Equality and Diversity on Training: Specsavers Gender Reassignment

This project examines the implementation of equality and diversity in Specsavers, with a specific focus on gender reassignment within their training and development opportunities. The project encompasses various stages, including defining project aims and objectives, developing a project management plan, and constructing a work breakdown structure along with a Gantt chart for effective project management. The research employs both qualitative and quantitative research methods to gather data, including a deductive research approach and a non-probabilistic sampling method, utilizing questionnaires for data collection and secondary sources for background information. Ethical considerations are also addressed to ensure the integrity and reliability of the research. The project investigates the impact of equality and diversity on employee performance and the importance of training in addressing gender reassignment issues. The project aims to provide recommendations for fostering a more inclusive workplace environment within Specsavers.

Equality and diversity on training
and development opportunities of
Specsavers company on gender
reassignment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Project aims and objectives....................................................................................................4
P2 Project management plan.......................................................................................................5
P3 Work- breakdown structure and a Gantt chart.......................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Small- scale research by applying qualitative and quantitative research method 500...........8
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
P5 Analyse research and data using appropriate tools and techniques.....................................10
Theme 1: Idea of gender reassignment.....................................................................................12
P6 Appropriate recommendation..............................................................................................21
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................22
P7 Reflection.............................................................................................................................22
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................22
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................23
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Title: Equality and diversity on training and development opportunities of Specsavers
company on gender reassignment.
INTRODUCTION
Equality-and-diversity at the work place refers to the process which is used by the
organisation to treat every employees equally at the work place so that common gaols and
objective can be achieved within the set time period. Equality refers to treating people equally
at the work environment where as the diversity includes having employees from different places
and culture background (Bjorvatn and Wald, 2018). Under this assignment, the specsavers
organisation is chosen who undertake various training and development programs so to have
equality on the gender reassignment at the work place. The manager and leader of the
organisation carry out different research where they tries to understand the reaction of the
employees towards the gender reassignment so that they are able to treat everyone in the
organisation same way. These training and development section will helps the employees to
understand the choice of gender reassignment and how they must response to these condition at
the work related place. This organisation are able to understand the concept 0f the gender
reassignment and make sure that their worker handle such things which the better understanding
at the management level so that organisation mission and objectives can be achieved within the
set time period and with the effective manners.
TASK 1
P1 Project aims and objectives
Overview of the research topic:
Under this research , the specsavers company carry out the various training and
development opportunities to have equality and diversity on the gender reassignment at the work
place so that all the worker are given equal opportunity to perform in the given task and show
their skills and capabilities in the team and achieve the desire outcomes. Different kinds of
development programs are made where the training is given to employees to treat every
employees equally at the work in respect of their gender (Clancy, 2019). Equality in the
company is very important aspect to get success in the market place as employees will work at
their full potential.
Research aim:

“To investigate the impact of equality and diversity on training and development
opportunities of company on Gender reassignment”. A study on Specsavers company.
Research objectives:
 To identify the role of equality and diversity at workplace in organization.
 To determine the impact of gender reassignment on working performance of employees.
 To explore the importance of training and development opportunities in preventing issues
of gender reassignment within the organization.
Research questions:
 What is the role of equality and diversity at workplace in an organization?
 What is the impact of gender reassignment on working performance of employees?
 What is the importance of training and development opportunities in preventing issues of
gender reassignment within the organization?
P2 Project management plan
Project management plan refers to blueprint which shows all activities which are going to
be used during the project which also help investigator to understand the project in well efficient
manner. It involves all tasks, assignments which are linked with project and its overall process. A
PMP is time consuming process but is needed to adopted with proper considerations. It is wider
as well as broader concept which require deep level knowledge and level of understanding so
that decision are being made properly (Crane and et. al., 2019). It is responsibility of manager to
make ensure that everything is being done in most effective way. Also, PMP comprises of
various elements which are needed to understood properly & are mentioned below-
Scope: Scope is crucial element that is useful for explaining the scope of research on
business view. In relation with this research, it has been analysed that Specsavers have huge
scope for examining it’s opportunities that it possess. This also can be used as competitive
advantage which they can use in market to increase the sustainability of project for longer period
of time.
Resource: These are main parts of business as they help in finishing up the product. In
relevance with chosen firm, they require various resources such as assets, finance, labours,
employees, machinery etc. Without use of appropriate resources it is not possible for company
to reach to final output. Also, proper analysis is to be done so that whether resources are being
used in efficient way properly or not.

