Analyzing Globalization's Impact on Sainsbury's Human Resources

This report investigates the impact of globalization on Sainsbury's Human Resource department, examining its economic, cultural, and ethical effects. The research explores the influence of globalization on the performance of the organization, identifies both positive impacts and challenges within the HR department, and provides recommendations for gaining competitive advantages in acquiring skilled workforces, particularly in light of increasing labor migration. The methodology includes a project management plan covering cost, time, risk, resources, communication, scope, and quality. Research methods employed are qualitative, using an inductive research approach and non-probabilistic sampling of 30 HR managers. Data collection was conducted through surveys, and the data analysis involved thematic analysis with interpretations based on the survey responses. The findings highlight the positive impact of globalization on Sainsbury's HR, with insights into labor migration, technological advancements, and skill development within the organization. The report presents a detailed analysis of the findings, including a Gantt chart, and offers a comprehensive overview of globalization's influence on Sainsbury's HR practices.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC:.............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Research Background:............................................................................................................1
Aims and Objectives:.............................................................................................................1
Rationale:................................................................................................................................2
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN...............................................................................................2
TIME SCALE, GANTT CHART....................................................................................................3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.................................................................................................7
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION.............................................................................8
RECOMMENDATIONS...............................................................................................................12
REFLECTION...............................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................16
Questionnaire........................................................................................................................16
Log Book..............................................................................................................................18
Performance Review............................................................................................................19

TOPIC:
“What are the positive, economic and ethical impact of globalization on different
business functions within the organization.”
INTRODUCTION
Research Background:
Globalization refers to connect the economy of one nation to the another nation. It led to
increase the competition in the market at global level. Globalization creates the market and
wealth for the organization and promote the culture and social integration by minimizing the
barriers (Deresky, 2017). It encourages the organization to expand their business in different
country and help in optimal utilization of resources.
Sainsbury is a multinational company which provide the groceries, home care, electrical
items, clothing and food to the different countries via the global market. It is the 3rd largest
supermarket in United Kingdom and acquire different brands to provide their product and
services to the global market.
Globalization makes a huge impact on the functioning of HR department. It forces
Sainsbury to hire the new employees and providing training to the existing employees to bring
the advance skills and knowledge in the organization. Globalization brings diverse culture with
the different values, ideas, skills and beliefs.
Aims and Objectives:
Aim:
"To evaluate the positive economic, cultural and ethical impact of globalisation on the
human resource department of the company with the increasing level of labour migration
between countries. A study on Sainsbury".
Objective:
 To determine the impact of globalization on the performance of organization.
 To identify the positive impact of globalization on human resource management at global
level.
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 To identify the challenges faced by the organization in human resource department due to
the impact of globalization.
 To provide recommendation for gaining competitive advantages in acquiring skilled
workforces in Sainsbury with the increasing level of labour migration between countries.
Research Questions:
 What are the impact of globalization on the performance of organization.
 What are the positive impact of globalization on human resource management at global
level?
 What are the challenges faced by the organization in human resource department due to
the impact of globalization?
 What are recommendation for gaining competitive advantages in acquiring skilled
workforces in Sainsbury with the increasing level of labour migration between countries.
Rationale:
On this present topic of globalization, extensive research has been done by the researcher
to identify the impact of globalization on the human resource department. The reason behind to
choosing the topic is to identify the emergence of global brand, increasing the labour migration
and trade across the boundaries of the nation. So by caring this research, researcher gain the
knowledge of globalization and the positive economic, culture and ethical impact of
globalization on the functional area of Sainsbury.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN
Project management plan persuade for preparing the plan to estimate the cost, resources
time and risk in conducting the research and provide baseline to the investors to gather the fund
and resources for the research.
Cost: Allocation of cost is the important part of research. Cost allocation help the
researcher in conducting the research within the proper framework. Before starting the research,
researcher have to prepare the budget and list of sources to get the fund for the research. In the
present research project the cost of the above research is £8000 (Broderick and Dawood, 2017).
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Time: To conduct the research, researcher require the time for collecting the resources,
data, evaluating the result and present the result in a proper framework like graphs and figures,
so the researcher can get the required information from the research. In the present research
project the required time for the research is 169 days (Matthews and Smith, 2016). The
researcher completed its research in 169 days to prepare the research objective, data collection,
interpretation etc.
Risk: Risk is the important factor in preparing management plan. Researcher has to
identify the risk for the proper implementation and getting the result of the research. In the above
research project the researcher carry different aspect to reduces the risk of loss of data, injury of
researcher, accuracy of the data, willingness of the respondents etc. The risk associated with the
research may affect the outcomes of the research so it's needed to measure the all possible risk in
research to get the effective output (Pollack and Adler, 2015).
Resources: The resources of the research help in getting the effective and efficient
output. To conducting the research, efficient resources are needed by the researcher. In the
following research researcher need the various financial and human resources. Researcher need
the Financial resources to meet the demand of stationary, laptop, transportation cost etc. The
required resources help in getting the right information from the research.
Communication: While conducting the research communication is the important part to
transfer the various information to the stakeholders and discuss with them about the various
issues which directly or indirectly affect the research. On the above research researcher uses
various ways like email, social media, telephones, circulars and letters to transfer the information
to the stakeholders and management team (Alexiou, 2017).
Scope: The scope of the study is to find the research area to conduct the research. The
scope of the current research is both academic and corporate. In the above research researcher
uses the various books and journal, research paper, magazines and published data in the
newspapers to effectively conducting the research (Wael, 2017). It provides the researcher a
detailed information to carry its research successfully.
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Quality : the quality of the research project and data defines the accuracy. In the above
research project researcher ensure the quality of the project. In collecting data researcher use
address all the adult manager as their respondents.
TIME SCALE, GANTT CHART
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Illustration 1: Time Scale

