Determining Recruitment Policy Impact: Rowlinson Knitwear Case Study

This project examines the influence of recruitment policies on employees' social and cultural backgrounds, using Rowlinson Knitwear as a case study. The project begins with an introduction highlighting the importance of equality and diversity in recruitment, followed by a project management plan detailing costs, scope, timescale, quality management, communication, resources, and risk assessment. A work breakdown structure and Gantt chart are developed to outline the project's stages and timelines. The research employs both qualitative and quantitative methods to gather data, followed by data analysis using appropriate tools and techniques. The findings lead to recommendations for Rowlinson Knitwear, aimed at improving recruitment policies and enhancing employee retention and satisfaction. Finally, a reflection on the research process is included. The project aims to determine the impact of recruitment policies on the social-cultural background of the employees.

Project management

Table of Contents
Title: To determine the impact of recruitment policy on the social cultural background of the
employees. A case study on Rowlinson Knitwear. ........................................................................4
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1) Aims and objectives of the research.....................................................................................4
P2) Produce a project management plan....................................................................................5
P3) Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart to provide time frames and stages for
completion...................................................................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................9
P4) Small scale research with various qualitative and quantitative research methods...............9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................12
P5) Analysis of data using appropriate tools and techniques....................................................12
P6) Recommendations as a result of Research and Data Analysis...........................................18
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................18
P7) Reflection............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Title: To determine the impact of recruitment policy on the social cultural
background of the employees. A case study on Rowlinson Knitwear.
INTRODUCTION
Equality is considered to be a complex area which is considered by both the recruiter and
the employees. With this equal and fair opportunities are provided to all so that the legal
compliances can be met effectively. The diversity has a positive outlook as with this people can
be employed from a diverse range of people. For the organisation it is important to value the
differences among the employees because this make the organisation capable of dealing with
various issues. This is due to people from different culture posses different skills set. The
employer must formulate the policy for the recruitment so that fair selection can be done. In this
report a small sized company Rowlinson Knitwear is taken into consideration, which is a UK
based uniform manufacturer. The organisation aims to bring equality in the organisation for
which they aims to consider the recruitment policy based on the social-cultural factors as with
that they can target the suitable talent. With the help of such policies the employees can be
motivated and this will improve their performance and thus the overall performance of the
organisation can be enhanced. Rowlinson Knitwear aims to retain their employees for a longer
period of time and this can be done by managing the diversity at the workplace. For this the
report includes the research on the basis of the which the recommendations are provided to the
company that can help them in overcoming the issues.
TASK 1
P1) Aims and objectives of the research
Overview of the research: This research is undertaken for Rowlinson Knitwear which
is a uniform manufacturer that provides dresses for the students and corporates. They company
aims to develop a balanced workforce for which they need to incorporate the equality and
diversity within the workplace. They investigator conduct the research on the recruitment policy
so that they can procure the employees from different socio-cultural background and to retain the
employee ((El-Sofany, Alwadani and Alwadani, 2014).
Aims of the research: The aims of the research is “to determine the impact of recruitment policy
on the social-cultural background of the employee.” A case study on the Rowlinson Knitwear.

Research Objectives:The objectives of the research are:
 To identify the impact of the recruitment policy on the employees of the organisation
within a period of 1 month.
 To identify the how recruitment policies of socio-cultural background can help in
increasing employee retention by 25%.
 To analyse the ways in which equality and diversity can improve the policies of the
recruitment in 2 months.
Research Questions:
 What are the impact of recruitment policy on the employees of Rowlinson Knitwear?
 What can be the impact of the recruitment policy in retaining the employees in the
organisation?
 How incorporation of concept of equality and diversity can improve the policies of the
recruitment?
P2) Produce a project management plan
In any of the project, it becomes crucial to develop project plan because it simply gives
the idea that how any of the work can be concluded in a effective way so that desire outcomes
can be achieved. It is a duty of project manager to prepare plans and policies so that cost, time,
resources and other helpful components can found which will have a direct impact on the goals
of a project. Below, there is the detail discussion about project management plan (Glasser, 2014).
 Cost : It is the most effective elements as here, project manager gets the duty to prepare
or estimate the budget which is going to incurred during the course of research. It gives
the idea that whenever any of the company conducts the project, how much amount of
fund is required to complete the work in successful manner. In addition, it will also give
the idea to kept fund in reserve for the project so that in any of the circumstances problem
will not be needed to face by researcher.
Activity Amount ($)
Travel 500
Research material 800
Research tools 700
Total 2000

