A Study of Gender Equality in Leadership and Management at Tesco PLC

This report investigates gender equality in leadership and management, focusing on a case study of Tesco PLC. The research aims to understand gender equality within the organization, reduce gender discrimination, and identify methods for improvement. The report outlines the research aims, objectives, and methodology, including sampling, data collection, and analysis techniques. It explores the importance of gender equality, challenges faced by organizations, and potential solutions to improve gender balance in leadership roles. The research employs an exploratory design with an inductive approach, utilizing both primary and secondary data collection methods. Ethical considerations are also addressed. The report provides a timeline for the research process and includes a comprehensive list of references.

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Table of Contents
TITLE..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Research Aims and objectives.....................................................................................................1
Research Methodology................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

TITLE
“To study gender equality in leadership and management of organization to reduce
gender discrimination with in organization.”
INTRODUCTION
To maintain high diversity with in organization it important for them to implement
various effective practices with in organization. On global scale women are provided with fewer
opportunities in business organization. In other condition the involvement of women is also
comparative less than men. In many organization gender discrimination is major issues. This is
important for organization to provide equal opportunities to both men and women in senior
leadership and management of organization. Gender based discrimination is most common type
of discrimination with in different organizations. This problem need to be addressed by the
organization to avoid different operational issues.
Research Aims and objectives
Aim: “To study gender equality in leadership and management of organization to reduce gender
discrimination with in organization.”- A case study of Tesco PLC
Objectives:
Main objectives of the research paper are
1. To identify the meaning of gender equality in high diverse organization like Tesco PLC.
2. To study the Importance of gender equality in leadership and management of
organization.
3. To analyse the challenges faced by organization to maintain gender equality in top
leadership and management.
4. To find different methods to improve gender equality in an organization.
Research questions:
Main research question for this research are-
 what is the meaning of gender equality in high diverse organization like Tesco PLC?
 Why it is important for manage gender equality in leadership and management of
organization?
 What are the challenges faced by organization to maintain gender equality in top
leadership and management?

 What are different methods to improve gender equality in an organisation?
Rationale
There are many organizations which are facing gender based discrimination with in
diverse work culture. The involvement of women is also less than men on the management and
leadership level of companies. This research topic is selected to collect various kind of
information regarding the topic in order to find various process to avoid this kind of problems in
company.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Sampling
In this research process probability sampling is used in which simple random sampling
process is used to select 30 employees of Tesco PLC for primary data collection.
Data collection
Data collection is a process that includes collection of data from different sources that are
related to the research topic (Gray, 2019). There are two processes are used in research process
to collect data which are primary data collection and secondary data collection. In this research
project both approaches are used in order to develop more precise and accurate result.
Data analysis
There are different tools and techniques are used to analyse data that is collected in the
data collection process to analyse qualitative data thematic data analysis technique is used
(Rosenthal, 2016). This technique is used for data analysis because it allows to analyse data from
different perspectives.
Research design- The research design that will be used in the research will be exploratory.
Because it can provide better evaluation of current situation
Research approach- The Research approach that will be used in this research project will be
inductive to develop knowledge and understanding.
Research philosophy- Research Philosophy that will be used in this research will be Positivism
and interpretivism to get better data and information regarding current situation.
Ethical considerations- In this research all ethical standards will be followed in order to keep
information and data more reliable and suitable for condition (Lariviere and Kandampully,
2019). To meet all ethical standards respondents will be provided with ethical consideration form
to fill.
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Time Line
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
Topic
Selection
Aim and
Objective
Literature
Review
Research
Methodolo
gy
Data
Collection
Data
analysis
Conclusio
n and
Discussion
Final
Submissio
n
Gant Chart
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Gray, D.E., 2019. Doing research in the business world. Sage Publications Limited.
Rosenthal, M., 2016. Qualitative research methods: Why, when, and how to conduct interviews
and focus groups in pharmacy research. Currents in pharmacy teaching and
learning, 8(4), pp.509-516.
Lariviere, B. and Kandampully, J., 2019. Moving forward and making an impact in service
research: from research priorities to research methodologies. Journal of Service
Management.
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