Strategies for Gender Equality and Diversity: Pret A Manger Case Study

This report examines the strategies and initiatives employed by Pret A Manger to foster gender equality and diversity in the workplace. It begins with a literature review exploring the importance of equal opportunity and the benefits of a diverse workforce, followed by an overview of Pret A Manger's business model and objectives. The research utilizes an inductive approach and an interpretivism philosophy, employing a mixed-methods approach including primary data collection through questionnaires and secondary data from various sources. The report outlines the scope of the study, which includes identifying strategies, examining their impact on employee performance, and determining challenges faced during implementation. A detailed project management plan including resources, communication strategies, risk assessments, and a Gantt chart is presented. The study aims to provide insights into how Pret A Manger builds an inclusive environment, supporting employee productivity and innovation by analyzing the company's approach to diversity. The findings are expected to contribute to a better understanding of workplace diversity practices.

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Abstract
Diverse and inclusive business environment is well oriented and innovative in nature.
Every organization come up with new changes to deliver the best business value. Study also
analysed the ways and practices through achievable by business regardless of nature size or
budget. Managing diversity in the workplace makes the business environment more energetic.
Overall, study analysed the deep analysing the sources and results.

Table of Contents
TOPIC : Strategies and initiatives do companies put in place to build Gender Equality and
diversity in the workplace- “A case study base on Pret A Mange”.................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW ...............................................................................................................1
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.................................................................................................5
DATA COLLECTION....................................................................................................................7
RESULTS .......................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFLECTIVE................................................................................................................................19
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................20
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................21

TOPIC : Strategies and initiatives do companies put in place to build Gender
Equality and diversity in the workplace- “A case study base on Pret A
Mange”
LITERATURE REVIEW
Equal opportunity is the right of every employee who work for an organization purpose.
it is the responsibility of the employer to take care of its employees and ensure that
discrimination practices never happened at the workplace. The main purpose of the study is to
improve the business employee performance by implementing the equality and diversity business
environment. Besides, it also helps to examine the business workplace environment and
understand the employee needs and wants. (Barak, Findler and Wind, 2016). On the same side,
to maintained that pace company recruited a diverse workforce employees within the
organization. Present research will be base on topic strategic initiatives which has been taken for
Equality and diversity in the workplace. Research will be taking Pret a Mange which is an
international sandwich shop chain based in UK. It has 450 shops around in 9 countries. The main
purpose of this research is ti identify the strategies and initiatives taken by the companies to build
a diverse work place environment. For that, study outline the aims and objectives and project
management plan according to which study will be conducting the small-scale research along
with defining the explaining the research methodology approaches. Therefore in order to to
conduct primary research study researcher will further conduct a survey and concluding the
findings of the research.
Equality and diversity in the workplace is the most common concern within the
organization. It defines the promoting equality of opportunities for all without any discrimination
process. Also it is required for the organization to sustained and followed the Equality act 2010.
Indirectly it relates with employee diversity. In other words, Diversity is important strategies for
the workplace environment which is also a difficult task for the management too (Ben-Amar,
Chang and McIlkenny, 2017). To build an inclusive workplace environment, Companies
develops distinct diversity programs which perceived to be the right thing to do without
reflecting a true commitment to creating a work environment that fosters the best workplace.
The intent of the study is to identify the strategies companies adopted for their diverse workplace
environment. So overall, the main purpose of the study is to determine the strategies or practices
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that company implies into the business to eliminate discrimination within the environment of
business (Benschop and et.al., 2015).
Company Overview
Pret A Mange is an international sandwich chain across the 9 countries. Founder of Pret
A Mange has based in Hampstead, London in 1984. the concept of this business is very diverse
and unique as the chain of Pret A Mange is based on handmade products like natural food.
Pret A Mange using organic ingredients and promote its sandwiches are made on the day of
purchases in a kitchen at each location.
Aims : “To examine the strategies and initiatives that company implement at workplace for
Gender Equality and diversity” A case study base on Pret A Mange”.
Objectives
 To identify the strategies of Gender Equality and diversity in the workplace.
 To examine the impact of Gender Equality and diversity in the workplace on employee
performance.
 To determine the challenges and issues management faced while implementing Equality
and diversity initiatives in the workplace.
 To examine the Inclusive and diverse business learning within the workplace.
Scope : Scope is the term which relate with the importance. Like the scope of the present
research is to examine the importance of Equality and diversity in the workplace environment
within the organization and how it impact on the employee performance. This study can help to
influence business environment and make employees more productive in working with different
thoughts (Cloutier and et.al., 2015). Also it plays a important role because in modern workplace
environment for a new change a creative thought is very necessary which comes from diverse
learning. Scope also define a SMART objective which clears the aim of the study. Without a
specific scope study has not been completed.
