Impact of Globalization on Barclays Bank's Business Functions Report

This report analyzes the impact of globalization on Barclays Bank's business functions. It begins with an introduction defining globalization and its impact on business, particularly within the financial services sector. The report outlines the aim, objectives, and background of the study, focusing on the positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of globalization on marketing and human resource functions. It includes a project management plan with details on scope, communication, risks, resources, costs, and time constraints. A Gantt chart and work breakdown structure are also provided. The research methodology section covers the research philosophy, type, approach, data collection methods, sampling techniques, and ethical considerations. Data analysis and interpretation are presented, followed by recommendations and a conclusion. A reflection section is included, alongside references and an appendix.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
L O 1................................................................................................................................................3
P1) Aim, objectives and background...........................................................................................3
P 2) Project management plan.....................................................................................................4
P 3) Gantt chart and work breakdown structure..........................................................................6
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L O 2 ...............................................................................................................................................9
P 4) Research methodology.........................................................................................................9
L O 3..............................................................................................................................................12
P 5) Data analysis and interpretation.........................................................................................12
P 6) Recommendation and Conclusion......................................................................................22
L O 4..............................................................................................................................................23
P 7) Reflection...........................................................................................................................23
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................24
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................26
INTRODUCTION

The term globalization can be defined as the process of integration and interaction among
companies, people and government across the world. Globalization has been developed due to
advancement in communication and transportation technology. It is also defined as the economic
process of integration and interaction that is related with cultural and social aspects (Beck, 2018).
It has positive ethical, socio-cultural and economic impact on different functions of the business
such as HR and marketing function etc. As the world realizes more and more regarding value
and potential of interstate cooperation, they are making efforts towards mutually benefiting
strategies.
The present research is based on Barclays Bank. It belongs to the industry of financial
services and banking. It was founded in year 1690. It offers a wide range of products and
services such as commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking
etc.
The research will outline aim and objectives of the study, project management plan, work
breakdown structure, Gantt chart, research methodology adopted by researcher that involves
research methods, data collection methods, sampling etc. It will also explain data analysis and
interpretation, recommendation and reflection etc.
L O 1
P1) Aim, objectives and background.
Background-
Due to integration and interaction of people, companies and government in the world, it
has created positive impact on the major functions of the business such as marketing, HR etc.
Company should make strategies to improve the level of performance that will help to gain
competitive advantage over other firms. The present study is based on Barclays Bank. It is one
of the most prospective and leading financial organization. The bank is headquartered in London,
UK. It offers all the major banking services. Such as individual banking, investment banking,
institutional banking etc.
Aim-
“To examine the positive impact of economic, cultural and ethical impact of globalization on
marketing and human resource function.-A study on Barclays Bank.
Objectives-
 To determine the concept of globalization.

 To analyse the positive economic, cultural and ethical impact of globalization on
marketing function.
 To evaluate the positive cultural, economic and ethical impact of globalization on human
resource function.
 To recommend the strategies that can help to improve overall performance of Barclays
Bank.
Research Questions-
 What is the concept of globalization.
 What are the positive economic, cultural and ethical impact of globalization on marketing
function.
 What are the positive cultural, economic and ethical impact of globalization on human
resource function.
 What strategies can help to improve overall performance of Barclays Bank.
Scope-
The study involves project management plan. Research methodology adopted by
researcher for conducting study, data analysis and interpretation, conclusion and
recommendation etc.
Justification-
The major aim of the study is to point out the impact of globalization on business
functions of Barclays Bank. The bank by nature is a financial service business therefore, it
cannot remain unaffected by the surrounding trade based trends and traits. The present study will
assist other researchers to conduct research in similar area. It will help other companies to
analyse the positive cultural, economic and ethical impact of globalization on business functions.
Limitations-
The research has various constraints such as time constraint for performing research.
Further, researcher has to incur funds for different purposes etc.
P 2) Project management plan.
Before starting any project it is very important to cover its varied aspects so that
preliminary preparation can be done in proper manner. Researchers usually before starting any
project take in to consideration cost of carrying out project, time within which project will be

