Equality and Diversity in the Workplace: Research Project Proposal

This research project proposal focuses on managing cultural diversity in the workplace, with a specific case study on Eagle Eye Solutions, UK. The project aims to evaluate equality and diversity, understand its significance, and identify challenges faced by managers. The objectives include understanding the impact of equality and diversity on organizational productivity and performance, and recommending effective strategies to overcome associated issues. The research employs a qualitative approach, utilizing a literature review to explore the significance of equality and diversity and its influence on productivity. The methodology involves exploratory research, inductive design, and a combination of primary and secondary data collection methods, including interviews with ten employees. Data analysis will be conducted thematically. The proposal also includes a Gantt chart and breakdown structure for project management, along with ethical considerations to ensure responsible data collection. The project's goal is to provide valuable insights into the practical implications of equality and diversity in the workplace and offer actionable recommendations for businesses.

Research Project Proposal

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section One......................................................................................................................................3
Aim..............................................................................................................................................3
Objectives....................................................................................................................................3
Responsibilities............................................................................................................................3
Research questions.......................................................................................................................3
Section Two.....................................................................................................................................4
Reasons for choosing this research project..................................................................................4
Section Three...................................................................................................................................4
Literature review..........................................................................................................................4
Section Four.....................................................................................................................................5
Research approach and methodologies........................................................................................5
Section Five.....................................................................................................................................7
Activities and timescales.............................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

Section One
Title: Managing cultural diversity in the workplace
Aim
To properly evaluate the Equality and Diversity within the workplace. The case study
will be on Eagle Eye Solutions, UK.
Objectives
 For understanding the significance of equality and diversity within the workplace.
 To consider influence of equality and diversity on the organization’s productivity and
performance.
 For Identifying main challenges which has faced by a manager while managing equality
and diversity.
 To recommend effective strategies which can support companies to overcome issues
associated with the equality and diversity.
Responsibilities
There are various responsibilities will need to be fulfilled while completing this research
project. For example; all legal procedures will be followed to collect data from different sources.
The equality and diversity is very important topic to discuss, in which accuracy will be fully
maintained in collected data. Reason is, accurate research data associated with equality and
diversity always positively influence to different companies or businesses.
Research questions
 What do you understand by equality and diversity in the workplace?
 How equality and diversity can influence organization’s productivity and performance?
 What are main challenges which has faced by a manager while managing equality and
diversity?
 Which strategies can support different companies to overcome issues associated with the
equality and diversity?

Section Two
Reasons for choosing this research project
Equality and diversity is too important aspect to an organisation. That’s why top-level
management of every organisation should systematically understand the actual value of equality
and diversity. The main reason behind choosing this topic is to deeply understand the
implications of equality and diversity in the workplace (Barton and Yee, 2017). Currently many
organisations within market still not understand the role of equality and diversity, in which this
research project will inform them about great roles of equality and diversity. This is project will
be included such data that can highly motivate to different business owners for implementing
equality and diversity within the workplace. This research project will definitely teach managers
and leaders about “why equality and diversity is important for an organisation”. That’s why this
research project has chosen.
Section Three
Literature review
Theme 1: Significance of equality and diversity in the workplace
According to the Haynes (2017) equality and diversity management plays an excellent
role in an organization, because it helps individuals for improving their potential and
productivity level and also promotes wellbeing in the workplace. It is not only essential for
creating an ethical workplace, because it is essential for raising brand value of organisation in the
market as well. The Upper management should play great role in the terms of equality and
diversity within the workplace, because this thing builds an effective relationship between
employees and employer. Equality and diversity enhance employee’s workability within the
workplace. When upper management keeps fair behaviour with all employees, then this step of
management improves employees’ experience in the workplace, and also encourages them for
putting great efforts in their daily operations, so that finally they will be rewarded through senior
authorities of organisation. Diverse workplace always requires an excellent management
approach. Reason is, when the manager fairly behaves with it’s all employees beyond individual

differences, in which this thing builds healthy workplace, and motivates employees to work
hardly. That’s why equality and diversity management is very important to an organisation.
Theme 2: Influence of equality and diversity on the organization’s productivity and
performance
On the basis of Avis (2018) equality and diversity management highly influences
individuals’ performance and productivity in the workplace. The upper management of an
organisation always need to employ equality and diversity within the workplace, because this is
one of the best ways or methods for positively influencing performance and productivity of an
employee in this dynamic world. Avis (2018) Says, currently most people or employees are
already known the actual role equality and diversity, that’s why they like to work in only that
workplace where existing management already has managed equality and diversity within the
workplace. Day by day different companies or businesses within market are implementing
equality and diversity within their workplace, because this supports in positively influence to
individuals and teams within the workplace. Existing managers and leaders within an
organisation should highly consider the concept of equality and diversity, because thing can
positively affect productivity of their employees. Currently businesses are investing huge fund
improving performance and productivity of their employees, in which they should once manage
equality and diversity within their respective workplace, then they will definitely achieve
excellent results.
Section Four
Research approach and methodologies
Research Type: Research is a scientific process of searching the new viewpoints, ideas or
information which assists a company for boosting its growth level. Basically, there are two types
of research exists. For example; qualitative and quantitative research. These supports to develop
performance of a business by innovating different theories and methods (Keval, 2020). The
qualitative research has given theoretical aspects which never measure in the term of
mathematical figure, but it can observe. Tis research type focuses on quality of products and
services for affecting performance of an organization by increasing sales revenue. On other side,