Resources : Resources is the another significant component of the study which helps in
the process of study. Like Research requirements like Human resource, Training &
Development, Technical resources, Equipment etc. resources support the whole study and assist
to accomplish the aim of the study.
Communication : Project Management plan is not been completed without a proper
communication channels (Cook and Glass, 2016). Poor communication can makes the research
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worse and often the lack of communication is the only reason an issue arises. Communication
channel is required to communicate with the project stakeholders. Effective communication
solves the issues that arises that concerns their interest in the project. Avoiding it will only create
an environment whereby issues will arise much quicker in the future. Such kinds of opportunity
will easily helps to define the best development areas. Communication is also very necessary to
create new thoughts and ideas.
Risk : Risk effective management and makes the study more effective learning objectives
and also makes the things more clearly defined and emerging business objectives. Risk can be
happened anytime and anyways which is not predictable and efficient.
Cost/Budget : Financial resource is the crucial aspect of the research. Without
investment the project is not been started (Davis, Frolova and Callahan, 2016). Nature of a
project requires that a well defined budget actively managed all things in systematic process.
Like present research consists cost of human resource, purchase equipment, monitoring and
controlling. For all such activities investment is must required. Present project will be
approximately taking 450 pound
Quality : Quality is the term which defines how and when the things happened. Such
process maintained the systematic procedure and quality of work (Guillaume and et.al., 2017).
Like before starting anything project manager conduct planning of all the other processes.
Quality maintains when the project deliverable the exact amount of inputs. Project should have
maintained the some standards quality measures to conduct the study. Like to gathered
information for the study aims so the information or data must be according and effective as per
the objective. This business case helps to determine the business case which makes the things
more grateful.
Time : Every project has specific starting and ending date. Project time defined the
ending and beginning process which often external stakeholders which involve in the
determination of the deadlines dates (Huffman, King and Reichelt, 2017). Like preset research
will be finish of in between 11 to 12 months.
Work Break down Structure
Work breakdown structure is the process or tool that helps in making the project
management or research tools effectively managed (Klarsfeld and et.al., 2016). WBS tool helps
to divided the task and activities into smaller parts to effectively done into more effective
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manner. Apart from this, present break down structure clearly divided the research process task
to effectively manage the and accomplish the project aims in systematic manner.
Gantt Chart
Gantt chart is the statistical tool that determine the ways to produce the research
outcomes and makes the effective outcome goals. Besides, it helps to determine the best
productive outcomes and analyses the effective analyzing that also makes the study more
productive and generating the long lasting work opportunity and ways.
Task
Mode Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
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Identify research topic 2 days Fri 5/31/19 Mon 6/3/19
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Review of Literature 6 days Tue 6/4/19 Tue 6/11/19 1
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Drafting Methodologies 9 days Wed 6/12/19 Mon 6/24/19 2
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Complete Proposal 1 day Tue 6/25/19 Tue 6/25/19 3
Auto Designing questionnaire 4 days Wed 6/26/19 Mon 7/1/19 3,4
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Illustration 1: Work Break Down
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Collection of data 4 days Tue 7/2/19 Fri 7/5/19 5,4
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Analyzing data and
interpretation 4 days Mon 7/8/19 Thu 7/11/19 6
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Discussion and
Conclusion 5 days Fri 7/12/19 Thu 7/18/19 7
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Submission 1 day Fri 7/19/19 Fri 7/19/19 8
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
Research Approach : Research approach is divided into two types Deductive and
Inductive research approach. Deductive approach is based on tests and validity of assumptions in
hand whereas inductive approach contributes to the emergence of new theories and
generalization (Köllen, 2016). The scope of inductive approach is much high than deductive
because it based on different theories and observations that can achievable in different manner.
So In order to conduct this study, researcher has been taken Inductive research approach to
examine the strategies of inclusion and diverse workforce environment. However, research
approach makes the high effective definition goals. This methodology analyze the best formation
that effectively implemented the good goals and fulfill the aim of the study.
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Research Philosophy : Research philosophy is a vast topic which analyze the research
topic in detailed manner. In business and economics it is expected to discuss research philosophy
in a great level of depth. Research Philosophy deals with the source, nature and developed of
knowledge. In terms of a research philosophy is belief about the ways in which data phenomenon
be collected analyzed and used (Konrad, Yang and Maurer, 2016). There are two types of
research Positivism and Interpretivism. Positivism research is base on facts and knowledge
which has been collected through measurement and trustworthy. Besides, Interpretivism
involves elements of the study this approach is integrates human interest into a study. Present
research will be base on Interpretivism approach in order to examine the study.