completed and resources that are available to carry out project. In the current section varied areas
in respect to research topic are
 Scope: Scope of current research study is wide as it can be observed that current research
topic is “What are the positive economic, cultural, and ethical impacts of globalization on
different business functions within an organization”. Thus, impact of economic, cultural
and ethical impact of globalization on business operations is analyzed. Three factors
economic, cultural and ethics are discussed which reflect that scope of the present
research study is wide.
 Communication: In order to carry out research study both primary and secondary data
will be gathered. In order to gather primary data communication will be established with
the sample units. Personal meeting will be carried out with sample units to obtain their
consent.
 Risk: Risk is that research scope is wide and due to this reason any of research topic
components may remain uncovered to some extent. In such kind of situation research
may failed to achieve its objective.
 Resources: As part of resources few one will be required. Laptop and internet connection
will be required to analyze dataset and gather secondary data for literature review
purpose.
Cost-
The term cost can be explained as the expenses that are incurred to attain a specific
objective of the researcher (Siami-Irdemoosa, Dindarloo and Sharifzadeh, 2015). There are two
types of cost that is variable cost and fixed cost. It consists of all types of financial resources that
are required to finish the project on time. While conducting the study there are various types of
expenses that are incurred by researcher and Barclays Bank. It includes labour cost, quality
control and other factors.
Cost table for the researcher
Particulars Expenses (£)
Expenditure on data collection 200
Expenditure on stationary items 500
Cost of Printing 100

Expenses related with developing
Questionnaire
200
Total 1000
Cost table for Barclays Bank.
Particulars Expenses (£)
Expenditure on research 200
Expenses related with training and
development
600
Fixed overheads 500
Investment 200
Total 1500
Time-
The constraint of time refers to the schedule of project for completion as well as it also
includes deadlines for every stage of the project. Researcher takes different steps for effective
time management like scheduling, planning, monitoring and controlling etc. Planning includes
developing the major aim of the study, monitoring requires researcher to analyse how the
previous phases of the study are being performed. In case of control, researcher communicates
output of each phase of the project. Gantt chart assist to see the timeline of project. Researcher
requires 5 weeks to complete the research in effective manner.
Quality-
The factor quality is somewhat similar to the scope of project. Quality is interlinked with
other constraints of the project. Whatever the type of the study, it is essential to develop certain
standards related with quality. Researcher has adopted certain tools to maintain the quality of
project such as cause and effect analysis etc. It helps researcher to determine the root cause of
problems. It also helps to keep the quality standard high.

P 3) Gantt chart and work breakdown structure.
Gantt chart -
It refers to a timeline that is used in projects to define how the project will move forward
(Gantt and Adamiecki, 2015).

Work breakdown structure-
It is in the form of hierarchical tree structure that helps to outline the study and dividing it
into smaller parts.
L O 2
P 4) Research methodology.
The term research methodology is defined as particular technique that is selected by the
researcher in the process of study to collect, evaluate and assemble the data. It can also be
described as the tools adopted by the researcher to gather details in a specific research study such
as questionnaire etc.
Research philosophy-
The term research philosophy deals with the characteristics, origin and development of
the knowledge. It can also be defined as the belief in respect of the ways in which the data is
gathered and analysed. It is divided into different categories. Pragmatism research philosophy, it
recognizes that there are different ways of conducting research and there may be different
realities (Kumar, 2019). Positivism research philosophy, according to this observation helps to
acquire only factual knowledge. Realism research philosophy, it depends upon the assumption

that scientific approach helps to construct knowledge. Interpretivism research philosophy, it
concentrates mainly on qualitative nature analysis.
The Researcher has choosen Interpretivism research philosophy because it helps to study
the aim of research in depth.
Research type-
There are two types of research that are qualitative and quantitative research. Quantitative
research, it means the organized inquiry of data by collecting quantifiable data and conducting
mathematical, statistical and computational techniques. Qualitative research, it is a scientific
method of observation to gather data which in non-numerical in nature (Bresler and Stake, 2017).
The researcher has used Qualitative research because it provides in depth analysis of data
to achieve the aim of the study.
Research approach-
It refers to the plan or procedure that includes steps of premises to detailed approaches of
collecting data, analysis and interpretation. The approach depends upon nature of research
problem. It is of different types. Deductive research approach, it is related with deriving
conclusions from the premises. Inductive research approach, it is related with development of
new theory that develops from the data. Abductive research approach, the procedure of the
research begins with surprising puzzles and the process of research focuses on their explanation.
The researcher has choosen inductive approach of research because it assists researcher to
investigate the phenomena and identifying themes.
Data collection-
It refers to the process of collecting qualitative and quantitative information on particular
variables with the objective of evaluating the results. It is of two types that is primary and
secondary method of collecting data. Primary data, means the data collected by researcher for the
first time. It is divided into two categories that is qualitative and quantitative data.
Secondary data, means the data which is already published and used by researcher for
conducting researcher. Such as books, journals, research paper of scholars etc (Saunders and
et.al, 2015).
The Researcher has used both primary and secondary data. Under primary data
collection, the researcher has chosen survey method for collecting data from respondents. Under
secondary data collection method, researcher has used sources like books, journals, websites etc.

