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

This project report evaluates the impact of Covid-19 on workplace transformation in Asda. It includes a project management plan, literature review, research methodology, data analysis, and findings. The aim is to understand the concept of workforce transformation, major strategies used by Asda, and challenges faced by the company.

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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WBS
It is a tool which is used by researchers to classify the activities within the organisation.
This tool helps to divide the overall project into smaller to achieve the task and become very
effective to achieve task in more appropriate ways (Gillen, 2021).
Literature review
To understand the concept of workforce transformation in Asda.
As per the opinion of Burger., (2021), the workplace transformation is executed on the
basis of work that realizing that there can be uplifted the skills of employees that may contribute
towards accomplishment laid business activities. There is also need to think about re-structuring
for make better jobs. For this purpose to enhance effective workforce transformation in
perspective of Asda Stores their manager creates to redesign the development of skills sets
(Workforce Transformation, 2021).
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Which Strategies that is used by Asda to achieve workforce transformation?
On the basis of caglar. (2021), there are certain kind of different strategies that can leads
to used by Asda Stores team for making effective development creates strong brand image.
There is use of on job training method through which manager of Asda Stores to make efficient
employees skills and knowledge to gain more productivity (Brinton, 2021). There is focus on
implementation of revised workforce transformation road map which is going to help in the
process of large scale learning and development sessions in the organization (principles of
workforce transformation, 2021).
What challenges are faced by Asda while working on required transformation in Asda?
In the perspective of Roe., (2020), there are some of challenges which creates effective
requirement to accomplish with digital transformation strategies. Such as there are high amount
of effective diversity which may posses is an impact on present implementation towards work
force strategy effectively. Some of the major challenge which asda faced is related to lack of
skills, resistance nature of the employees and having issues in arranging funds (6 Digital
Transformation Challenges Enterprises Need To Overcome, 2020).
Research Methodology
Research methodology is a tool which help the researcher to decide how to work and
collect the data in different ways. It is used to work and manage systematic approaches in two
major ways, quantitative and qualitative ways.
Quantitative and quantitative methods:
Qualitative method includes the collection of data through collection of information in
different ways. This method includes the experience, concept and opinions for analysing
different people and manage the data in significant purpose. On the other hand, quantitative data
is useful for completing numerical values for computation in different techniques. This include
survey and questionnaire method that helps the company to get appropriate research methods
(Bagnini and Russo, 2021).
Primary and secondary research:
Primary data is collected through the major sources and applicable to the fresh and new
data sources. It is the method which is collected through survey and collect numerical data in
different segments. In this present study, researcher opted questionnaire method to collect their
primary data sources. Another method of data collection, secondary data collection method is
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useful for collecting numerical data and work as per the management process. In this study,
researcher collect the secondary sources through online, journals, books and newspaper.
Sampling:
It is the procedure which is used to select samples from the large number of population
and this method is used by the researcher for completing study. The chosen number of size is 30
who are the employees of the respective firm (Dodge, Eikenberry and Coule, 2021).
Present findings and data
To complete the primary research, researcher opted frequency distribution table that
helps to complete survey and make more appropriate research findings. Furthermore, to
complete these finding researcher use MS Excel to make graphs and charts for interpret the data
in more effective ways.
Questionnaire Frequency
Q.1 what is the meaning of workplace transformation?
a) Rethinking about the workplaces 15
b) Rising the quality 10
c) Adoption of working technology 5
Q.2 As per the your opinion, which one is the external factors hat have been
transformed in Asda?
a) Political factors 5
b) Social factors 5
c) Covid-19 20
Q.3 How these external factors make a strong impact on the Asda?
a) High profitability 15
b) To become digitally 6
c) To provide remote area working 9
Q.4 what are the major strategies used by the company to improve their
workforce transformation?
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a) Focus on the growth of business objectives 8
b) make the change in behaviour 7
c) promote innovation 15
Q.5 Which challenges Asda faced while working on the workplace
transformation in different sectors?
a) Lack of skills 10
b) Passive resistance 10
c) Difficulty in securing and protecting the funds 10
Data analysis and findings
Questionnaire Frequency
Q.1 what is the meaning of workplace transformation?
a) Rethinking about the workplaces 15
b) Rising the quality 10
c) Adoption of working technology 5
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Interpretation:
From the above graph, it is presented that 30 out of 15 respondents are think that
rethinking workplaces are the meaning of workplace transformations. On the other hand, 10
respondents said rising of quality and 5 respondents said that adoption of working technology are
helpful for describing the workplace transformation meaning within the respective organisation.
It is very important for the organisations to complete their knowledge about effective workplace
transformation to achieve the targets in different sectors.
Questionnaire Frequency
Q.2 As per the your opinion, which one is the external factors hat have been
transformed in Asda?
a) Political factors 5
b) Social factors 5
c) Covid-19 20
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Q.1 what is the meaning of workplace transformation?
a) Rethinking about the workplaces
b) Rising the quality
c) Adoption of working technology
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Frequency

