Transformation in the Workplace: Impact on Tesco during COVID-19 Pandemic

Research Proposal

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
Research Proposal Form..................................................................................................................1
OBC Research Ethics Approval Form.............................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

Research Proposal Form
Student
Name
Date
Tutor
Name
Date
Research
Question
approved
by the
Tutor
 What is the basic concept of workplace transformation within the UK retail industry?
 What is the significant impact of workplace transformation in Tesco during COVID-19
pandemic?
 What are the challenges faced by Tesco on the performance of employees during
pandemic time?
Research
Objective(s)
approved
by the
Tutor
 To study the basic concept of workplace transformation within the UK retail industry
 To examine the significant impact of workplace transformation in Tesco during
COVID-19 pandemic
 To identify the challenges faced by Tesco on the performance of employees during
pandemic time
Why have
you chosen
this
research
question?
The primary justification behind selecting the area of workplace transformation in the UK
industry is to understand the ways in which workplace transformation impacts and influences
employee output and creates barriers for the workforce. The completion of this investigation
will support identifying the ways in which workplace transformation negatively and positively
affects employee performance specifically in the time of the crises. The situation of COVID-
19 pandemic and its drastic impact on the retail industry (Sarma and et. al., 2021). The retail
sector is also selected because it will help understand the ways in which industry changes
result in workplace transformation and it influences employee performance. In addition to this
the research question focuses on the recent phenomenon of COVID-19 in the retail industry
which can provide accurate impact of workplace transformation on performance of employees.
TESCO is the selected company for the research question because it is multinational large
scale firm and is key player in the retail industry. Analysing and investigating workplace
transformation in TESCO will provide information about the ways in which workplace
transformation in the retail industry helped businesses cope up with changes brought about by
COVID-19 and face changes in employee output. Since TESCO is significant retail company
in UK and was able to successfully recover from COVID-19, researching the concept of
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