Sampling-
It can be described as the particular principles that are adopted by the researcher for
choosing a sample from whole population to be involved in conducting the study. The
methodology choose for selecting the sample depends upon the type of analysis to be performed.
Probability sampling, under this all the participants have equal chance of being selected. Non-
probability sampling, it does not depend upon subjective judgement of the researcher.
Researcher has selected 20 employees on the basis of simple random sampling because it
helps researcher to obtain different views of the respondents.
Data analysis-
It refers to the process of examining, transforming, cleansing and modeling data with the
objective of generating useful information. It is divided into two types qualitative and
quantitative data analysis.
Researcher has chosen Thematic analysis under Qualitative data analysis because it
provides flexibility in analysing data .
Ethical consideration-
It can be defined as a collection of rules and values that address the questions of what is
bad or good in conduct of human beings. It is one of the important part of the research.
Researcher has taken into consideration all the ethical considerations while conducting the study.
The participants of the study does not be harm in any manner, researcher has ensured the privacy
of data collected from different relevant sources (Teherani and et.al, 2015).
Literature review -
According to Adekola and Sergi (2016) economic impact of globalization is very high on
the firm’s business operations. This is because in foreign nations business firms spend millions
of amount on research and development which ultimately lead to cost reduction in the business.
Such kind of business makes available products at cheaper price in the domestic market which
negatively affect profitability of indigenous business firms. Thus, it can be said that economic
impact of globalization is very high on the domestic firms business operations.
Contrary to this Surugiu and Surugiu (2015) state that foreign firms do innovation of their
business operations and because of this globalization have positive economic impact on the
business firms that are operating in the nation. This is because of innovation of rival foreign
firms business operations domestic firms also innovate business activities and due to this reason

customers get products at cheaper price. Such kind of thing also promote healthy competition
among business firms. Thus, it can be said that economic impact of globalization is positive on
the business firms.
As per views of Cramer (2017) cultural impact of globalization is positive on the firms
marketing operations. This is because of globalization now people are more aware about each
other culture and due to this reason marketing programs are prepared in better way than before.
Opposite to this Hamilton and Webster (2018) state that cultural impact of globalization
is negative on the business firms. This is because many times people failed to understand each
other culture and consequently marketing campaigns failed to implement successfully in foreign
nations.
L O 3
P 5) Data analysis and interpretation.
The term data analysis means transforming, cleaning and modeling data to generate
useful information that assist in decision-making.
Theme 1: Majority of respondents have knowledge of term globalization.
Do you have any knowledge of term globalization ? Frequency
Yes 15
No 5
Total 20

Interpretation- From the above diagram it has been understood that, out of 20 respondents there
are 15 people who said that they know something regarding the term globalization. Whereas,
remaining 5 respondents has mentioned that, they do no anything about globalization.
Theme 2: Trade opportunities is the major positive impact of globalization.
According to you what are the positive impact of globalization ? Frequency
Trade opportunities 10
Economic development 3
Innovation 4
Increased competition 3
Total 20
15
5
Yes
No

Interpretation- From the above chart it has been interpreted that out of 20 answerers there are 3
respondents who said that development of economy is the positive affect of globalization.
Whereas, another 3 respondents has mentioned that globalization lead to increase in competition
among firms. Another 4 respondents has said that globalization leads to development of
innovative products and services to customers. Remaining 10 people have said that globalization
has offered opportunities to perform trade at international level.
Theme 3: Globalization has improved productivity of human resource.
Do you think globalization has brought forth productivity in human
resource of Barclays Bank ?
Frequency
Yes 12
No 8
Trade opportunities
Economic development
Innovation
Increased competition
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Frequency