Interpretation:
From the above graph, it is interpreted that there are different factors which are affect and
make high level impact on the organisation decisions. 5 respondents said that political factors are
make high impact on the transformed policies. Another 5 respondents are related to social factors
that make major impact on the transformed in Asda. In last another 20 respondents are able to
declare that covid-19 make high impact on the substantial growth to overcome the objective in
different period of time.
Questionnaire Frequency
Q.3 How these external factors make a strong impact on the Asda?
a) High profitability 15
b) To become digitally 6
c) To provide remote area working 9
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a) Political factors
b) Social factors
c) Covid-19
0 5 10 15 20 25
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Interpretation:
From above graph, it is interpreted that 30 out of 15 respondents are able to work with
high profitability that make a strong impact on the Asda's growth. Another 6 respondent have the
strong opinion that to become working in digital technologies are helpful for generalising the
statement and provide high impact on the company. In last, 9 respondents are able to determine
that they think the company provide their services in remote area. This will make the high
impact on the respective company.
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Q.3 How these external factors make a strong impact on the Asda?
a) High profitability
b) To become digitally
c) To provide remote area working
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Frequency

Questionnaire Frequency
Q.4 what are the major strategies used by the company to improve their
workforce transformation?
a) Focus on the growth of business objectives 8
b) make the change in behaviour 7
c) promote innovation 15
Interpretation:
From the above question, it is interpreted that there are major strategies that make high
level impact on the growth of the business. 8 respondents said that the company are using
effective growth strategies to achieve their objectives. This will become the major strategy for
starting and working in different transformation panels. 7 respondents think the company have
changing behaviour and attitude which is helpful for the growth and major perspective of the
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a) Focus on the growth of business objectives
b) make the change in behaviour
c) promote innovation
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
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company. In last 15 respondents said that these strategies are helpful for generating the
innovation and achieve high interest in different sectors.
Questionnaire Frequency
Q.5 Which challenges Asda faced while working on the workplace
transformation in different sectors?
a) Lack of skills 10
b) Passive resistance 10
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Questionnaire Frequency
c) Difficulty in securing and protecting the funds 10
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Q.5 Which challenges Asda faced while working on the workplace transformation in different sectors?
a) Lack of skills
b) Passive resistance
c) Difficulty in securing and protecting the funds
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Frequency

