Strategies for a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce: Sainsbury's Project

This report analyzes a project focused on identifying and evaluating strategies for building a diverse and inclusive workforce within Sainsbury's. The report begins by outlining the aims and objectives of the project, which include promoting workplace diversity and inclusion, determining existing strategies, and identifying associated benefits. It then details the project management plan, including aspects of cost, scope, time, quality, and communication. The report describes the research methodology, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods, including interviews, surveys, and observations to gather data. The findings are presented, analyzing responses related to awareness of diversity concepts, the impact of inclusion on productivity, and the most effective strategies for promoting equality. The report concludes with recommendations for Sainsbury's, emphasizing the importance of adhering to government regulations and implementing training programs to support diversity initiatives. The project underscores the significance of an inclusive workplace in enhancing operational efficiency and fostering a positive work environment.

Managing a Successful
Business Project
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1 & LO2 .....................................................................................................................................3
Devise the aims and objective of the project..............................................................................3
Produce comprehensive project management plan.....................................................................4
Carry out small scale research.....................................................................................................7
LO3 & LO4......................................................................................................................................8
Analyse research and data by using appropriate tool as well as technique.................................8
Draw valid conclusion and valid recommendations.................................................................13
Support personal learning and performance.............................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15
APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................................16
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Topic: What types of strategies and initiatives do companies put in place to build a diverse
and inclusive workforce?
INTRODUCTION
To manage small business project it is vital for project manager to undergo deep research
and gain significant insights to accommodate the aim as well as overall objective of firm (Boehm
and Dwertmann, 2015). The primary purpose to articulate whole report is to make reader
prominently understanding about skill as well as knowledge requirement to manage the internal
operation smoothly.
To better define the report Sainsbury company has been selected which has appointed
mew project manager to manage the small project of an organisation and present it in-front of
CEO. The project is based upon identifying strategies in order to promote diverse and inclusive
workforce within the retain outlet of company. This report cover topics like prepare the aim,
objective as well as time frame of the selected theme. Carry out small scale research on the basis
of information gathered from data collection method to support respective project. Produce the
project and communicate effectively after generating meaningful conclusion. Furthermore, on
the basis of value derived from project support the organisation to gain sustainable performance.
LO1 & LO2
Devise the aims and objective of the project
In modern era, it is vital for all organisation irrespective of their sizes and scope to
promote the Equality as well as diversity amongst the workforce. It helps to avoid the biasness
amongst staff in terms of their gender, skill, sexual orientation, background, cultural differences
and so on (Cacchione, 2016). The managers of Sainsbury company hire workforce on the basis
of their capabilities and current knowledge rather than making any prejudiced in terms of gender
discrimination. This has generated ample opportunity for an organisation by promoting different
mindset or inclusive workforce to participate in smooth functioning.
Aim
To promote significant strategies which can leads to progress by promoting diversity as
well as inclusion workforce.
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Objectives
 To promote the concept of workplace diversity as well as inclusion in order to
progressively attain the target.
 To determine the strategies being prepared by project manager or management teams of
Sainsbury company in order to scale up business processes by implementing equality as
well as diversity within workplace.
 To identify the benefits associated with maintaining the fair relation and equality with
inclusive workforce
Questions
 Why the concept inclusive and diverse workforce is essential to accomplish the
predetermined target?
 Explain the strategies and initiative in relation to equality and diverse workforce is taken
by either project manager or internal management teams to scale up the operations.
 What benefits Sainsbury company can get by promoting inclusive workforce?
Produce comprehensive project management plan
Project management plan basically comprises of the blueprint of whole project that
include plan, procedure, policies as well as strategies based on which actions are taken to attain
predetermined objective. It is basically written document that include insights related to whole
research work.
Aspect of cost: Cost refers to the overall expenditure incurred by an entity in terms to
develop new concept or produce final offering of company. The project manager of present
report incurs the expenditure of £85 while conducting research work and producing desirable
result.
Scope: The actual scope in terms to prepare current report for Sainsbury which is the
leading retailer is vast. As successful completion of research work involve various opportunity
that can be attained by an organisation.
Time: Time simply refers to the tenure involved in completing specific research work
effectively (Ewoh, 2013). Total time incurred by project manager to investigate current report is
around 4 months.
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Quality: To retain the quality of project researcher investigate the data through authentic
sources which are either generated from primary or secondary data collection method. Along
with that it is necessary to keep the responses of respondent confidential.
Communication: The communication mode between researcher as well as team
members while incurring investigation on equality and diversity within workforce involve
formal tool. Like, video conferencing, periodically conduct physical discussion, transmission of
information via email and phone calls.