Total 20
Interpretation- From the primary method of data collection it has been understood that out of 20
respondents there are only 8 respondents who have mentioned that globalization has not
promoted creativity in human resource of the bank. Whereas, remaining 12 people have said that
globalization has offered the benefit of improvement in level of creativity of the employee’s
working in Barclays Bank.
Theme 4:Globalization has provided opportunities to improve ethical standards.
Do you think globalization has offered more opportunities to Barclays
Bank in order to improve its ethical standards ?
Frequency
Yes
No
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
12
8
Frequency

Agree 5
Strongly agree 7
Neutral 4
Disagree 2
Strongly disagree 2
Total 20
Interpretation- From the above graph it has been interpreted that out of 20 respondents there are
5 people who are agreed that globalization has provided the opportunity to bank to improve its
ethical standards. Whereas, another 7 respondents has mentioned that they are strongly agreed
with the fact that globalization has offered opportunity to promote ethical standards of the
business. Another 4 people have said that they are neutral towards whether globalization has
offered opportunities to improve ethical standards or not. There are 2 people who said that they
Agree
Strongly agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly disagree
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5
7
4
2
2
Frequency

disagree that globalization helps to improve ethical standards. Remaining 2 respondents has
mentioned that globalization has not offered any opportunity to improve ethical standards of the
company.
Theme 5:
What are the ethical impact of globalization on marketing function of
Barclays Bank ?
Frequency
Improvement in understanding of employee’s towards marketing
function.
5
Adoption of ethical marketing activities. 3
Better customer orientation 8
Improvement in health and safety of workers involved in marketing
functions.
4
Total 20
5
3
8
4
Improvement in understanding
of employee’s towards
marketing function.
Adoption of ethical marketing
activities.
Better customer orientation
Improvement in health and
safety of workers involved in
marketing functions.

Interpretation- From the above diagram, it has been understood that out of 20 participants there
are 5 respondents who said that one of the positive ethical impact of globalization is that, it leads
to improvement in understanding of employee’s towards marketing function. Another 3
respondents mentioned that globalization has promoted adoption of ethical practices by
marketing department of firm. Another 8 people have said that, one of the major ethical impact
of globalization is better orientation of business towards customers. Only 4 respondents said that,
globalization lead to Improvement in health and safety of workers involved in marketing
functions.
Theme 6: Improvement in recruitment and selection is major socio-cultural impact of
globalization on human resource.
What are socio-cultural impact of globalization on human resource function of
Barclays Bank ?
Frequency
Improvement in recruitment and selection practices. 10
Promoting diverse workforce at the workplace. 3
Lower cost workers. 4
Better provision of training and development of workers. 3
Total 20

Interpretation- From the primary survey, it has been understood that out of 20 respondents there
are 3 people who said that the major cultural impact of globalization is that it promotes diversity.
According to another 4 respondents globalization helps human resource department to employee
lower cost workers. Another 3 employee’s of bank said that, globalization leads to better training
and development programmes for workers. Remaining 10 respondents said that, improvement in
recruitment and selection practices is positive socio-cultural impact of globalization on
employee’s .
Theme 7: Globalization has creates positive cultural impact on marketing.
Do you think globalization has positive cultural impact on marketing
function of Barclays Bank ?
Frequency
Yes 13
No 7
Total 20
10
3
4
3
Improvement in recruitment
and selection practices.
Promoting diverse workforce at
the workplace.
Lower cost workers.
Better provision of training and
development of workers.

Interpretation- From the above chart, it has been interpreted that out of 20 respondents there are
13 respondents who said that globalization does not have any positive impact on marketing
function of Barclays Bank. Remaining 7 respondents has mentioned that, yes globalization helps
to create positive effect marketing activities.
Theme 8: Reduction in marketing cost is the biggest economic impact of globalization on
marketing function.
What are the economic impact of globalization on marketing function
of Barclays Bank ?
Frequency
Reduction in cost of marketing. 10
Better utilization of resources. 4
Difficulties in managing prices. 3
Expenditure on advertising and promotion. 3
Total 20
Yes No
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14 13
7
Frequency

Interpretation- From the primary method of data collection, it has been found out that out of 20
respondents there are 10 people who believe that the economic impact of globalization is that it
leads to reduction in cost of marketing. Another 4 people said that globalization helps to utilize
resources in better way. Further, 3 respondents has mentioned that globalization creates difficulty
for marketing department to manage price and remaining 3 people believe that, company have to
invest huge funds on advertising due to globalization.
Theme 9: Offering services to people belonging to different ethnicities is the biggest cultural
challenge faced by marketing function.
What are the biggest cultural challenges organization faces while
conducting marketing activities in new markets ?
Frequency
Language barrier. 8
Offering services to people of different ethnicities. 10
Constant changes in need and demands of clients. 2
Total 20
10
4
3
3
Reduction in cost of marketing.
Better utilization of resources.
Difficulties in managing prices.
Expenditure on advertising and
promotion.