 Scope : It is needed because it allows to determine and decide about the goals needed to
be achieved during the project. It will also deliver the idea related to methods and
techniques which are required to be used for the purpose of meeting the set criteria within
the set limits of budget. In context of organisation, it will be useful for them to decided
that how they can conduct any of the project and on the other side, it will be necessary for
researcher to determine about techniques they can used for effective outcome.
 Timescale and the management: For the researcher it is important to identify the time
scale in which the research need to be conducted. Such time scale is determined on the
basis of the activities which are to be undertaken by the researcher for undertaking the
project. This research will include the collection of the data with the help of questionnaire
so that the accurate data can be allocated. Due to this the time limit of completing the
project will increase. The time can be managed by the researcher with the help of
preparing the Gantt chart and a work breakdown structure. It will facilitate the researcher
in sequencing the activities of the research and in allocating the time to each activity.
With this the research can be completed on time without any delays. The researcher will
take at least 2 months to complete the research (Guetterman, Fetters and Creswell, 2015).
 Quality Management: The quality management of the research is associated with the
quality of the data and the information which has been used by the investigator as this
make the research authentic and reliable. For this research the primary data is gather by
way of questionnaire and this will make the recommendation of the researcher reliable.
Also various secondary sources will be used by them for that they will consider the
reliability of the source from where they are taking the information.
 Communication: This is one of the important aspect of the project management plan
with the help of which the researcher plan the communication path with the project
managers of the organisation. In this the progress of the research need to be intimated to
them by way of formal reports, emails, video conferencing etc. But for this the researcher
need to procure the skills and the team members who are efficient in such skills. It will
help them in establishing and providing the details of every aspect of the project to the
project mangers (Hammersley, 2017). .

 Resources: For undertaking the research various resources need to be procured by them.
With the help of such resources they carry on the process. Some of the resources which
are required by the investigator includes the data and the information, books, journals,
research papers etc. In addition to this they require laptops, phones which are to be
allocated among the team mates so that they can effectively communicate and store the
data.
 Risk: Risk which are associated with the research need to be analysed so that they can b
managed by them well in advance. Various risk which can be faced by them includes the
technical risk, fundamental risk etc. Such risk affects the analysis of the information and
the data so gathered by the researcher. They can be managed by learning various tools of
analysis so that the risk related to interpretation will easily be resolved.
P3) Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart to provide time frames and stages for completion
Gantt Chart : It is the chart form of representation which is being prepared by research at
time of conducting the research for the purpose of identifying the time which they are going to
involve in any of the activity. It simply allows to cover each and every aspects which are crucial
for any of the research. In simply words, it will allow to manage time for every single activity to
be conducted in an research. In addition, if in any of the unwanted process are to being
conducted can be easily ignored which will allow to obtain effective results (Janssens and
Zanoni, 2014).

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) : It is understood as one of the most effective process
for any of the project or research as it helps to break down all of the complex process into
different sub parts. It also allows to ensure that all of the activities are being conducted in best
possible manner so that chances of errors can be removed. The main benefit is that it will allow
make any of bigger project to smaller work. There are number of other benefits which can be
easily obtained with the help of Work Breakdown Structure such as it allows to reduce
unnecessary expenses, time can be managed. Even, it gives option to determine about
progression of the work (Bölte, 2014).
TASK 2
P4) Small scale research with various qualitative and quantitative research methods
Research is a systematic work in which knowledge is gathered for an specific subject of
study. With this the investigator conduct the systematic analysis, description, explantation of the
issues and the subject matter of the research. It can be inductive or deductive. The inductive
research are related with the use of the observed data that has to be qualitative while the
deductive research is associated with verification of the observed data which has to be
quantitative. There are different type of research which are used as per the need by the
investigator such as qualitative, quantitative, applied, problem solving, basic research etc. For
this research the types of research which is used by the investigator is the qualitative and
quantitative (Joslin and Müller, 2016).
For undertaking the research, the information and the data has to be gathered by the
investigator and that can be collected either by the primary sources and secondary sources.
Primary data is the data which is collected by the investigator as per the subject matter
of the research. As the data is collected by the researcher himself it known as first hand data that

