Assessing Debenhams' Strategies for a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

This report, centered on Debenhams, a British multinational retailer, investigates strategies for building a diverse and inclusive workforce. It begins by outlining project aims and objectives, focusing on defining strategies and initiatives used by companies in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. The report details the project management plan, including scope, costs, timeframes, and risk assessments. A work breakdown structure and Gantt chart are produced to visually represent project tasks and timelines. The research methodology includes both primary and secondary research methods, employing questionnaires to gather quantitative data. The report then analyzes the research findings, providing recommendations based on the data collected and analyzed, and concludes with a reflection on the value of the project in meeting its stated objectives. The report aims to provide insights into how Debenhams addresses workforce diversity and inclusion, offering valuable information for businesses seeking to improve their own practices.

Managing Successful Business
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Table of Contents
Contents
TITLE..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Project aims and objectives...............................................................................................1
P2 Produce of project management plan................................................................................3
P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart...................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P2) Small scale research by apply of primary and secondary methods.................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P6 Recommendation as result of findings and data analysis................................................15
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................15
P7) Reflect on the value of undertaking the projects to meet stated objectives...................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18

TITLE
“To define the different type of strategy and initiative that is implies by company while
building the diverse and inclusive workforce”? A case study on Debenhams.
INTRODUCTION
The successful management of the business is related to the effective indumenta of all the
different strategy and policy at right time by which more profit will get gained in systematic
format. The business will only be getting more success on continuous basis if their target and
goals will get accomplished within the certain period of time and that is only due to the
collective efforts of all the different individuals that are working within the company. It is also
be more needed that the company must have the employee that are fully committed and have
more skills and talent to get perform each and every task with more suitability (Acurio, 2019). In
this it is also be more needed that the company has the talented workforce for that they have used
the diverse and inclusive workforce and in this they have hired the candidate who has better
skills and capability to take the business to higher heights and never get differentiate them on the
basis of gender but get values them on the basis of backgrounds, knowledge, skills, and
experiences that enlarges the productivity of business. Debenhams is taken in this report as it is
the British multinational retailer and served the area at Denmark and UK too and has dealt with
the diverse range of products and services as like home and furniture, accessories, fashion
clothing, toys, shoes and many other as well. This report is consisting of the aims and
deliverables, project plan, research and finding and recommendation.
TASK 1
P1 Project aims and objectives
To define the different type of strategy and initiative that is implies by company while
building the diverse and inclusive workforce. It is been more important that the personnel are
more experience and have an ability to get resolve the entire different situation thus they always
try to attract the candidate that are most talented and have more potential (Appelbaum, 2018).
Aim- “To define the different type of strategy and initiative that is implies by company
while building the diverse and inclusive workforce”. Debenhams has worked with the 25000
numbers of employee and to maintain the adequate balance have used different strategy by which
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the competency will get developed. This is more useful for the Bandon Tiles Ltd that is the small
company and has planned to expand the workforce.
Objectives
 To measure the impact of diverse and inclusive workers inside the business.
 To analyse the advantage of the different strategy and initiative that is used by the
Debenhams to promote diverse and inclusiveness.
 To specify the significance and revisit of the miscellaneous and comprehensive
workforce.
Research questions:
 What is connotation of diverse and inclusive workforce in the business?
 The measure the attractiveness of strategy and initiative used by the business in concern
of assorted and inclusiveness.
 To analyse the consequence of diverse and inclusive in the personnel of the business?
Literature Review
What is significance of diverse and inclusive workforce in the business?
According to the viewpoint of Anja Zojceska, 2018, diversity will define the place at
where the business whether it is of small range of larger but get or whether they have working
with the minimum number of employee or more but they get ensure that the employee get the
better treatment without any differentiation or discrimination (Bell, 2018). It will get reprieved
the reputation and image of the business by which the certain outcomes will get attained within
the timely basis by which company will easily strive the goals and objectives. It helps to make
the tangible benefits as like enhancement of profit and sales, engagement of employees are many
other as well.
