BTEC HND Unit 11: Research Proposal on Cultural Diversity Management

This research proposal investigates the significance of managing cultural diversity within the workplace, specifically focusing on Sykes Holiday Cottages. The study aims to identify the impact of cultural diversity in the hospitality sector, evaluate its benefits, and examine various management strategies. The proposal outlines the rationale, literature sources, research approach, and methodologies, including positivism philosophy, an inductive approach, and an exploratory research design. Data collection will involve both primary (structured questionnaires) and secondary data, with a non-probability random sampling of 30 employees. Data analysis will be conducted through thematic analysis, and the project timeline is provided. The proposal seeks to understand how cultural diversity influences the workplace environment and how it can be effectively managed to benefit both employees and the organization.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL FORM
Unit Number and Title: Unit 11: Research Project (Proposal)
Unit Level: 05
Unit Lecturer:
Date:
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
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INTRODUCTION
In organization, it is important to have maintenance of the cultural diversity as the large various type
of the employee who are working in the company’s makes the belonging to the different caste, creed,
colour background etc. thus there is need to have the respect for other along with maintaining the
proper level of dignity and values to them. The company have the enabling of the diversity in order
to make their development of the positive cultures and boost the morale of employees and trust. In
addition to there diversity have the allowances of their gaining the competitive advantages to the
workplace culture in perfect manner. there are considering of the wide varsity of ways to promotes
their diversity at the workplaces which can be such as performance appraisal, motivation, recruitment
and selection policy etc it depends on company and management that what type of policy is being
followed in it. In addition to that diversity have the allowing of the positive cultures as more level of
work in done along with attaining the goals and objective in effective manner. This is also helpful in
the removing of the individual’s differences between the employee who have the following to the
different caste, race and creed.
Background
The growth of the hospitality sector has been in the rapid level all around the world as provision the
high property level of services to the customer. This sector has the high level of employments as the
employee have the belonging to the different cultures, background and caste to achieve the aims and
objectives. The SME sector is the UK have the leading are the rapid trend providing the maximum
level of growth and prosperity to the country’s economy. As Sykes Holiday Cottages is a cottage rental
company which is dealing in the hospitality industry with a portfolio of 11,000 properties across the
UK and Ireland. This tends to have the management of the diversified of employees as the firm is
dealing of the recruiting and selecting the candidates form the differ caste and creed. The firm have the
need for the several level of techniques to have proper managing the diversity which have allowing the
positive cultures as the staff morale and confidence tends to be increased.
Aims and objectives
Aim – To identify the significance of the managing cultural diversity at workplace- A case study
on Sykes Holiday Cottages
Objectives
 To evaluate the impact of cultural diversity in the workplace environment in hospitality’s
sector.
 To have the investigation of the benefits of cultural diversity at workplace.
 To examine the different strategies of the managing the cultural diversity at the Sykes Holiday
Cottages
Research questions
 What is the impact of cultural diversity in the workplace environment in hospitality’s sector?
 How the cultural diversity benefits at workplace?
 What are the different strategies of the managing the cultural diversity at the Sykes Holiday
Cottages?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
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Rationale
The study is about to have the proper level of evaluation in the of the importance of the
cultural diversity as the workplaces in way how it is useful to have the maintaining the cultural
diversity in an organization in the effective manner. In addition to that it will be turning out to
be helpful in the evaluating the different benefit of diversity as well as the impact of the
workplace on attaining the business objective and gaol in perfect manner. The work place
culture have the impact due to there what the overall all busines stands to have the outcomes of
the over all business as the study have the need to be conducted.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
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Literature review
As per the view of the , the development of the cultural diversity has the refereeing of managing the
people for the different castes, race and creed. The firm have the different level of employee working
at their different department different locations by following the ethics and norms. On the other hand,
the) contradicted the statement as diversity have the enabling dignity and values which make the
allowing the teams along with no level of discriminations done by the management. This have resulted
in creating the positive impact employee behaviour by encouraging and communicating each other as
the people tends to have the more level of interactions and respect the vales and dignity for them.
According the view of the, there are the several level of benefits of the managing the cultural diversity
along with nagging them to work in the teams by sharing the respective level of experiences
knowledge. This leads to the creatively with team woks by implementing the new ideas by sharing the
people experiences which have result in the highs and recursive level of communications
establishment. On the other hand, the contradicted the statement as the diversity tends to make their
reduction in conflict for the effective communication of employees by having the interacting and
discussing the personal problems. This will be helpful in gaining the knowledge followed by the
company manage diversity. The company is providing more level of training and development which
opens up with the growth opportunity for the employee in order to be motivates. The author supported
the statement as the firm tends to have policy state of recruiting all candidates regardless on basis of
their background, religion etc. It has to be change in things of how diversity is managed by firm.
Having a diverse workforce with multi-lingual employees and employees from varying ethnic
backgrounds can also be helpful for organizations who want to expand or improve operations in
international, national, regional and local markets. Hence, this tends to have the management of the
diversified of employees as the firm is dealing of the recruiting and selecting the candidates form the
differ caste and creed. The firm have the need for the several level of techniques to have proper
managing the diversity which have allowing the positive cultures as the staff morale and confidence
tends to be increased.
Section Four: Research approach and methodologies
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Research methodology
Research philosophy
This have the clear level of dealing with the nature and scope of the research by providing the proper
level of framework for the study. This have the application of the study on the basis of the nature along
with the willingness of the researcher. In the present study her will be application of the positivism
philosophy will be used. This have the enabling the gathering of the factual knowledge by the
observing the things in the perfect manner.
Research approach
This have the consisting of the planning and procedure which make the inclusion of all steps in order
to make the decision regarding the collection of the data’s in more approve way. in this report there
will be the implementing of the inductive approach which tends to be the suitable aspect for the
qualitative research and getting the answer of the respective question for the research’s.
Research design- there is the consisting of the eldest which tends to have the answer to the various
issues Usually, it is of three types that are casual, exploratory and descriptive. Thus, scholar will use
exploratory research design in it to explore how cultural diversity is managed and what strategies or
practices are followed in it.
Research type- this is the procedure to make the proper level of identification so other on the bias of
the objective and research questions which re in terms if the qualitative and quantitative research. The
scholar will be using the qualitative research’s in order gains the theatricals knowledge for managing
the diversity t the workplace.
Data collection the method of the data collection is the important aspects which make the achievement
of the relevant and accused dates done for the data collection. In this study there will both premiers
and secondary method will be used. As the primary data will be collected through the helps of
structured questionnaire. In this study, scholar will use both methods, the secondary data will be
gathered from articles and primary will be through questionnaire.
Sampling this will be the method for the collecting the target audiences as the researcher to make the
collection of data in perfect manner. In this report the non-probability random sampling will be dens
which all-consuming the lassies as the employee will be 30 .
Data analysis will be done through the thematic analysis with the helps fog grapes and presentation.
Section Five: Activities and timescales
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