can be collected with the help of questionnaire, surveys, interviews, experiments etc. The
analysis based on primary data is more reliable as the quality of the information is not
compromised by the investigator.
Advantage: The advantages of primary research is that it facilitates collection of data
directly from the people who are related with the research. This makes the data more accurate
and reliable and the recommendation so provided are considered to be effective.
Disadvantage: This method of gathering the data is quite costly and time consuming as in
this the research is executed as per the research plan. Also it may not be feasible in all the cases
as it can affect the completion of the time scale for completion of the project (Kaiser, El Arbi and
Ahlemann, 2015).
Secondary data is the data that has already been collected by the someone for their
purpose but it can be used by other as per their needs and wants. The researcher uses this type of
data so often as with this they can understand the problem or the issue which the organisation has
been facing. Such data is gathered by way of studies, books, journals etc. For this research the
investigator has collected data from the website of the company, provisions of equality act from
the government portal etc.
Advantage: Such data can be collected easily by the researcher as it can easily be
accessed by the investigator. Also the cost of gathering the data from this research is low.
Disadvantage: As the data has already been collected and used by others as per their
need, this can affect the quality of the research.
The methods of research that has been adopted by the investigator is :
Quantitative Research: Quantitative research is a method in which the data so gathered
is in numbers and is collected in a structured way and the conclusion are drawn with the help of
various statistical tools and the computational processes. This data focusses upon a large
population as with more of data analysis can be done easily. The tools which can be used for
collecting the data in quantitative research are questionnaires, online surveys, polls etc. and for
this research the questionnaire methods is being used by the investigator (Mackey and Gass,
2015).
 Questionnaire method: It is method in which a set of questions is developed with the
help of which the information is gathered from the respondents. With the help of this a
large number people can be covered in the research. In this research has prepared a

questionnaire for the employees of the Rowlinson Knitwear (McGuirk and O'Neill,
2016).
Qualitative Research: Qualitative research is the one in which the researcher focusses upon in-
depth understanding of the subject matter of the research. They are highly dependent upon the
experience of the investigator as the question which are asked in this are generally open ended.
The analysis of the responses of such questions required better understanding of the researcher.
For undertaking this research the one to one interview is used by them which helped them to
gather more information about the issues (Martinsuo and Hoverfält, 2018).
 One-to-one Interview: In this method the interviewer ask various questions to the
interviewee as the subject of the research. With the help of this method the interviewer
can gather more information as the questions which are asked in this are open ended
where the respondent can express their opinion (Ryan, Ravenswood and Pringle, 2014).
For this research, 40 employees of Rowlinson Knitwear are taken into consideration and
on the basis of their responses the analysis will be done.
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you have awareness of the recruitment policies of the Rowlinson Knitwear?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2)Can such policy help the Rowlinson Knitwear in retaining the employees for a longer period
of time?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) According to you how such policies can be beneficial for the organisation?
a) Make the employees feel fair and equal
b) Motivate them to perform well
c) Attracts new people towards the organisation
Q4) Do you think such policies have impact on the performance of the employees of Rowlinson
Knitwear?
a) Yes
b) No
Q5) Have you ever studied the policies of recruitment of social-cultural on the website of the

company?
a) Yes
b) No
Q6) If such policies are not adopted then what can be the impact on the image of the
organisation?
a) Difficulty in attracting new people
b) Conflicts can arise among the employees
c) Lower level of satisfaction among the employees
Q7) What can be the impact of recruitment policy on social-cultural on the organisation?
a) Increase in retention of the employees
b) Equal and Fair job opportunities
c) Improves the image of organisation
Qualitative Question
Q8) What can be the role of equality and diversity in improving the recruitment policies of the
organisation?
Q9) What advantages does Rowlinson Knitwear can have of diversity in the organisation?
Q10) Recommend the ways in which the issue related to recruitment policy can be improved by
the organisation.....
TASK 3
P5) Analysis of data using appropriate tools and techniques
Theme 1: Awareness of the recruitment policies
Q1) Do you have awareness of the recruitment policies of the
Rowlinson Knitwear?
Frequency
a) Yes 38
b) No 2