Interpretation- From the above chart, it has been understood that out of 20 respondents there are
8 people who said that globalization business faces language barrier while marketing products in
new market. Another 10 respondents said that Offering services to people of different ethnicities
is the biggest challenge while conducting marketing in new market. Only 2 people mentioned
that, Constant changes in need and demands of clients is the major difficulty while conducting
marketing for new market.
Theme 10: Forming strategic alliance is the best strategy to improve business performance.
What strategy will you recommend for improving the performance of
Barclays Bank at global level ?
Frequency
Forming strategic alliance. 9
Diversification of product portfolio. 4
Relocation of the business. 3
Business process outsourcing. 4
8
10
2
Language barrier.
Offering services to people of
different ethnicities.
Constant changes in need and
demands of clients.

Total 20
Interpretation- From the above diagram it has been analysed that out of 20 respondents there are
9 people who believe that firm should form strategic alliance to improve performance (Albers,
Wohlgezogen and Zajac, 2016). There are only 3 people who mentioned that bank should
relocate the business. Another 4 people said that company should diversify portfolio of products.
Remaining 4 people believe that, business should adopt business process outsourcing strategy to
improve performance.
P 6) Recommendation and Conclusion.
Recommendation-
 It has been recommended that, Barclays Bank should form strategic alliance with any
other organization because this will help to improve the operations of the company
(Etikan, Musa and Alkassim, 2016).
 Further, it will also help bank to enter into foreign markets to offer products and services
in new markets. This will help to improve business performance of Barclays Bank and it
Forming strategic alliance.
Diversification of product portfolio.
Relocation of the business.
Business process outsourcing.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
9
4
3
4
Frequency

will also help business to gain competitive advantage over other companies that are
offering products and services in similar industry (Curtis and Allen, 2018).
 Moreover, company should develop a team that will help to forecast future market trends.
This will help business to satisfy needs and demands of clients in effective manner.
Conclusion-
It has been concluded that, Globalization has allowed the organizations across the world
to promote growth and reach into different horizons of selling and buying of commodities. From
the above study it has been analysed that, there are various cultural, economical and ethical
impact of globalization on marketing and human resource function of Barclays Bank (Roberts,
2015). Such as one of the biggest positive economic impact of globalization on marketing
function is that, it helps to reduce the cost of marketing. Moreover, the study has described that,
improvement in recruitment and selection practices of management is the major positive socio-
cultural impact of globalization on human resource function of the bank.
L O 4
P 7) Reflection.
The present study helps me to develop my knowledge in respect of the impact of
globalization on different types of business functions. At initial stage of research I have prepared
aim and objectives. At this time I faced certain difficulties in selecting relevant topic. My tutor
helps me at each and every stage of the study. The next stage is to prepare project management
plan. This has developed my knowledge regarding various constraints of project management.
After these steps, I move forward towards writing research methodology. It is a difficult task and
requires good research skills (Mihas, 2019).
Internet is the major source that helps me to collect relevant information throughout the
study. It is a challenging task for me to prepare questionnaire. The study helps to develop my
writing, research and communication skills etc.

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APPENDIX
QUESTIONNAIRE
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Position:
1. Do you have any knowledge of term globalization ?
 Yes
 No
2. According to you what are the positive impact of globalization ?
 Trade opportunities
 Economic development
 Innovation
 Increased competition
3. Do you think globalization has brought forth productivity in human resource of Barclays
Bank ?
 Yes
 No
4. Do you think globalization has offered more opportunities to Barclays Bank in order to
improve its ethical standards ?
 Agree
 Strongly agree
 Neutral
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
5. What are the ethical impact of globalization on marketing function of Barclays Bank ?
 Improvement in understanding of employee’s towards marketing function.5
 Adoption of ethical marketing activities.
 Better customer orientation.
 Improvement in health and safety of workers involved in marketing functions.
6. What are socio-cultural impact of globalization on human resource function of Barclays

