Analysing Globalisation's Impacts on Business Operations: Sainsbury's

This report investigates the positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of globalisation on business operations, focusing on Sainsbury's as a case study. The report begins with an introduction to globalisation, highlighting its integration of international trade, investment, and cultural exchange. It outlines the aims, objectives, project management plan, work breakdown structure, and research methodologies, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The research explores globalisation's economic impacts, such as increased productivity through reduced trade barriers, and its cultural impacts, facilitating the dissolution of cultural barriers. Ethical considerations are also addressed, emphasizing the importance of ethical business practices. The report includes a detailed project management plan with cost analysis, scope definition, and a Gantt chart. The research employs questionnaires and data analysis to assess the impact of globalisation on Sainsbury's operations. The findings reveal that globalisation enhances sales, encourages technological advancements, and fosters growth and development within the company. The data collected reveals insights into the significance of globalisation, the challenges it presents, and the tools and methods employed by businesses in the global market. The analysis of the data indicates that globalisation positively influences business operations and functions. This report uses Sainsbury's to illustrate how businesses can adapt and thrive in the global marketplace.

What are the positive
economic,cultural, and ethical
impacts of globalisation on
different business

INTRODUCTION
In today's era globalisation play's an effective role which implies the integration at
international level of several aspects such as cultures, investment, international trade, and
information technology. It includes objectives of globalisation in order to secure socio
economic as well as development of people through out flow of goods and services acorss all
boundaries.s (Beamish, 2013). In this report organisation chosen is Sainsbury's, a second largest
chain of supermarkets in United kingdom. This assignment is going to cover aims, objectives,
Gantt chart, WBS structure in order to provide time frames and time stages for completion of
research project. Additionally, the method qualitative and quantitative research can be used to
conduct small scale investigation for making appropriate conclusions. Moreover, by using
appropriate tools and techniques for analysing collected data and gatherings that will help in
providing a meaningful outcome of research.
In market of United Kingdom, globalisation have both positive and negative impact in
operating business activities which are described below:
Economic Impact: Globalisation implies on business to adapt different strategies in
order to develop new innovation and ideas in competitive marketplace. It help sainsbury's to
increase their productivity while operating at international marketplace due to reduction in trade
barriers as well as increase of economy of operating country.
Impact of Culture : In today's context globalisation is helping in dissolving cultural
barriers from different nation and countries (Boddewyn, 2015). For this instance, by
acknowledging culture of different different countries will help in gaining efficiency of
respective organisation.
Impact of Ethics: This impact of globalisation help sainsbury's in exploring its
business in an ethical manner by maintaining ethical terms and conditions of operating business
activities. Along, with this adopting certain tools and techniques which do not have any nedative
impact in society and environment.
Background of Research
In this report organisation chosen is sainsbury's a second largest chain of supermarkets in
United kingdom. This organisation is able to attain success along with sustainability while

expanding their business activities in international marketplace. Additionally, there are some
positive and negative impact on business function are determined below:
Operations: It is an essential part in an organisation as it help in operating day to day
business activities and functions (Brouthers, Nakos and Dimitratos, 2015).This function is
responsible in managing and controlling available resources in order to provide better quality of
good and services t6o its potential customer's.
Marketing: In an organisation, marketing department are termed as backbone within an
organisation. It identify need and want of customer and according it help an organisation to
satisfy their customer's as well as increase productivity of an organisation.
Human Resource Department: Human resource department play's an different role a
within an organisation as it help in recruiting and selecting best and suitable candidate for a
specific job description. In this way it create a positive impact by hiring knowledge and skilled
employees so that an exact need and demand can be understand in effective manner.
P1 Aims and objectives of an organisation
Aim: “To ascertain the positive, economic, cultural and ethical impacts of globalisation
on various business operations”. A case study on Sainsbury's
Research Objectives:
 To analyse the main factors which determine globalisation.
 To determine the impact of globalisation on business operations of Sainsbury's.
 To identify relationship between globalisation and economic growth of Sainsbury's
company.
P2 Project management plan
Project Title: “What are the positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of
globalisation on different business functions within an organisation”
Cost: In process of project management cost play's a crucial role as it help in investing
amount in an appropriate manner (Buckley and Ghauri, 2015). Sainsbury's needs to evaluate
each and every activities of its business operation before expanding their business in
international marketplace. It will also help them to take decision are per the need and
requirement with proper allocation of cost in completion of project.

Cost Budget of Globalisation
Particulars Amount (£)
Initial investment 200000
Research and development activities 35000
Operational expenses 16500
Cost of It experts 20500
Maintenance 18600
Licensing fee 8000
Closing value 18000
Scope: It is basically defines to identify opportunities that help organisation to attain
productivity and gaining profitability for longer period. Therefore, the scope of researcher is to
expand its goods at global marketplace as well as attain competitive place in market.
Time: It is important in completion of assignment within stipulated time period. It is
essential for researcher in maintaining time in performing different task and activities. In this
case of sainsbury's research will be conducted within 50 days.
Quality: A researcher should need to maintain its quality of goods to its consumer as per
their need and preferences. Herein, sainsbury's need to manage their product their in order to
increase their brand image at international marketplace. The data collected by researcher are
authenticate in nature and relevant for this research.
Communication: Its plays an equivalent role in carrying our research (Burns, 2016).
For instance, an effective communication will help researcher to exchange its ideas and
innovation so that it is beneficial in accomplishment of project within stipulated time period.
Risk: Risk is an inevitable part of operating business which is always associated in
performing business task and activities. In this research there are different types of risk
associated are economic, social, financial and technological risk etc..
Resources: In research resource includes supply of stock, material or staff member that
are helpful in meeting a research aims and objectives. In this research their need to be proper

