Research Proposal: Diversity, Inclusion, and Gender Pay Gap at BBC UK

This research proposal investigates the impact of diversity inclusion and the gender pay gap on workplace equality, using the BBC UK as a case study. It outlines aims and objectives, including analyzing how the gender pay gap affects employee performance and how equality and diversity management influences organizational growth. The proposal poses research questions regarding these impacts, challenges in implementation, and strategies for integrating diversity management. It includes a WBS, Gantt chart, and a literature review highlighting the benefits of equality and diversity management. The methodology section details the qualitative research approach, interpretivism philosophy, inductive research design, random sampling, and primary and secondary data collection methods. Data analysis will be conducted thematically, with ethical considerations addressed. The proposal references key sources to support its claims.

Research Proposal

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Aim and objectives......................................................................................................................3
Research questions.......................................................................................................................3
WBS and Gantt chart...................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................6
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Topic: Diversity Inclusion and the Gender Pay Gap at workplace-A Case Study BBC UK
Aim and objectives
Aim:
 To analyse the impacts of diversity inclusion and the gender pay gap towards promoting
of equality and diversity in the workplace. A case study on BBC UK.
Objectives:
 To analyse how ‘gender pay gap’ affects performance of employees in workplace.
 To analyse influence of equality and diversity management on the all over growth of an
organisation.
 For identifying different challenges which faced by the management while implementing
the concept of equality and diversity in workplace.
 To provide appropriate strategies to systematically include quality and diversity
management in daily operations of an organisation.
Research questions
 How gender pay gap impact to employees’ performance in workplace?
 Can equality and diversity management influences growth of an organisation?
 What are the main challenges which faced by a company’s management while managing
equality and diversity in workplace?
 What are appropriate strategies for systematically including equality and diversity
management in daily operations?
WBS and Gantt chart
WBS
Work breakdown structure has basically included clear sequence and segregation
formation of various project activities which are required to conduct for achieving different

objectives of research that have been already set up before starting the project work. This is
generally done in the way of hierarchical structure that shows every level with associated and
operations and activities.
Gantt chart
Gantt chart has basically projected the time period that is necessary for completing the
sequential flow, operation and activity in which the various activities has been completed one by
one for achieving final objectives of research (Syed and Ali, 2019). A productive Gantt chart has
been attached below;

LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Prescott (2016) quality and diversity management is very beneficial in the
terms of improving performance of an organisation. Currently most ventures in market place
tries to implement these both aspects equality and diversity within their workplace. Basically,
equality and diversity management help to employees of an organisation to achieve appropriate
growth opportunities in workplace. Many times, employees not achieve great growth
opportunities due to lack of the management of equality and diversity management. said that,
top-level management of a company have to understand one thing that, higher performance and
productivity is everything to for an organisation, because there is huge competition in each sector
or industry. In this situation, taking steps towards the management of equality and diversity is the
most favourable thing to an organisation. Currently most people or employees are completely
aware about the impact of equality and diversity management. In this situation, they always like
to work only in such workplaces where top-level management has already taken steps towards
managing equality and diversity management. Basically, when the management of a business
properly manages equality and diversity in workplace, then workers and employees of that
business feel valued by the management of company. After this, they will be motivated to work
hard in the work place, so that the productivity and performance of organisation will be
automatically improved due to very hard work of all employees.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Type
In the research project, the qualitative research method will be used, because this method
gives opportunity to conduct different interview sessions for asking questions from people
(Ritter-Hayashi, Vermeulen and Knoben, 2019). Books and journals, articles and newspapers etc.
resources were also highly required in order to collect data on the topic of “Diversity inclusion
and the gender pay gap at workplace”. This method research will really play an excellent role in
this project.
Research Philosophy

In this project work, the interpretivism philosophy of research will be used for studying
about humans’ behaviours of a particular topic. So, this philosophy can be enabled in knowing
different opinions of BBC’s 30 employees on the diversity inclusion and gender pay gap.
Research Design
There are three types of research designs available in market place, called; inductive,
abdicative & deductive. In exiting research project work, the inductive research design will be
used for collecting different data, and also can be used for increasing productivity of BBC UK.
Research Sampling
Non-probably and probably are two main method of sampling, but the method of random
sampling will be used in this project work. This method can be enabled in taking interview of 30
random employees and workers of BBC UK.
Data Collection
Primary method and secondary, these both methods of data collection will be used in
present project work, because the primary data collection method helps in gaining data through
interview sessions, meeting and observation (Utoft, 2020). On the other side, the secondary data
collection method helps in collecting data through articles, internet, blogs, newspapers, books
and journals etc.
Data Analysis
Statistical and thematic, both are two major and productive method of data analysis, in
which only thematic method will be used in present research work, because this thematic method
contributes in analysing data through diving all collected data into different themes.
Ethical Considerations
Research ethics will be fully considered while completely this research project work. For
example; properly give credit different authors of books & journals in the form of references.

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Prescott, J. ed., 2016. Handbook of research on race, gender, and the fight for equality. IGI
Global.
Ritter-Hayashi, D., Vermeulen, P. and Knoben, J., 2019. Is this a man’s world? The effect of
gender diversity and gender equality on firm innovativeness. PloS one. 14(9).
p.e0222443.
Syed, J. and Ali, F., 2019. A relational perspective on gender equality and
mainstreaming. Human Resource Development International. 22(1). pp.4-24.
Utoft, E. H., 2020. Exploring linkages between organisational culture and gender equality work
—An ethnography of a multinational engineering company. Evaluation and Program
Planning. 79. p.101791.