Impact of External Events: A Workplace Transformation Study at Asda

This report assesses the impact of major external events on workplace transformation at Asda, focusing on the changes implemented following the Covid-19 pandemic. The study outlines Asda's value-led mission and its efforts to support employees and communities during challenging times. The project management plan details the scope, cost, timeline, communication strategies, resources, potential risks, and quality control measures used in the research. The literature review explores workforce transformation concepts and strategies employed by Asda, including on-the-job training and revised workforce roadmaps. Challenges such as skill gaps and resistance to change are also identified. The research methodology employs both qualitative and quantitative methods, using primary data collected through questionnaires from 30 Asda employees, and secondary data from online journals and books. The findings, presented through frequency distribution tables and charts, reveal insights into the understanding of workplace transformation, the impact of Covid-19, and the effectiveness of implemented strategies. The report concludes with recommendations for Asda to further enhance its workplace transformation initiatives.

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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