allocation of resource such as manpower, effective tools and techniques that are essential in
executing a project plan in an appropriate manner.
P3 Work breakdown Structure and Gantt Chart to provide time frames and stages for completion
Work Breakdown Structure: WBS is basically an essential assignment that help in
organising work in to manageable sections (Chesbrough, Vanhaverbeke and West 2014). This
structure is a framework as it defines scope into manageable chunk's so that team members can
understand at each level of work according to project details. Additionally, it do have number of
advantages and benefits such as allocation of budget, time and cost.
Gantt Chart: Gantt chart is graphical techniques that is helpful to identify the various
procedures and tasks which are required to be operated particular project. It is also known as
visual presentation of project where each and every activities are broken down in accurate
formate and are displayed into chart which make it easy to understand and interpret.
TASK 2
P4 Carrying out small scale research for meeting appropriate aims and objectives
Research is framework to study which includes material or information in order to
established actual fact of research so that an effective conclusion can be drawn on a particular
research. In case sainsbury's, a researcher has undergone on different research methodologies
that help in collecting and gathering an effective data for this research. The methods conducted
by researcher are determined below:
Qualitative Research: It is a social type research that usually work with non statistical
data. It help in collecting and gathering data by observing nature of an individual. For instance,
it can be collect information in form of face to face interview, questionnaire and conducting
surveys.
Quantitative Research: This help an investigator in analysing and gather data in
mathematical term such as statistical and numerical approaches (Cui and Jiang, 2012). This
research provides an accurate and authenticate result based of facts and figures that are collected
by researcher. Eventually, it is one of the effective tool in order to identify best possible solution.
Thus, in this framework of investigator is using quantitative research for gathering information
for completion of assignment in appropriate manner.

Sample Size: It determines an investigator in measuring number of individual samples or
by observations used in a survey or experiment in order to accomplish research on appropriate
time (Eriksson and et.al., 2015). Moreover, its same size are employees for conducting this
research in an effective manner.
Sampling method: It is statistical process for selecting less repewrsntative from a
small number of population.Therefore, an investigator is adopting random sampling in
completion of research.
QUESTIONNAIRE
NAME:
AGE:
GENDER:
Q1) Are you aware about the concept of Globalisation?
 Agree
 Disagree
Q2) What is the significance of globalisation while enter in international market place ?
 Enhancement in sales
 Usage of technology
 Increasing profitability
Q3) Can globalisation assist in gaining higher growth and development to the organisation ?
 Yes
 No
Q4) What are the major issues and challenges of globalisation ?
 Enhancement in competitions
 Changes in technology
Q5) What are the different tools and methods which are used by company while enter in global
market place ?
 International trade
 Removing trade barriers
 Foreign Direct Investment
Q6) Do you think, globalisation directly impact on business operations and its functions
effectively ?

 Agree
 Disagree
Q7) What are the different factors which contributed in globalisation ?
 Technological changes
 Economies of scale
 Difference in tax rates
Q 8) Can globalisation help Sainsbury's company in expanding business operations at global
level ?
 Yes
 No
Q9) Do you have any suggestion regarding impact of economic, cultural and ethical on
globalisation as well as various business operations.
TASK 3
P5 Analysing research and data using appropriate tools and techniques
Theme: Awareness about concept of Globalisation
1: Are you aware about the concept of
Globalisation?
Frequency

Agree 18
Disagree 12
Interpretation: The term globalisation can be described an effective procedure including
coordination and interaction which provide support to company for performing at international
level. Considering above graphical representation, it has analysed that 18 people are aware about
the concept of globalisation along selected sample group. At the other hand, remaining 12
respondents give views that they did not know about the globalisation respectively.
Theme: Significance of globalisation to enter international market
2: What is the significance of globalisation
while enter in international market place ?
Frequency
Enhancement in sales 10
Agree Disagree
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Usage of technology 12
Increasing profitability 8
Interpretation: From the above stated graph it has been stated that out of 30 respondents
10 are responding that international market will increase the sales, 12 respondents are responding
that 12 respondents an organisation need to adopt advance tools and techniques in order to attain
into international marketplace. Moreover, 8 respondents are saying that operating at international
level will increase productivity and profitability of respective organisation.
Theme: Globalisation assist in gaining higher growth and development
3: Can globalisation assist in gaining higher
growth and development to the
Frequency
Enhancement in sales Usage of technology Increasing profitability
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organisation?
Yes 18
No 12
Interpretation: From the above stated graph it has been identified that out of 30
respondents 18 respondents are responding that globalisation will assist in gaining higher
growth and development to the organisation while operating in international marketplace.
Eventually, remaining respondents are responding that globalisation will not help an respective
organisation to attain higher growth and development.
Theme: Issues and challenges of globalisation
Yes No
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4: What are the major issues and challenges of
globalisation?
Frequency
Enhancement in competitions 10
Changes in technology 20
Interpretation: As per the above graph it has been analysed that out of 30 respondents 10
are responding that their will be enhancement in competitions while operating at internation
marketplace. While other are respondents are responding that while operating at international
marketplace an respective organisation need to bring changes in their tools and technologies as to
remain competitive in marketplace.
Enhancement in competitions Changes in technology
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