Evaluating Sainsbury's Policies and Employee Performance Outcomes

This report examines the impact of Sainsbury's company policies on employee performance and the management of equality and diversity. The research investigates the relationship between ethical policies and employee productivity, utilizing both primary and secondary research methods. The report includes a project management plan, work breakdown structure, Gantt chart, and data analysis based on surveys and literature review. Findings indicate a significant awareness of company policies among employees and a perception of ethical policy formulation. The report analyzes challenges faced by Sainsbury's, such as potential bias, and concludes with recommendations for policy improvement and enhanced employee outcomes, supporting the growth of the business and the overall success of the company. The report also includes a reflection and a performance review.

UNIT 6- MANAGING A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
PROJECT

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN...............................................................................................4
WORK BREAKDOWN AND GANTT CHART............................................................................5
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH..............................................................................7
Research methodology................................................................................................................8
DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDING..............................................................................................9
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION.............................................................................18
REFLECTION...............................................................................................................................19
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................20
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................21
PERFORMANCE REVIEW.........................................................................................................23

INTRODUCTION
Equality and diversity is very essential to be managed for a successful business. The
equality is defined as providing of equal opportunities to all employees and diversity is the
recruiting of employees from the diverse cultures. In the highly global and competitive world it
is very essential for the company to manage the working of the company to work effectively in
the highly competitive world. This is very essential for the company to manage the policies of
company as the policies of the company guide the working and productivity of the company.
This is majorly because of the reason that the policies of the company give direction to the
employees as how they have to work. Thus, for getting success the most essential thing for the
company is to manage the policies and practices of company. The present study is based on the
company Sainsbury which is a large retail store in UK and deals in all type of retail and groceries
product. The current study will conduct the analysis of the fact that what is the impact of the use
of good and ethical policies over the working of the employees and the management of equality
and diversity.
Aim and objective
“To investigate the impact of good and effective company policies in managing the employee’s
day to day activity and managing of equality and diversity. A study on Sainsbury.”
Objectives
 To articulate the concept of company policies with respect to managing equality and
diversity.
 To examine the relation between the good companies policies over the performance of
employees with respect to Sainsbury.
 To evaluate the various challenges faced by Sainsbury in making good policies for
betterment of company.
 To recommend some of the measures with which the company can improve the policies
of company.
Research questions
1. What is the concept of company policies and the equality and diversity?
2. What is the relation between the company policy and the management of performance of
the employees?

3. What are the different kinds of challenges being faced by the company in managing the
policies of company?
Scope of research
The current research is of scope to all the companies which are similar to the Sainsbury as the
result of Sainsbury is applicable to all similar companies. Thus, this research will be helpful to
all the competitors of the Sainsbury. In addition to this the current research will also be helpful
for the other researchers who are dealing in the same research topic or topic similar to it.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN
 Scope- the scope of the project is very wide and because of this the scope of the project is
very high. The project deals with the analysing of the fact that whether the use of policies
of company is helpful in increasing the performance of the company. (Wang, Ren and
Liu, 2017) The scope is wide as all the companies run on the basis of the policies made
only and if the policies are not made in proper manner then the employees will not work
in good way.
 Deliverables- the deliverable of the project are referred to as the result or the outcome of
the whole project. This is essential for the scholar that the deliverable of the project is
good and if it is not then the project will not be successful.
 Time- the time is the most essential aspect of the whole project as if the project will not
be completed on time then this will not be successful. Thus, for this the main essential
thing is that the project needs to be completed before the deadline. This is essential as if
the project will be accomplished before time then there will be time for the scholar to
ensure and recheck all the data and analyse whether the aim is attained or not.
 Quality-this is also the most essential thing to be analysed as if the quality will not be
there in the research then the company will not be able to manage the result of the
research in good manner. Thus, for this the most important thing is the use of good
quality data and to make use of best research methods for the completion of the research.
 Communication- this is also the most important thing as if the result of the project will
not be communicated in effective manner then the outcome will not be good. Thus, for
this the use of written and verbal communication is being used. This is due to the reason
that that this combination helps scholar to clearly communicate with others.

 Risk- this is the most important aspect of the project to be analysed in advance and this is
majorly because of the reason that the project is initiated in the dynamic environment and
there are lot many changes. Also, in addition to this the future is also uncertain and
anything can happen in the future and for this it is essential for the scholar to make sure
that they analyse all the risk which they may encounter like financial, technological,
economical and many others (Heagney, 2016).
 Resources- this is also the most important thing for the success of the whole project. This
is majorly because of the reason that that the resources are the material with which the
research is being conducted and the major resources for the research to be completed in
successful manner are financial resources, human resource, electronics, technology and
many other related resources.
WORK BREAKDOWN AND GANTT CHART
Activities /
week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Topic
selection
Developing
brief research
proposal
Conducting
LR
Research
method
identification
and selection
Drafting
questionnaire
Data
collection by
sending
survey to the

respondents
Collation and
analyzing
gathered data
set
Concluding
findings and
recommending
solution for
further growth
Doing
formatting for
file structuring
Taking
feedback from
tutor
Doing final
changes and
submission