Risk and resources: Risk needs to be mitigated in order to attain the objective and come
out with valid strategies. For this indicator to be used to avoid privacy breach or confidentiality
of information. Similarly, research to promote equality and diversity within Sainsbury company
involves ample amount of resources in form of skilled manpower and capital expenditure.
Work breakdown structure: This structure involves breakdown of task into smaller
components which are more manageable. It assist investigator to divide complex as well as
lengthy tasks into short or simple manner (Galpin, 2014). Thus, it leads to detail understanding
of particular topic.
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Gantt chart: It represent graphical presentation of entire topic where overall topic is
divided into sequential activities and set time is delegated to cover them effectively. This
technique assist researcher to schedule the task and complete overall project within scheduled
status (Glatthorn and et. al., 2018).
Monitoring and completing: The project manager is responsible to effectively analyse
diverse elements stated above and accordingly monitor the activities to successful attain the
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objective. Adequate guidance and direction reduces the chances of risk factor and deviataiaon of
performances.
Carry out small scale research
Qualitative research: Within this type researcher store as well as measured the data in
theoretical form.
Interview: Here the researcher carry out interview with respondents to gain
comprehensive knowledge about subject.
Interactive method: It comprises of transparent set of protocols which is used for
analysis, interpretation, carrying out observation and research design (Hebl and Avery, 2012).
Quantitative research: It represent the presentation of practical form of data which
involve numerical or mathematics technique.
Survey: It compromise of series of question which are designed to collect diverse
information.
Observation: Investigator direct observe the activities of participants and respondents in
order to incorporate better result.
Therefore, the current Freeport is based on questionnaire method where set of questions
are filled up by the respondents in order to gain the overview about the topic that is quality and
diversity within workforce.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Contact no:
Q1) Do you know the essence of adopting equality and diversity concepts within an
organisation?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) According to you, workplace diversity and inclusion can progressively improve
overall productivity?
a) Yes
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b) No
Q3) As per knowledge or opinion, which is the most prominent business strategies that can
be used by Sainsbury company to enhance equality and diversity?
a) Fair treatment with staff by eradicating chances of favouritism
b) Promote equal employment and growth opportunity
c) Adequate training to improve existing skill and capabilities
Q4) Determine benefits which can be explored by Sainsbury company after promoting
equality & diversity within the workplace?
a) Attract fresh talent as well as retain potential employees
b) Creates synergy that leads to favourable working relationships
c) Enhance existing performance
Q5) Determine significant ways by which Sainsbury company can address issues and
effective manage inclusive workforce?
a) Develop training and development session for diverse workforce
b) Promote oral and written communication
Q6) Recommend certain ways by which Sainsbury company can gain competitive
advantage by promoting equality and diversity?
LO3 & LO4
Analyse research and data by using appropriate tool as well as technique
THEME 1: Awareness about equality and diversity concept
Q1) Do you know the essence of adopting equality and diversity concepts
within an organisation?
Frequency
Yes 18
No 2
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Interpretation: Equality and diversity within workplace offers immense opportunity and
sustain internal values as it helps to avoid the prejudice or any type of discrimination. This
promote the equal growth and development opportunity by delivering fair remuneration to
employees. Amongst 20 respondents 18 of them have awareness about the equality and diversity
concept while rest of them does not have adequate knowledge.
THEME 2: Workplace diversity and inclusion enhances overall productivity
Q2) According to you, workplace diversity and inclusion can
progressively improve overall productivity?
Frequency
Yes 17
No 3
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Interpretation: Based on above analysis it has been acknowledged that most of the
participants like 17 amongst 20 believes that by illusive workforce helps to maximise
productivity. As different people with diverse knowledge and background works to attain
common purpose. On contrary, remaining 3 respondents does not agreed with the statement.
THEME 3: Business strategy used by company to enhance equality and diversity
Q3) As per knowledge or opinion, which is the most prominent business
strategies that can be used by Sainsbury company to enhance equality
and diversity?
Frequency
a) Fair treatment with staff by eradicating chances of favouritism 8
b) Promote equal employment and growth opportunity 7
c) Adequate training to improve existing skill and capabilities 5
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Interpretation: Based on above graph it is determined that to carry out smooth internal
operations Sainsbury company needs to take the initiative by building up effective strategies in
order to promote equality and diversity amongst workforce. Most of the respondent that mean 8
believes that by avoiding favouritism in relation to gender or status can improve working culture.