quantitative method focuses on practical aspects. This research method gives data in the
mathematical figure, so this data can be measured effectively. In the research project, qualitative
method will be used, because the quality is very important for gathering various information.
Research philosophy: Research philosophy is another method which will help in
improving efficiency of the data collection process. This method is mainly dependent on two
philosophies called; positivism and interpretivism, in which positivism philosophy provides true
or realistic facts which are existing in environment. On the other side, interpretivism philosophy
is intermediate which assist for understanding the reality of a business environment, and also
gathers authentic data in efficient way. Positivism philosophy will be used in this project.
Research design: Research design is a productive framework which is designed for
helping in improving method to conduct research within various market segments. There are
numerous combinations of the research methods which has interlinked for evaluating research
design and enhances productivity for collecting data effectively (Andrews and Parsons, 2018).
Basically, three types of research designs are available called; inductive, abductive and deductive
research, in which inductive research design will be used to collect data in this project.
Research Approach: There are mainly three types of research approaches exists called;
exploratory, explanatory and descriptive research etc. The exploratory research approach mostly
applied for getting logical answering of the question that supports for improving some logical
data collection. On the other side, descriptive research has focused on improving information
base by understanding behaviour, attitude and preferences of the people. The explanatory
method helps in influencing other factors within the business environment. The exploratory
research method will be used in this research project because it is very excellent in finding
various logical conclusion.
Research Sampling: Sampling method also plays an excellent role in this research
project. There are mainly two types of sampling methods exists called probably and non-
probably. But random sampling method will be used within this project because this method will
give opportunity to get accurate research data through ten random employees of the Eagle Eye
Solutions (Lundqvist, 2019). Basically, there will be an interview conducted with 10 employees
of Eagle Eye Solutions.

Data Collection: Data collection is the next necessary step in the research project. There
are mainly two types of data collection methods exists called; primary and secondary. These
methods will give an effective contribution in this research project. The primary data collection
method is very helpful in collecting data with interview and observation session. Then the
secondary method will help in collecting data through other resources, like; book & journals,
internet, social media and articles. Both, primary and secondary data collection methods will be
used in this research project.
Data Analysis: Data analysis another necessary step within a research project because
this step helps in analysing collected data in proper manner. This step helps in removing such
data from the collected data which is unrealistic, useless and unreal. The main objective of data
analysis step is to make this research project more real, authentic, logical and meaningful. There
are mainly two types of methods available for data analysing called thematic and statistical. The
thematic data analysis method will be applied in this project, because this method supports in
distributing collected data in different themes.
Ethical Consideration: Ethical consideration will be properly considered while
collecting data in this project (Knowles, J., 2017). Basically, ethical consideration concept said
that, a researcher forever responsible to adhere all laws and rules & regulations which has
imposed by the local government of the UK to complete a research project. For example, As
same case with Eagle Eye Solutions there will be no employee pressurized for giving answers of
various questions in interview session.
Section Five
Activities and timescales
There are Gantt chart and Break Down Structure has been used below for showing the
activities with proper timescales which is necessary to complete this project.
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REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Andrews, G. and Parsons, S., 2018. Challenging judicial presumptions when equity is not
equality. The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer. 82(1). pp.8-16.
Avis, P., 2018. Diversity and disability: the equality challenge. Occupational Health &
Wellbeing. 70(5). pp.20-21.
Barton, D. and Yee, L., 2017. Time for a new gender-equality playbook. The McKinsey
Quarterly.
Haynes, K., 2017. Gender equality in responsible management education and research.
In Inspirational Guide for the Implementation of PRME. (pp. 21-27). Routledge.
Keval, H., 2020. Diversity & Equality in.
Knowles, J., 2017. Diversity, Inclusion and Equality in Practice Placements: Experiences of
pre-registration student nurses with dyslexia (Doctoral dissertation, London South Bank
University).
Lundqvist, Å., 2019. Normative foundations of Nordic family and gender equality policies:
developments and challenges. In Globalizing Welfare. Edward Elgar Publishing.