Interpretation:
From the above graph, it is presented that asda is facing major challenges which are
related to declining growth of the company into retail market. Here, 10 respondent think the lack
of skills become the major challenge for Asda. On the other hand, another 10 think that the
passive resistance nature of the employees are make hurdle for generalising the statement and
work ineffectively into the market. In last 10 respondents are not able to work effectively and
manage funds in different sectors related to workplace transformations.
Communicate appropriate recommendations
From the above primary and secondary analysis, the researcher choose different ways to
complete research in efficient ways. While completing primary and secondary information,
researcher opted questionnaire and literature review method. From the above interpretation there
are some appropriate recommendations are provided to ASDA, which help the company to grow
into the market related to workplace transformation. The third objective is not met which
become the reason for providing recommendation and solve appropriate challenges within the
marketplace. Some of them are related to:
 It is recommended to the Asda, for working effectively and provide suitable strategies
related to promote innovation techniques in their workplace management system. These
can be happened to manage significant growth and data in different sectors.
 Company should be able to work towards the achievement in major connectivity in
different channels. That will help the company to overcome the above identified
challenges in more effective and appropriate ways. It will be helpful for most challenging
and demanding behaviour in effective demand perspective (Pio, Kilpatrick and Pratt,
2021).
Conclusion
From the above study, it is concluded that workplace transformation is summarised is
very important aspect which examined to created aims and objectives to help in process of
accomplishment. Some of the challenges which are arising in the organisation that make a high
impact on the growth of the organisation. They are related within the literature review and
research method to attain more competitive outcomes by effective. To reflected the findings on
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the basis of questionnaire and research methods to generate functioning for effective outcomes
attained.
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References
Books & Journals
Bailey, S., 2021. Parliamentary report on workforce burnout and resilience.
Hesketh, I., 2021. Workplace Interventions: Individual, Team, Organizational. The SAGE
Handbook of Organizational Wellbeing, p.341.
de Lucas Ancillo, A., del Val Núñez, M.T. and Gavrila, S.G., 2021. Workplace change within
the COVID-19 context: a grounded theory approach. Economic Research-Ekonomska
Istraživanja, 34(1), pp.2297-2316.
Phillipov, M., 2021. Work placements in the media and creative industries: Discourses of
transformation and critique in an era of precarity. Arts and Humanities in Higher
Education, p.14740222211021337.
Vallo Hult, H. and Byström, K., 2021. Challenges to learning and leading the digital workplace.
Studies in Continuing Education, pp.1-15.
Gillen, N., 2021. Workplace. In Rethink Design Guide (pp. 9-40). RIBA Publishing.
Pio, E., Kilpatrick, R. and Pratt, T. eds., 2021. Reimagining Faith and Management: The Impact
of Faith in the Workplace. Routledge.
Brinton, J., 2021. The impact of COVID‐19 on the UK publishing industry: Findings and
opportunity. Learned Publishing, 34(1), p.43.
Bagnini, E. and Russo, G., 2021. Mixed Methods and Off/On-Line Research: A Case Study–
Fitness, Smartphone and Devices, and Well-Being. In Handbook of Research on
Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society (pp. 404-426). IGI Global.
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Appendix
Questionnaire
Questionnaire
Q.1 what is the meaning of workplace transformation?
a) Rethinking about the workplaces
b) Rising the quality
c) Adoption of working technology
Q.2 As per the your opinion, which one is the external factors hat have been transformed in
Asda?
a) Political factors
b) Social factors
c) Covid-19
Q.3 How these external factors make a strong impact on the Asda?
a) High profitability
b) To become digitally
c) To provide remote area working
Q.4 what are the major strategies used by the company to improve their workforce
transformation?
a) Focus on the growth of business objectives
b) make the change in behaviour
c) promote innovation
Q.5 Which challenges Asda faced while working on the workplace transformation in different
sectors?
a) Lack of skills
b) Passive resistance
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c) Difficulty in securing and protecting the funds
Project log book
Project Logbook
Name:
Project title: “How has a major external event transformed the workplace?”
Date:
Update on period of development
To evaluate the impact of major external events that has transformed the workplace
environment. A study on Asda. This method is helpful for collecting more effective
information and manage the data through different channels.
Risks and/or issues identified
Lack of interest and inappropriate communication channels.
Problems encountered
Lack of arranging funds for completion of study.
New ideas and change of project direction
Try to use something new and complete study with qualitative methods.
What have you learned about yourself through your work?
Communication skills to achieve different channels.
Next steps for your work
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Make use of interrogation method alternatively of questionnaire survey.
Project plan status to date
Yes, this project has completed on time
Tutor Feedback
Performance review
What did you aim to achieve through your work?
To evaluate the impact of major external events that has transformed the workplace
environment. A study on Asda. This method is helpful in completing sources and achieve
various techniques and tools that is useful for make an impact on the major strategies and solve
the major issues.
Did your work succeed in achieving your aims? How do you know? Specifically, please
outline any evaluation and assessment undertaken.
Yes, I think I succeed in the achieving the aim and objective of the different perspective.
Furthermore, it is analysed that through working and completing the project, I work and make
systematic growth in completing reliable data and provide information to achieve given topic
on time. Furthermore this topic is helpful for evaluating primary and secondary source of
information.
What aspects of your development process do you think worked well and why? Evaluate
all aspects of the project from a range of perspectives.
As per my opinion, data interpretation and primary analysis is helpful for considering major
options to complete review on the systematic presentation. To demonstrate the aim and
objective are helpful for most challenging and appropriate growth in project management plan,
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literature review and different methodology to work on systematic reviews.
What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there
timely identification of issues and resolution during the project process?
Some major problem which I have been facing while completing this study is working on
table, excel and MS office. As these are helpful for generating the data and complete my
studies on the time.
What did you learn from undertaking the project?
In order to conducting, I have analysed communication skills and time management process to
achieve the skills in different time period. I have work and manage the skills which is helpful
for me to complete true and accurate data in different perspective.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of your process that you have identified?
The major strength and weakness for the process to achieve management and research skills
that become my own strength that are helpful for considering major growth at personal growth.
Furthermore, my weaknesses which is time management skills in different orders.
How could your process improve for the future?
I have worked different interview which are helpful for generating the idea and manage
systematic working and cover to achieve high performance growth. In different channels in
effective career growth.
How would you rate your performance as project manager?
I would like to rate my own performance as a project manager is 9 out of 10 as I think I do
very good and effective for completion of objectives and considered some ethical approaches
in different manners.
The success of the project and its usefulness in supporting your chosen organisation’s
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organisational performance
The success of the project is beneficial for considering major organisational perspective and
know about the major challenges that are related to external and internal sources within the
market. It is helpful for one of the major significant sources and achieve high standards in
different purpose and working style in major challenges.
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