Business Project: Strategies for an Inclusive Workforce at Tesco

This report analyzes strategies and initiatives for developing an inclusive and diverse workforce, using Tesco as a case study. The introduction highlights the increasing competition in the business world and the importance of a skilled and talented workforce, emphasizing the need for coordination to achieve organizational goals. Task 1 outlines the aims, objectives, and research questions, defining an inclusive workforce and its benefits. It includes a literature review on inclusive workforces, strategies for building them, and their advantages. The project management plan covers cost, time, scope, quality, communication, risk, and resources. A Gantt chart and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) are also presented. Task 2 involves small-scale research using quantitative and qualitative methods, including questionnaires, interpretation of findings, and recommendations. Task 3 includes a reflection on the project. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and insights. The assignment explores the benefits of an inclusive workforce, the strategies for achieving it, and the practical application of these strategies within the context of Tesco. The report utilizes primary and secondary research and provides recommendations for improving workforce diversity and inclusion.

Managing a Successful
Business Project

TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Aims and objectives................................................................................................................3
P2 Project management plan........................................................................................................5
P3 Gantt chart and WBS..............................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Small scale research................................................................................................................9
P5 Interpretation of findings......................................................................................................11
P6 Recommendations.................................................................................................................15
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................15
P7 Reflection..............................................................................................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFRENCES ................................................................................................................................17

TOPIC
“For determining of strategies and initiative this is helpful for an organization to develop
an diverse and inclusive workforce”. Case study is based on Tesco.
INTRODUCTION
Business has been expanding at faster rate with it the competition within the market is
increasing. So, it becomes important to have skilled and talented employees in an organization.
That is why it becomes very important to work with coordination for making goals of
organizations to be achieved. Diverse workforce is necessary for an organization because it
brings in skills, talent, background and experiences. This makes positive impact over
competition within the market. For such purpose only diverse workforce for working together.
These objectives is helpful for an organization to fulfil objective within time. Further the
assignment is based on Sainsbury that is an British multinational supermarket and has its
headquarters in England. Also organizations is consisting of variety of products and 450000
employees within various shops which are located all over world. Assignment is important which
has been having inclusive and diverse workforce. Things to be covered in this file is based on
importance of inclusive and diverse workforce that is going to be covered by strategies at
workplace environment. Small scale research has been conducted with research tools.
TASK 1
P1 Aims and objectives
Inclusive workforce means kind of workforce under this an organization is required to be
valued that is involving opinion and views in order to take decision for making employees feel
important in a company (Eriksson and et. al., 2016). It has been leading for improving
performance and committing in organization. Achievement of goals increase efficiency that has
been creating harmony with workers and converting healthy working environment in an
organization.
Aim: “Determination over strategies and initiative is helping an organization over developing
inclusive and diverse workforce”. Case study is based on Tesco plc.
Objectives:
 Knowledge for creation of inclusive workforce.

 Determining of strategist is being initiated and is to be used by Tesco for making diverse
workforce. Inclusive workforce means kind of workforce under this an organization is
required to be valued that is involving opinion and views in order to take decision for
making employees feel important in a company (Eriksson and et. al., 2016). It has been
leading for improving performance and committing in organization. Achievement of
goals increase efficiency that has been creating harmony with workers and converting
healthy working environment in an organization.
 Advantages of identifying workforce is necessary.
Research questions:
 Inclusive workforce within an organization?
 Strategies and initiative to be used organization for inclusive and diverse workforce?
 Advantages over having workforce?
Literature Review
Inclusive workforce in a company
According to (Enkel, Groemminger and Heil, 2018).Inclusive workforce in an
organization means those kind of people that has been belonging over various religion, age, sex,
talent, skills and experience which makes working of togetherness is being valued within an
organization. This is very important to make engagement of employees within an organization
and motivation is there over creativeness. Also working performance is being enhancing
performance eventually that is leading to make achievement of goals possible.
Strategies for building an inclusive and diverse workforce
In the view (Zwikael, O., Chih, Y.Y. and Meredith, J.R., 2018)lot of ways is being
helpful over building and inclusive workforce of an organization this leads in creating of
benefits in an organization to make goal and objectives achieved with efficiency. Engagement of
employees has to be increased through acceptance within workers. Also employee’s engagement
is going to increase an organizations perspective over leadership and making employees involved
in decision making through raising of value with ideas over taught. All this result over making
confidence with commitment towards and organization. Appraisal is also done upon the judging
of employees irrespective of difference that is helping in improvising of performance.