The measure the attractiveness of strategy and initiative used by the business in concern of
assorted and inclusiveness
According to the viewpoint Tom Wells, 2018, the inclusiveness is being more important
at where the entire employee will get provided the equal and balanced opportunity and didn’t get
differentiate on the basis of gender as by male or female. In addition the company will uses the
different strategy to promote the working culture and behaviour by which the participation and
the engagement of the employee will get more developed and by which new and creative ideas
get generated that is in favour of the growth and development of business (Biech, 2019).
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To analyse the consequence of diverse and inclusive in the personnel of the business?
According to the viewpoint of Scott Ballina, 2018, the company will get performed their
different business operation and function from the effective contribution of the employee and
without them it is not possible for the business to get achieve the better sustainability and profit.
The employee are the backbone of the company and having the certain set of capability and skills
with that have share their views to other by which the affordable outcomes will get conceived
that will thrive better success and more development.
P2 Produce of project management plan
The project plan is more required and vital as it will define the path that will get followed
while attaining the successful results within the timely basis and that is by making the plan,
control, implement, execute and monitoring of different task and activities (Bjorvatn, 2018). The
plan will get managed so as to measure the risk factor and that get reduce or removed within the
time by which the adequate profit will get gained.
Project plan
Aim and deliverables: The aim of the project is to analyse the different set of strategy and
the initiative that is taken by the company to improvise the diverse and inclusiveness in the
business.
Scope: It is the extent that get accomplish after the perfect execution of all the different
activities that are needed to performed so as to obtain the relevant outcome that has induce the
better profit and enhancement within the business.
Project cost: It is the amount that gets assigned to the researcher in order to perform the
research with better perfection and with this Debenhams provides the budget of £200 so as to
complete the research with more perfection (Fogarty, 2018).
Particulars Amount
Use of various tools and techniques £60
Resources (team members, source of
information etc.)
£60
Data collection £40
Data analysis and interpretation £20
Miscellaneous £20
Total £200
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Time: It is associated with the total duration that is required to complete the research with
more perfection and in this the researcher need the time period of 3 months and under that all
the several need task and activities will get performed that get detailed in the project plan.
Quality: It is the amount of volatility and valuable result that get conceived by the
implementation of all the certain task with that the researcher get ensure that all the provided
resources will get effectively utilised by which the beneficial and affordable outcome will get
attained and that is the ultimate motive behind the execution of project plan (Georgiadou, 2019).
Communication: It is actually a process that is essential while making the appropriate
conversation with someone in which the message and information will get conveyed with more
easiness and with better clarity by which it is easy for the researcher to make the better
interpretation of their thoughts and views. In this project the researcher develop the
questionnaire, make the telephonic conversation and usage of interview while communicate with
the respondents.
Risk: It is the factor that will always be act as the barrier in the achievement of efficient
performance and also get resist the productivity and profitability of the project. Thus the
researcher will target analyse the entire different task by divided that into the smaller
components by which the satisfactory output will get collected that reduce the risk from the
project.
Resources: It is more related to the different sources that is required while completing the
adequate project and for this the researcher need the human resource, printers, net connectivity,
phones, books and may other resources as well that helps the researcher to gain the better output
in timely basis (Goold, 2019).
P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart
Gantt chart: It is a chart that get used while dividing the overall project into the different
format that get formulated in the form of bar graph by which it make more easier for the
researcher to make analyse all activities and get accomplished that within the assigned period of
time. In support of it the satisfactory result will get gathered that is useful for the business and
furthermore the changes get implement as per the need.
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Work Breakdown structure: It is a hierarchical formulation in which the overall task will
get alienated into the changed segments by which the researcher will keep an eye on all the
activities and with that manage the certain changes by which the constructive output will get
attained by the business (Hopkinson, 2018). It is more suitable as well by which the better
execution of all the task will get noticed by the project get completed in time.
TASK 2
P2) Small scale research by apply of primary and secondary methods
Research will get performed when an the researcher wants to know and collect more
information about the certain topic and with that all the required amount of data that is presented
in the market will get gathered that make the smooth flaw of project that is completed by the
researcher.
