one of the growing retail sector industry which help their customers to complete
their basic needs in different manners. The company are now providing more than 600 stores
offline and their website are handling different transactions of about 2 million amount in a
month. All of these show that the chosen company is appropriate for the project as the
transformational changes are important and necessary for the company at their workplaces after
the impact of Covid-19 (Bailey, 2021).
Aim and Objectives
Aim: To evaluate the impact of major external events that has transformed the workplace
environment. A study on Asda.
Objectives:
 To understand the concept of workforce transformation in Asda.
 To analyse major strategies that is used by Asda to achieve workforce transformation.
 To determine challenges faced by Asda while working on required transformation in
Asda.
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Project management plan
It is a plan that defined as a formal document that actually involve the vital information
about the concepts that actually work and performed, cost need, utilisation of resources and
many more.
 Scope: It is the stage which used to work on the transformational strategies to make
positive impact on the society and the company for longer period of time. It will be
helpful for the company to work with new transformation techniques in today's
environment. This study generate the high scope in future to influence the decision and
working environment of the company (de Lucas Ancillo and et.al., 2021).
 Cost: The cost which is used to complete the study is $5000, it is a small scale research
and all the data is collected through primary and secondary data sources. This cost is
utilised throughout the study to collect better information and achieve valuable and
appropriate information.
 Time: The time which is taken for completing the project is 10 weeks and furthermore,
with the use of Gantt chart and WBS is used to make proper report to complete a given
period of time.
 Communication: It is one of the most necessary information to work and manage the
data to convey their respondents and achieve effective information through the chosen
topic. When researcher communicate effectively to their respondents and peer people
than it will be helpful for managing and reliable information about the chosen topic.
 Resources: The resources which are needed is stationery items, time and management
funds, complete research time and achieve high informative resources to achieve aim and
objectives (Phillipov, 2021).
 Risk: It is occur in every study which is related to some effective technical problems,
team management and different sectors. Within the study, researcher faced the issue
related to lack of trust and enhancing use of audience at large platform.
 Quality: The quality of the project is related to work effectively and keep try to gain
their respondents trust by providing valid and reliable information in different segments.
This helps in achieving objective and provide an informative knowledge for their readers.
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Gantt Chart
It is the type of bar chart which show the dependency on effective schedule and activities
which are performed throughout the activities. It further include the horizontal and vertical axis
which are applicable on the chart (Vallo Hult and Byström, 2021).
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