Time: It is refers to time required for achieving the tasks of project. Time is allotted for
achieving objectives of research. In relevance with research, it is concluded that researcher needs
approximately 4 months to work efficiently (de Aquino and Robertson, 2018). This is the
minimum time required for attaining research aims and objectives. It is duty of project manager
to assure that every task is being done on deadline.
Risk: Every project is associated with risk and requires a proper measures so that level of
risk is analysed properly. So, the main risk linked with project is use illegal transferring of
information to third party. Thus, it is needed to be examined in such a way that risks are faced
by project managers effectively. It require a deep analysis of project research. In relation with
chosen entity, they need to be active & aware so that decision making is done effectively.
Money: Every project need and require finance or money to run their activities properly.
In context with selected entity, they finance their capital from financial institution and estimated
cost of project is around $500k. Thus, money is to be used in most effective & also keeping f all
in and out transaction are required to be recorded with proper considerations.
Communication: It is known as way of transferring of information or message in proper
way which is needed for maintaining tasks in appropriate way. There are different way of
communicating such as mobile, text messages, e-mail etc. It is essential to use correct tools of
communication so that message is understand by both the parties without an problem or issues.
P3 WBS and a Gantt chart
Gantt chart: It is type of bar chart that define overall schedule of the project that
required to completing the project task and activities with out any issues and obstacles.
Furthermore, it also support in determining the project plan along with specified time duration.
With the assistance of this plan, investigator can complete all the task and make it more
successful (Fleming, 2019). One of the main benefit of preparing Gantt chart of to manage all the
certain links and task activities. This will directly contributes in keeping proper balance between
research activities and project schedule set by researcher for completing of project

Work break down structure: It is consider as an important aspect that is used to divide
project into sub division that help in attaining efficient outcomes in the project. Along with this,
it is also known by hierarchical structure that may directly contributes in accomplishing all the
set objectives in stipulated time frame (Fogarty and Zheng, 2018). In this, investigator also
assign different roles to their staff members in order to gather relevant data towards the
importance of equality and diversity within the business organisation. This will directly
contributes in rising the chances of execute research objectives.

M1 Project management plan, milestone schedule and project schedule for monitoring and
completing the aims and objectives of the project
Project management plan play a crucial role in undertaking a successful project as it
includes various activities that supports in improving the possibilities of attaining all the set goals
and objectives. Mainly, it is a document that provide path or guidelines in which investigator can
easily draw a valid conclusion by developing it more successfully. With the help of this plan
researcher also analyse the project objectives and at the same time also mentoring the project
activities. This will directly contribute in attaining all the set aims and objectives in stipulated
time frame.
TASK 2
P4 Small- scale research by applying qualitative and quantitative research method 500
It is one of the important section in undertaking research activities. Mainly, it comprises
various techniques that implement by researcher to gather applicable data and content about the
specified research topic and area as well. Thus, it is crucial for investigator to select best suitable
method for undertaking research activities (Gordon, 2018). It contributes in accomplishing
optimistic and tested conclusion.
Research approach: This section of methodology is based on the plan and procedure in
which whole study will be undertake. In this regards, an effective plan consist various steps from
broad assumption that is related with the detailed method of data collection, an effective analysis
and interpretation. It can be classified on the basis of two methods such as inductive and
deductive. For undertaking this project, deductive research approach will be use by researcher to
gather authentic data on the basis of specified topic and area as well.

Research onion- It shows mono, mixed, & multi method as possible option for
conducting research. It depends upon organisation to selects the most appropriate one.
Research philosophy: It is the belief related to the way in which a researcher should
collect data for performing research. It is further divided into two parts which are Positivism
philosophy which will be used as it assist in examining the quantitative data collected by the
researcher for determining the ways in which discrimination at workplace based on gender can
be reduced so that worker's performance could be improved as well as enhanced (Kerzner,
2018). Interpretivisim philosophy is not used by the researcher as it assist in analysing the
qualitative data collected which is also time consuming.
Sampling: It is method of selecting of population from large population which have
same traits so that research is being conducted on sample & results can be applied on complete
population. This is essential to perform sampling method as it will give a brief knowledge about
the results and project. IT includes two approaches which are probabilistic & non-probabilistic.
This current project and research 40 subordinates of Specsavers company will be chosen on non-
probabilistic basis as it will help in achieving of objective within a less period of time and further
leads to gathering of needed credentials (O’Donovan, 2018).
Data collection- There are two approaches of data collection which are primary and
secondary from where the researcher is able to collect required data so that based on their
analysis effective results can be obtained. Primary sources are those from where the researcher
can collect new information from main source through questionnaire, survey, etc. In this
research, the researcher will take the help of questionnaire which will assist in collecting
quantitative information and also help in saving the cost as well as time of research. Secondary
sources like books, journal etc. will also be used by the researcher so that information regarding
the topic can be collected in proper manner.
Ethical consideration: It is one of crucial part of entity which is needed to be properly
analysed so that research is being conducted in most efficient way. IT includes various elements
such as confidentiality, no harm, anonymity, etc. In relevance with this research, researcher has
properly gone through this elements through which project reliability also increases. These
ethical considerations are essential as it help researcher to understand the importance of project
which has been taken (Culver And et. al., 2019). In relation with chosen firm, it will help them to