Quantitative method- In this the information and the statistics will get collected in the
forms of mathematical expression or as related to the tabular formats and in that is collected by
the primary induction of the research by the researchers (Hughes, 2019). The result is the better
interpretation of the entire detailed situation that is related to the beneficiary aspect.
Qualitative method- In this the data will get collected in the form of statement that get
developed while making the effectual result and that is moreover based on the specified mode. It
is basically a statistical tool through which the focused will get maintain to obtain the data from
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the open-ended and conversational communication open-ended and conversational
communication.
 Primary source- It is a source as in there the data that is appropriate for the research will
get collected at first time and that will get based on some specified topic (Kang, 2019). In
this the confidential data will get collected by taking the interview of questionnaire etc.
 Secondary resource- It is a research that is performed while collecting the relative
information from the market and that is based on the already published data in the form
of journals, books articles etc and get used to make the certain judgement and ensure that
research is on right track.
Sampling- It is more probably a method in which the information will collected by the
researcher by targeting the specified people and to make the effective understanding and to
perform the research the sample size of 35 will get selected.
Questionnaire
Quantitative Question
Q1) Is most of the people in the Debenhams belongs from the diverse culture?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Is Debenhams promote the diverse nature and inclusiveness within the business?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) Is Debenhams is able to execute better strategy about assorted and inclusiveness?
a) Yes
b) No
Q4) By what way Debenhams enhance diversity in its employees?
a) discriminating recruitment
b) Control work with huge selection.
Q5) What do you mean as from the term diverse and inclusiveness at workplace?
a) Engagement of employees
b) To embrace in decision making
c) By provide parallel value to all personnel
Q6) Do you believe that diverse and inclusiveness is required while working at international
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level?
a) Yes
b) No
Q7) What is the collision of diverse employee in business?
a) Improve in company productivity
b) Satisfying employee needs
Qualitative question
Q8) Define the strategy which is used by organisation for measuring inclusive and diverse
workforce?
 Development and Training
 Participation of all employees
Q9) How the strategy of culture and diverse workforce is implemented in organisation?
 Change in management style
 With performance appraisal
 By offering equal opportunities
TASK 3
Q1) Is most of the people in the Debenhams belongs from the diverse
culture?
Frequency
a) Yes 25
b) No 10
Q2) Is Debenhams promote the diverse nature and inclusiveness within the
business?
Frequency
a) Yes 30
b) No 05
Q3) Is Debenhams is able to execute better strategy about assorted and
inclusiveness?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 15
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Q4) By what way Debenhams enhance diversity in its employees? Frequency
a) discriminating recruitment 28
b) Control work with huge selection 07
Q5) What do you mean as from the term diverse and inclusiveness at
workplace?
Frequency
a) Engagement of employees 10
b) To embrace in decision making 15
c) By provide parallel value to all personnel 10
Q6) Do you believe that diverse and inclusiveness is required while
working at international level?
Frequency
a) Yes 30
b) No 05
Q7) What is the collision of diverse employee in business? Frequency
a) Improve in company productivity 27
b) Satisfying employee needs 09
Qualitative question
Q8) Define the strategy which is used by organisation for measuring
inclusive and diverse workforce?
 Development and Training
 Participation of all employees
Q9) How the strategy of culture and diverse workforce is implemented in
organisation?
 Change in management style
 With performance appraisal
 By offering equal opportunities
Q1) Is most of the people in the Debenhams belongs from the diverse Frequency
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culture?
a) Yes 25
b) No 10
a) Yes
b) No
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Frequency
Frequency
Interpretation- The above graph reflect that most of the employee are in favoured that
the company uses and promote the diverse culture as most of the employee get belongs from the
different places and get worked all together with more perfection (Lazarenko, 2019).
Q2) Is Debenhams promote the diverse nature and inclusiveness within the
business?
Frequency
a) Yes 30
b) No 05
a) Yes
b) No
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Frequency
Frequency
Interpretation- It is conclude from the graph that the Debenhams must have promote the
diverse and inclusive at their workplace by which have accepted the individual that belongs from
the different group but have more skills and abilities.
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