Bank ?
 Improvement in recruitment and selection practices.
 Promoting diverse workforce at the workplace.
 Lower cost workers.
 Better provision of training and development of workers.
7. Do you think globalization has positive cultural impact on marketing function of Barclays
Bank ?
 Yes
 No
8. What are the economic impact of globalization on marketing function of Barclays Bank ?
 Reduction in cost of marketing.
 Better utilization of resources.
 Difficulties in managing prices.
 Expenditure on advertising and promotion.
9. What are the biggest cultural challenges organization faces while conducting marketing
activities in new markets ?
 Language barrier
 Offering services to people of different ethnicities.
 Constant changes in need and demands of clients.
10. What strategy will you recommend for improving the performance of Barclays Bank at
global level ?
 Forming strategic alliance.
 Diversification of product portfolio.
 Relocation of the business.
 Business process outsourcing.

Template for evidence collection to be attached with the report by the learner:
Project Logbook for the chosen organisation:
Name of the learner: Name of
the
Supervisor:
Project Title: Date:
Update of weekly research/ tasks achieved (Account for a minimum of six
weeks with dates)
 What have you completed?
“To examine the positive impact of economic, cultural and ethical impact of
globalization on marketing and human resource function.-A study on Barclays
Bank.
 Did you fulfil Task requirements?
Yes, I have completed the study as per the assessment criteria.
 Are you on track and within deadlines set?
Yes. I have completed project according to the deadline set by
developing the strategies of time management.
 Did you need to make any changes to your project management plan?
Yes, I have made certain changes in the project management plan according to
changes in situation.
Any risks and / or issues identified?
 Did you identify risks/issues with a lack of skills required for
undertaking research tasks?
I have faced issue in collection of data due to lack of in depth
knowledge in respect of research methodology.
Did you identify any additional risks/issues that have an impact on the

project management plan? No.

Problems encountered
 What barriers did you face?
I have challenges in data collection due to absenteeism of participants.
 How did you overcome them?
I have overcome the challenges by adopting the strategy of distributing
questionnaire among respondents through E- mail.
New Ideas and change of project direction
New idea in order to overcome the limitation of time is the use of advance
technology such as social media can be utilized for collecting details related to
the topic.
What Have I learnt about myself this week?
 How did I feel when I had to deal with tasks/problems? I feel little nervous.
 Did I find it useful to complete the tasks? Yes
 How well have I performed? What did I contribute?
I performed well. I have made my valuable contribution in attaining desired
research objectives.
 What can I improve on next week?
I need to improve my time management and communication skills which
essential for gathering the information related to topic.

 How might this learning apply in the future?
Learning will be used for conducting the research process on different topic in
the future.
Tasks planned for next week
 Which tasks are priority? In context of research, data collection and development of aim and
objectives related to the topic is my first priority.
 Have you set aside sufficient time for completion? Yes
Project plan status to date (on, ahead, behind)
Supervisor comments to address
Signature of the Supervisor and date:
Template for Performance Review to be attached with the report by the learner:
 What was the Project supposed to accomplish?
The project supposed to accomplish aim that is “To examine the positive impact of economic,
cultural and ethical impact of globalization on marketing and human resource function.-A
study on Barclays Bank.
 Did the project succeed in its aims/ how do you know? Specifically, please outline
any evaluation and assessment undertaken.
Yes, I have given response as per the feedback from supervisor.
 What things do you think worked well and why? Evaluate all aspects of the project
(e.g initial inception, project activities and project outcomes) from a range of

perspectives.
I have selected the appropriate approach that help me in achieving the desired results.
 What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there
timely identification of issues and resolution during the project process?
Ethical issues have emerged during the research which has been tackled by taking
necessary corrective actions.
 What did you learn from undertaking the project?
It has developed my understanding on economic, ethical and cultural effect of
globalization on HR and marketing function of company.
 How would you rate your performance as a management consultant leading the
project?
I will give myself top ranking.
 What strengths and weakness of your performance did you identify?
Strength : I have good leadership and analytical skills that has helped me in solving
specific problem.
Weakness : I lack an effective communication skills.
 How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?
I have developed various skills such as analytical, research and problem solving
which will help me in my personal as well as professional development.