Illustration 2: Gantt Chart
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Illu
stration 3: Critical Path
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
Research Methods:
The tools, instrument used to collect the data is called as research methods. The entire
research is based on the methods selected by the researcher. However, there are two
classification of research types which are Qualitative and Quantitative. The methods in which
there are scientific techniques are used for observations in order to collect non-statical data is
called as qualitative methods, such as words, feeling, views etc. On the other hand, the
systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomenon through mathematical, statistical
and computation techniques is called as quantitative methods, such as figures, statistical tools,
etc. This following research has undertaken the qualitative methods for carrying the as it is solve
the issues more deeply.
Research Approach:
This is another most important section of research as it is the plan and procedure that
consist of step of broad assumption to detailed methods of data collection, analysis and
interpretation. Research approaches are classified in mainly tow techniques which are inductive
and deductive (Flick, 2018). In order to narrows the scope of study, inductive approaches
basically used research question. Whereas, the approach that is started by basically with
hypothesis is called as deductive approaches. The following research has included inductive
research approaches as it is best and most suitable approach when research is qualitative.
Sampling:
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Sampling is the element which cannot be ignored by the research, it is because data
collection process cannot able to start if sample size is not selected. The techniques to divide the
huge population into small sample is called as sampling. However, there were mainly two types
Probabilistic and Non-Probabilistic sampling. The type of techniques in which respondents stand
equally in the selection of sample is known to be probabilistic sampling (Ndlovu-Gatsheni,
2017). On the flip side, the kind of technique in which participants do not stand equally during
the sample is known to be non-probabilistic sampling. In this following research, scholar has
undertaken non-probabilistic sampling and selected the sample via random sampling. Scholar has
selected 30 human resource managers.
Data Collection:
Once the sampling is selected, researcher have to start thinking for data collection. Data
collection is the process to collect the data from authentic sources regarding the subject matter.
However, there were two methods for data collection which are primary and secondary. The data
or information which is collected by the researcher own efforts is called as primary data such as
interview, observations, survey, force group etc. On the flip side, the data which is collected
from any other sources like books, internet articles, journals, government publications etc. is
called as secondary data (Kamil and et.al., 2016). This following research is context with
primary data as scholar has collected data through survey via questionnaire.
Data Analysis:
The process of cleaning, transforming and moulding of data to make them useful is called
as data analysis. Data analysis is just start after the data collection process end. Qualitative and
Quantitative are two main methods for data analysis. The data which is analysed by undertaking
the views and taking assumptions on the majority supporting is called as qualitative analysis. On
the flip side, the data which is analysed through the use of statistical techniques such as SPPS,
spread sheet is called as quantitative data analysis. The following research is context to
qualitative analysis as researcher as analysed the data through thematic analyses and presented
them by using charts, tables and graphs (Fox and Alldred, 2015).
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DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Theme 1: Large number of human resource managers were working with Sainsbury for
last 5 to 8 years.
PARTICULARS FREQUENTLY
1 to 3 years 3
3 to 5 years 5
5 to 8 years 9
More than 8 Years 3
8
1 to 3 years 3 to 5 years 5 to 8 years More than 8 Years
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
FREQUENTLY

Interpretation: The above survey conducted from 20 HR managers of Sainsbury it has been
identified that all HR manager are adult and able to understand the objective and reason behind
conducting the survey on the globalization. 9 manager are working with the organization from
the last 5 to 8 years and able to understand the role of globalization in the company. 5 manager
are working with the organization from 3 to 5 year, 3 managers are work from 1 to 3 year and 3
managers are working with the organization more than 8 years.
Theme 2: The impact of globalization on the organization is positive.
PARTICULARS FREQUENTLY
Positive 11
Negative 5
Neutral 4
9
Positive
Negative
Neutral

Interpretation:The above survey conducted from 20 HR managers of Sainsbury it has been
identified that the most of the manager believe that globalization positively affect the
organization and the various department of the company. From the survey it has been evaluated
that 11 manager think that globalization bring the positive changes in the organization.
Globalization brings new technology, increase trade etc. in the organization. 5 manager think that
globalization bring the negative changes in the organization. They think that due to the
globalization the number of employee turnover increase and the conflict in the organization also
increase. 4 manager are neutral about the impact of globalization on the Sainsbury.
Theme 3: Yes, Globalization positively affect the Human resource department.
PARTICULARS FREQUENTLY
Yes 9
No 6
May be 5
10
Yes No May be
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
FREQUENTLY