make clear clear picture of research which depicts that no wrong ways are used to complete the
project & is being completed by properly following ethics & values.
Theories
Positivism theory- This theory depicts that optimistic knowledge based on natural phenomena
& their properties and relations.
Realism theory- This theory is basically dependent upon assumptions relies upon idea of
independence of reality.
Interpretation- This after states that it is needed to collect & gather facts after examining
experimental study.
Plagmatism- It “recognise that there are many different ways of interpreting the world and undertaking
research, that no single point of view can ever give the entire picture &also that there may be multiple of
realities
M2 Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of different research methods applied
In this , to carry out a research we have applied two different research methods in order to
meet project aims and objectives. They are qualitative research quantitative research methods.
The qualitative research method is done by generating ideas through in-depth research that helps
to develop an understanding of the human and social sciences based on observation. This type of
data is process-oriented and cannot be measured. Qualitative research is done to gain an
understanding of underlying reasons and motivations, to uncover prevalent trends in thoughts
and sample It helps us a lot to meet our project aims & objectives. Furthermore, we have also
applied quantitative research method to quantity data and generalize results from a sample to the
populations of interest sometimes followed by qualitative research which is used to explore some
more findings
After a brief analysis of above matter, it has been specified that it is crucial to use all the
above stated elements so that project is being carried out effectively. Moreover, through this it
will be easier to make decisions during project as well as research which also leads to
elimination of errors.
TASK 3
P5 Analyse research and data using appropriate tools and techniques
Data analysis within the investigation is play a significant role through which
investigator evaluate as well as measure gathered data so that optimistic and trustworthy

outcomes can be easily undertaken. This is the reason that, investigator is responsible for
gathering and measuring data by applying effective and suitable techniques. It can be done
by preparing a structured questionnaire that includes various close ended questions
towards the particular research topic i.e. equality-and-diversity on training and
development of company.
Questionnaire
Q1) Are you aware about the idea of gender reassignment?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Do you have experience about the gender reassignment at working area of company?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) What kind of issues you faced due to gender reassignment within the workplace?
a) Lack of understanding
b) Increase conflicts
c) Negative working environment
Q4) Does your company implement the practices of equality and diversity at working
area?
a) Yes
b) No
Q5) According to you, equality and diversity policies help in eliminating of discrimination
on the basis gender reassignment?
a) Yes
b) No
Q6) What are the ways by which Specsavers company can protect employees from gender
reassignment?
a) Training and development programs
b) Implement of Equality 2010
c) Encouragement of flexibility
Q7) Does training and development is effective in providing opportunities to those
employees who suffer from the gender reassignment?

a) Yes
b) No
Q8) What are the advantages of organizing training and development programs for
overcoming issues associated with gender reassignment?
a) Develop positive relation among workers
b) Improve employee involvement
c) Keep workers productive
Q9) What kind of strategies would be use promoting equality and diversity at working
area?
a) Create inclusive culture
b) Equal treatment
c) Put equality policies at workplace
Q10) What are the advantages/disadvantages to work in your company in order to gender
reassignment?
a) Develop diverse culture
b) Reduce employee involvement
c) Improve connectivity with employees
Q11) Why do you think Equality and diversity at the workplace is important?
a) Build positive relation
b) Established equal working environment
c) Improve workers productivity
Q12) Factors influencing equality and diversity at your working place?
a) Age
b) Disability
c) Gender Reassignment
d) Sex
Q13) Provide any recommendation to Specsavers company for protecting employees from
any kind of discrimination.
Data sheet
Q1) Are you aware about the idea of gender reassignment? Frequency