Similarly, 7 and 5 respondents believes through employment opportunity and delivering training
is prominent strategy to encourage diverse workforce.
THEME 4: Benefits associated with equality and diversity
Q4) Determine benefits which can be explored by Sainsbury company
after promoting equality & diversity within the workplace?
Frequency
a) Attract fresh talent as well as retain potential employees 11
b) Creates synergy that leads to favourable working relationships 5
c) Enhance existing performance 4
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a) Fair treatment with staff by eradicating chances of favouritism
c) Adequate training to improve existing skill and capabilities
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Interpretation: There are various benefits which are associated to maintain equality as
well as diversity amongst workforce. Amongst various participants 11 of them believe that it
mainly help to attract potential job seeker as well as retain existing ones. Along with that 5 and 4
respondents agrees that diverse workforce promote favourable working environment as well as
improve current performance respectively. Therefore, these benefits helps in flourishing internal
operations.
THEME 5: Ways to manage inclusive workforce
Q5) Determine significant ways by which Sainsbury company can
address issues and effective manage inclusive workforce?
Frequency
a) Develop training and development session for diverse workforce 8
b) Promote oral and written communication 10
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a) Attract fresh talent as well as retain potential employees
c) Enhance existing performance
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Interpretation: Diversity within workforce promote various thinking ability and may
leads to communication gap. So 10 amongst 20 respondents respondents preview that an
organisation need to maintain both oral as well as written communication. In addition to that 8 of
them determine via training and development session an organisation can maintain favourable
working environment to encourage diverse workforce.
Draw valid conclusion and valid recommendations
Based on the analysis it has been concluded that equality and diversity within workplace
is a significant concept which plays an essential role to enhance the internal operations of firm.
This offer an opportunity to workforce on the basis of their skill or knowledge without any
prerequisite knowledge and thoughts (Roulstone and Williams, 2014). Certain recommendation
in favour of Sainsbury company are listed below:
 The company needs to effectively abide by government rules and legislation within
workplace. This reduce the chances of discriminated caused by gender equality and
encourage workforce to perform their task effectively.
 Sainsbury should conduct performance appraisal programme for its employees and
constantly evaluate performance of existing staff to systemically attain overall objectives.
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a) Develop training and development session for diverse workforce
b) Promote oral and written communication
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 The company should promote the initiative of employees in form of constructive
suggestion and carry out group discussion to promote the equality and leads to
generation of innovation.
Support personal learning and performance
While conducting research work I analysed that with the help of questionnaire
method I gained immense information about the respondents overview over equality and
diversity concept. Initially, while conversing with respondent I was bit nervous and
hesitated that too affected my work. But later on due to constant practice I was able to
produce desirable result. The relevant information which I was able to gather from research
work can helps in building the effectively strategies in favour of Sainsbury company.
Therefore, this effectively helps to maximise the overall productivity within specific
duration.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above report it has been determined that most of the successful
organisation promote equality and diversity amongst workforce. This helps in taking
favourable initiative in terms to implement desirable strategies and promote diverse
workforce. The business entity needs to overview the opportunity and with the help of
competitive team and inclusive workforce and gain the standard result. Along with that
researcher involve different techniques and methods like qualitative or qualitative methods.
Therefore, it helps to generate desirable data for the systematic functioning of firm.
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APPENDIX
Template for Performance Review to be attached with the report by the learner:
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1. What was the Project supposed to accomplish?
“What types of strategies and initiatives do companies put in place to build a diverse and
inclusive workforce?”
2. Did the project succeed in its aims/ how do you know? Specifically,
please outline any evaluation and assessment undertaken.
Yes
3. What things do you think worked well and why? Evaluate all aspects of
the project (e.g initial inception, project activities and project outcomes)
from a range of perspectives.
Yes, I believe that I work effectively due to which I was able to effective prepare the project
based on favourable outcome.
4. What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled?
Was there timely identification of issues and resolution during the
project process?
Confined time management acts as a constraint but by prioritising the task I was able to
attain the objective within specific duration.
5. What did you learn from undertaking the project?
I learned the essence to hire the potential employee based on their prior knowledge and
experience about subject.
6. How would you rate your performance as a management consultant
leading the project?
9 out of 10
7. What strengths and weakness of your performance did you identify?
Innovative way to deals with problem acts as my strength due top which I thoroughly carry
out whole research and overcome hindrances within confined duration. On contrary, public
speaking was my weakness which I overcome through research practice. .
8. How will this inform and support your continuous professional
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development?
To support CPD I will constantly perform research on different topics which can expand my
skills, abilities and knowledge to attain objectives.
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