Research Proposal: Equality and Diversity Practices at TESCO

This research proposal investigates the impact of equality and diversity practices on employee turnover within a company, using TESCO as a case study. The research aims to determine the impact of equality and diversity practices in declining employee turnover. The objectives include understanding the concept and importance of equality and diversity, identifying benefits for TESCO, and examining ways these practices support employee engagement. The proposal outlines the research's rationale, literature sources, activities, timescales, and methodologies, including primary and secondary data collection methods, and a probabilistic sampling approach. The research utilizes questionnaires and literature reviews to gather data and analyze the impact of equality and diversity on employee retention and organizational performance.

Research Proposal

Research Proposal Form
Student Name: _ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name:
Tutor: ________________ Date:
Unit: 11 Research Proposal
Proposed Title: Equality & diversity at workplace
Research proposal template

Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question, objective or
hypothesis)
Research Aim
To determine impact of equality and diversity practices in declining employee’s
turnover within a company. “A case study on TESCO.
Research objectives (e.g what is the question you want to answer? What do you want
to learn how to do? What do you want to find out?):
 To gain understanding about concept and importance of equality & diversity
practices.
 To identify benefits or advantages that TESCO would get with implementation of
equality & diversity practices.
 To examine various ways through which execution of equality & diversity
practices supports in engagement of employees in TESCO.
Question
 What is the concept and importance of equality & diversity practices?
 What are the benefits or advantages that TESCO would get with implementation
of equality & diversity practices?
 What are the different ways through which execution of equality & diversity
practices supports in engagement of employees in TESCO?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g links to other subjects you are studying, personal interest,
future plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic is important):
In the present investigation, concept and significance of equality & diversity will be
discuss properly. In addition to this, benefits gained by company while implementation of
such practices on performance of an organization. There are various methods to
implement equality and diversity practices and by conducting this research, it will help in
examine the whole procedure by which an entity attain or meet with its targets. Along
with this, it help researcher to improve skills & knowledge that is on particular research
topic. Moreover, conducting this research aid in gaining valid and reliable conclusion as
well.

Section Three: Literature sources searched
As per view point of Nachmias and Caven, (2019), Equality and diversity plays vital role
as it help in retention of employees for longer-time period that save cost also of hiring
new candidate for company. Equality & diversity concept ensure that staff members is
treated fairly and equally at workplace due to which their productivity and profitability
increases. In many organizations, discrimination take place on the basis of age, gender,
religion, race, sexual orientation and so on. It is analyzed that implementation of equality
and diversity practices help in declining such discrimination from workplace. In relation
to business entity, development of globalization and sustaining equality & diversity is
becoming an issue and companies develop effective strategies in order to deal with such
problems. In order to enhance productivity of employees and increase performance of
organization, it is essential to provide full equality to all the staff members. One of the
benefit received by implementing equality and diversity practices is decline in employee
turnover and absenteeism rate due to which profitability and revenue level of organization
is increase in an appropriate manner.
References
Nachmias, S., Aravopoulou, E. and Caven, V., 2019. Diversity and Equality Issues in
Modern Organisations. In Inequality and Organizational Practice (pp. 17-43). Palgrave
Macmillan, Cham.
Section Four: Activities and timescales
Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g research,
development and analysis of ideas, writing, data collection, numerical
analysis, tutor meetings, production of final outcome, evaluation, writing the
report):
Aims or objective
Research methodology
Review of Literature
Collection of data
Analysis of data
Conclusion & recommendations
Final submission
How long this will take:
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Gantt Chart:

Section Five: Research approach and methodologies
What type of research approach and methodologies are you likely to use and why? What your areas
of research will cover:
It is essential for investigator to select accurate techniques as well as methods to collect
information on particular area and topic as well. There are mainly two types of research
methods used by researcher that is primary & secondary method. By the assistance of
primary research, questionnaire is developed and fill by selected participants that help in
gaining understanding about viewpoints of respondents towards equality & diversity. On
contrary, secondary sources of data collection aid in undertaking review of literature
which supports in gaining theoretical framework about the particular research topic.
Sampling: It is defined as a procedure of choosing appropriate or accurate sample size
from the whole population. In the present research, Probabilistic sampling method will be
adopted by researcher and in this random sampling is chosen for gathering information.
By the assistance of this method, researcher choose 40 respondents who are the staff
members of organization.
Comments and agreement from tutor
Comments (optional):
I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for another qualification
and is appropriate.
Agreed: ________________ (name)_______________ Date ______________
Comments and agreement form project proposal checker( IV sampling)
Comments (Optional):
I confirm that the project is appropriate.

Agreed /Disagree: (Name of the IV) Date