Research Design : Research design is the structure and layout of the research which
conducted through either exploratory or conclusive. Exploratory research design conduct
research according to their aim and objective and explore the specific areas and particular
aspects. Conclusive research design aims is to generate findings which is useful for the study
aims and objectives. In order to conduct this study research has been taken Exploratory research
design to get insight knowledge of equality and diversity in within business environment.
Data Collection : Data collection is a process of collecting information from all the
relevant sources to find answers to the research problem. Test the hypotheses and evaluate the
outcomes, besides, data collection is of different types primary research and secondary research
techniques (Phillips and et.al., 2016). Primary research data collected from survey questionnaire,
interview, observation. Besides, secondary data has collected through Newspaper, Articles,
Books & Journals. For conducting a present research, researcher has been conducting primary as
well as secondary research. Primary data has been collecting through conducting questionnaire
survey from 20 respondents. Data collection is the most important method of the research which
effectively managed and sustainable the research which explore the research findings. Also it
makes the system of research effectively managed. Data collection collects the required
information or data related to research aims and objectives (Ravazzani, 2016). Apart from this, it
effectively managed and maintained the systematic process of research in high efficient manner.
Besides, present study collected secondary as well as primary data by supporting information and
survey conducted by 20 respondents respectively. However, the business successfully manage
the work in effective manner.
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Data Analysis : Once the data collected next process would be data analysis. After
collecting all information researcher analysis the findings and outputs. Further this process is
been conducted through two different techniques qualitative analysis technique or quantitative.
Qualitative research conducted through thematic form in which non of the mathematical term
been involved. In contrary, Quantitative research technique using mean, median, mode statistical
methods to analyses the data. So to conduct this study, researcher is been using Qualitative
technique.
Sampling : Sampling is the systematic form form of study which undertakes the
activities and better understand the study into detailed manner (Riccucci and Van Ryzin, 2017).
Sampling is the technique which explained a specific purpose it has been rightly noted that
because many populations of interest are too large to work with directly, techniques of statistical
sampling which obtain samples taken from larger populations. There are two types of sampling
method probability and non probability sampling. Probability sampling population which
determining the best sampling method which effectively most effective. Non probability
sampling is the another method of sampling where the researcher selects the selected number of
respondents (Sabharwal, Levine and D’Agostino, 2018). In order to conduct this study researcher
has been taken simple random sampling with 12 managers of the Pret of Manger to examine the
survey on Equality and Diversity environment within the workplace.
Ethical Consideration : Ethical consideration is the ethical formation growth which
makes the thing presentable and make the system more influencing and promoting business
targets. Ethical consideration can be specified as one of the most important parts of the research.
Ethical consideration is the regulatory framework which need to be followed by the researcher to
take effective outcomes and findings of the research (Walton, Murphy and Ryan, 2015).
DATA COLLECTION
Questionnaire
Age :
Occupations
How long you been working in Pret A Mange ?
 1 years
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 2 years
 more than 2 years.
Does Pret A Mange committed to diversity and inclusion ?
 Yes
 No
Does your employees from different background interact well within the organization ?
 Agree
 Strongly agree
 Disagree
 strongly agree
The firms policies and procedures discourage discrimination ?
 Agree
 Strongly agree
 Disagree
 strongly agree
Does Pret A Mange racial, jokes and gender based jokes allowed in within firms ?
 Yes
 No
Does all employees within the organization are satisfied and happy with the environment ?
 Yes
 No
Does firms take strict action against in responds to incident of discrimination ?
 Yes
 No
Have you ever solved any case related to equality or diversity in the workplace ?
 Yes
 No
Does Pret A Mange placed any Diversity officer with special knowledge of diversity ?
 Yes
 No
Recommend some new ways to sustained the diversity and equality within the workplace
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environment.
RESULTS
Thematic Analysis
Theme 1: Years Spend in Company
How long you been working in Pret A Mange ? Frequency
1 years 5
2 years 2
more than 2 years. 5
Interpretation : from the above survey or table it has been identified that how much employees
sustained with the company as long period of time. Out of 12 managers 2 managers are
successfully survived in the company for 2 years. 10 managers is the good ratio which define
that company have good environment in terms of employee development. 5 managers who spend
their life with 1 years in Pret a Manger which shows how much company have good ratio of
retention power. Rest of the 5 managers would have been suggested that it manage the following
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1 years 2 years more than 2 years.
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