Analysis of Workforce Impact on Business Performance: Unicorn Grocery

This report analyzes the impact of an inappropriate workforce on contemporary business issues and performance, using Unicorn Grocery as a case study. It begins with an overview of the chosen organization, highlighting its structure and business activities. The report then reviews relevant literature on workforce management and its impact on business outcomes. It outlines the project's objectives, which include understanding the effects of an ineffective workforce and identifying strategies to address related challenges. The project execution plan details the research process, including an overview of the issue, theoretical frameworks, methodological selections, and data collection methods. The report will also include project results, findings, and a reflection on personal experiences gained during the project's execution. The goal is to provide insights into how businesses can manage their workforce effectively to improve performance and address contemporary challenges.

Research Proposal

Table of Contents
Title of the Project...........................................................................................................................1
Overview of the Chosen organisation..............................................................................................1
Influencing Literature Review.........................................................................................................1
Project Objectives............................................................................................................................2
Project Execution Plan.....................................................................................................................2

Title of the Project
To analyse the impact of inappropriate workforce over the contemporary business issues and
performance. A study on Unicorn .
Overview of the Chosen organisation
The project initiates to enhance idea about the impact of inappropriate workforce over the
contemporary issues and performance, therefore, in this Sports Direct is select to conduct th
assessment, thus it is a co-operative grocery store, which has effective recognition within market
and recognised as the heart of Chorlton. The headquarter of the firm is in Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
Manchester, England. As a worker’s co-operative business, it is effectively handled by its by its
member/owners democratically, who run the business with a flat management structure and with
an equal rate of pay. The company was founded in the year of 1996. However, Unicorn Grocery
has an effective turnover of around £7 million. As well as the business is also having around 65
co-op employees plus casual staff. Thus, the company mainly deals in selling unpackaged
organic fruit and vegetables, basic dried ingredients, prepared foods, chilled and delicatessen
goods, organic bread and alcohol and environmentally friendly body and household products.
Therefore, businesses in the current scenario are facing assorted commentary issues like effective
marketing strategy, time management, employee relation, inappropriate staff and so on, thus the
assessment is imperative in determining the impact of workforce over the performance of the
business.
Influencing Literature Review
According to Petersen (2019), in the 21st business scenario, the workforce is a complex
aspect of business, thus businesses are concern over managing workforce at workplace to
enhance the operations and progression of the business. Businesses in the contemporary era are
facing a lot issues and challenges related to employee retention, productivity, effective customer
relation, decreasing business profit and so on. Thus these are widely affected by the businesses to
attain effective position. However, it is important for the businesses to manage effective talent at
workplace and be concern over retaining the experience employees at workplace, thus it is
imperative in creating value for the business in taking effective decisions to resolve the business
challenges effectively. In addition to this, for attracting and retaining top talent at workplace,
businesses are implementing effective strategies to attract and retain employees like rewards and
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benefits, training and developments, incentives and so on. Thus these strategies are imperative in
gaining growth and success.
Project Objectives
The key objectives that are relay over the specified subject are associated as under.
 To explore understanding in relation to the aspect of in-effective workforce in the context
to business.
 To access the impact of inappropriate workforce over the performance of the business.
 To identify the strategies that can be opted by Sports Direct to resolve the business
challenges.
Project Execution Plan
This defined as the imperative aspect of the research which aid in providing systematic
review to investigation aspects that are needed to be involve in the project, thus the suitable
aspects of the project are associated as under:
 Overview of the identified issue: This is the primary aspect of the study which helps in
providing brief overview about the subject matter and also explore the aim and the
purpose of the project.
 Theoretical framework to understand the issue: In this detailed theoretical perspective
over the chosen study has been rendered via the support of secondary sources like books,
journals, articles and so on.
 Project Objectives: This is the another important aspect of the project as in this rationale
of the project and the objectives are clearly mentioned within clear and concise statement.
This section aids the project in right manner to generate suitable outcome.
 Methodological selection to support the work: The methodological selection is the
another important area were the suitable methodologies are select to assist the project in
right manner, the suitable methodologies for this analysis involves research strategy,
approach, philosophy, data collection tools, analysis, sampling and so on.
 Project Planning and resourcing Phase: In this information can be gathered via the
appropriate source like questionnaire and then the presentation of information with the
support of developing, charts, graphs and so on.
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 Project Results & Findings: Here suitable analysis will be provided over the outcome of
the project.
 Reflection on the personal experience: This is the end section of the project here;
individual personal experience is explained in the manner what they have gained during
the execution of the project.
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