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH
Secondary research (literature review)
In the views of Ylöstalo (2016) the company policies are the directives which are made
by the management and the regulating authority of the company for the employees working.
These policies affect and direct the working of the employees in the attainment of the common
objectives. Thus, the policies ensure that all the employees work on the same level and in the
same way of working. In addition to this Kirton, Robertson and Avdelidou‐Fischer, (2016) the
company policies also help the company in managing equality and diversity as if the policies of
company are not differentiating then the employees will work in more effective and productive
manner.
As per the thinking of Salignac, Galea and Powell, (2018) states that there is a great
relation between both policies and performance of the company. This is majorly because of the
reason that if the policies of the company are not good and accurate then the performance of the
company will also be not good. This is due to the reason that the employees are liable to follow
the policies only and if it will not be good then this will have an impact over performance only.

Also, in against of this Utoft, (2020) argues that there are many different challenges
which affects the working and making of the policies. The major challenge being faced by the
companies is the biasness of the management. This is a challenge because of the fact that when
the person is biased then they will not make good and effective policies and this in turn will have
direct impact over performance of company.
Research methodology
 Type of research- research type is the method or the way through which the person
carries on the research and attains the aim and objective of the research. This is essential
to select the type through which whole research will be initiated that is either qualitative
or quantitative (Kumar, R., 2019). For the completion of the current project based on
policies of company the scholar has made use of qualitative type of research. This has
been used by the researcher as this will assist the scholar in analysing the attributes and
values relating to the research topic and not numeric fact.
 Approach of research- the approach is defined as the use of different assumption behind
the selection of the different type of methods of research. This is of two different kind
that is inductive and deductive. In case of the current study the scholar has made the use
of the inductive approach of research. This is basically because of the reason that the
inductive approach is based on framing the aim and objective and then taking the whole
study in the direction of that aim an objective only.
 Philosophy of research- the philosophy is defined as the beliefs which underlies the fact
that why anything happened. The major philosophy of research is interpretivism and
positivism and both are necessary (Mohajan, H.K., 2018). This is majorly because
everything has something underneath the execution of any of the activity. For the
completion of present research the use of interpretivism is being made as this integrates
the interest of the human within the whole study.
 Collection of data- this is the most essential stage in the whole project as if the data will
not be good then the research will not be good. This is majorly because of the reason that
whole research is based on data only and if data will not be reliable then the research will
not result in appropriate manner. Thus, for this the data need to be reliable and valid and
if this will not be there then the research will not be valid.

 Sampling- the sample is referred to as the selection of some of the participant from the
whole population and then test on them. The samples are chosen from the help of random
sampling method and the samples are 50 employees (Fletcher 2017). All the test and the
other related test are conducted over the selected samples only and then their result are
concluded.
 Analysis of collected data- this is also necessary for the completion of the research as if
the data will not be analysed then the research will not be successful. This is due to the
reason that if the data is not analysed then the research is of no use. Thus, for this use of
thematic analysis is made as this will help the analyst in using the charts, diagrams and
tables for the analysis of data.
 Reliability and validity- this is also very essential for the research to be successful as if
the data will not be reliable and valid then this will have a great impact over the
authenticity of the research. Thus, for this it is essential that the data is collected from the
reliable and trustworthy sources only.
DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDING
Theme 1: Yes, the entire respondents are aware of the concept of policy formulation for the
company.
Particular Participant % of participant
Yes 30 60
No 20 40
Total 50 100

Interpretation: with the primary data collected it was evident that the company and the
employees working in the company are aware of the importance of making the policies in
effecitve manner. This is essential as this hlpe the company in directing properly and plan for the
grwoth of the business to a great extent. This is agreed by 60 % of the population. However, the
rest of the respondent does not agree to this.
Theme 2: Strongly agreed that the company uses ethical manner for formulating the different
policies of the company.
Particular Participant % of participant
Strongly agreed 25 50
Agreed 5 10
Neutral 5 10
Disagreed 5 10
Strongly disagreed 10 20
Total 50 100

Interpretation: by the evaluation of the data gathered with help of primary sources and
authneticated by secondary source it is clear that company makes the polices ethical manner.
This is strongly agreed by 50 % as the ethical policies assist the person in managing the work
and their performance. But this is not agreed by the reaming of the people and they states that
they either disagree or are neutral over it.
Theme 3: Yes, there is a present a relation within the policies of the company and the day to day
activities of the employees.
Particular Participant % of participant
Yes 35 70
No 15 30
Total 50 100

Interpretation: from the analysis of the data gathered and assimilated it is clear that there is
relaiton present in between the good policies and performance of the employees. This is agreed
by the 70 % of the popualtion as the use of good policies makes the employees motivate to work
in more good and effective condition. Moreover in addition to this remainign of the employees
does not agree to this and are thinking differently.
Theme 4: Positive is the impact when the company uses good policies of company over the
productivity and performance of employees.
Particular Participant % of participant
Positive 38 76
Negative 12 24
Total 50 100