Advantages of having inclusive and diverse workforce
As per(Cooper Cary and Flynn, 2020)within the area of economic globalization within
companies that has been putting efforts which create over diverse workforce for making skills
and talents hiring of an organization. It helps in increasing various kinds of innovation and
creativity in an organization. This means that better the process higher the quality of product and
services to be manufactured in an organization. Inclusive workforce has been helping in making
boost in performance of workers and has to be focused on work. It helps in building strong image
of an organization within market which has been attracting customers and talented workforce of
an organization.
P2 Project management plan
These are being formed in order to make documentation of all the documents that has been
helping for making executive control that helps in monitoring of project. It helps in identification
of things that is very important to accomplish a task. Following essentials has been explained
over making project to be achieved with desired results.
 Cost: This is one of the most important part of a project which has been helping in
determination total cost that has been using to carrying of activities within a project that
is related over leading activities. It has been helping ascertaining of budget that is going
to leads to carry task in effective manner by using resources in optimized manner. The
total cost used in project is £68000. All this is required for utilizing over generating of
resources to complete all activities which is being related over the project to make desired
goals to be achieved.

 Time: This is also one of the most important factor that is required to make a project to be
completed within the required period of time with appropriate manner. This determines
accuracy within the time which is required to achieve results over research. Time of 3
weeks is required for this process.
 Scope: It is rated in order to determine documentation for specific goal that has to be
achieved with all important factors required for it. It relates to actions of project which
has to be performed through period and cost determination. It determines project scope to
take action needed. Quality: This deals with the kind of product that is being produced over the process and
is dependent over quality of data with production during project. It has its importance
over research for collecting data from reliable and authentic source which maintains
sources of high quality of in a product to be produced. Communication: This is one of the most important things that makes an organization
help in transferring of information regarding a project in efficient manner. That is why
communication has to be effective. Research is also done in effective manner by using
appropriate means like internet, computers and mobiles (Ul Musawir and et. al., 2017). Risk: It has been related over contingence that can occur when the project is being done.
This can impact quality and can also lead to demolition of project. It makes risk to be
analyzed and quality to be maintained.
 Resources: These resources is being required over using project during project for
making accomplishing of task. Also office, printers, mobile, phone is having various
resources that can be used within an organization.
P3 Gantt chart and WBS
Gantt chart: These are that kind of chart which is responsible for different time and has
been assisting over day to day activity which has been performed to make achieving of goals and
objectives within timely manner. It helps in achieving over adequate information regarding the
project that makes it more relevant.

Work Breakdown structure: This structure has been defined as a way of telling that
time which has been assigned for a particular task to remove complex nature of the task. Also
this imparts one of the most essential and reliable because of its easy management and control
over activity is sufficient. As per this all task has to be divided into various slots which are to be
achieved within a time period.

TASK 2
P4 Small scale research
Research is the process that has making finding and searching over various aspects on new
topic or idea. Data has to be collected from various sources and methods. That includes sources
like primary and secondary kind. Data can be quantitative and qualitative with sufficiency of
information (Raza and Waheed, 2018).
Quantitative method: In this kind of resources collection of data is done in form of
table, diagrams, statistic and other sources. Also under this output is being carried by various
resources and data collected is being analyzed. It done through questionnaire and graphical
representation of various factors.
Qualitative method: According to this research data has been collected in the form of
quality that has been using statement which has to be measured in form of research. Also
feedback is being collected over questions that has been answered by an open end method.
Observation has been used in providing of relevancy to facts and figures.
Two kind of sources are given as follows: Primary source: Under these sources data is going to be collected in form of surveys or
by doing various surveys. Also questionnaire, collecting of feedback and other sources

are their which comes under these sources. More authenticity and provides an relevant
information in adequate manner.
 Secondary sources: Under such sources the data has to be collected from an already
available medium which can be books, journals, articles, magazines and various others.
This is used for generating of relevancy with the researched data of adequate direction.
Accuracy and reliability of data
As primary source helps in gathering the first hgand information, it is accurate and
reliable as it helps the researcher in bringiong the opinion and experience of the sample
population. On the other hand the secondary data helps in getting the existing information which
is also accurate to some extent. From the perspective of researcher it is cost and time effective
and helps in conducting the research effectively.
Ethical issue-
While collecting the primary data, there are many issues which arises like privacy
concerns of the population or the safety issue. All these constitute the ethical issue which the
researcher faces and ensures the sample population that their information shall be safe and used
in legitimate manner.
Sampling: As per this process particular or relevant amount of people is going to get selected to
conducting of research upon them. The sample size of such research is 30 where employees have
been selected to collect the data of the sample..
Questionnaire
Quantitative questions
Q1) What does inclusive workforce means?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Included and dissimilar work that is required by an organization?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) Does diversity and equality exist in Sainsbury?

a) Yes
b) No
Q4) How varied workers is created in an organization?
a) Recruitment over in discrimination
b) Various kinds of work.
Q5) Meaning of included employees
a) Engaging of employee
b) Involvement in decision making
c) Indiscriminately valued
Q6) Importance of diversification in an organization?
a) Increasing innovation
b) Contradiction of organization
c) Competitiveness
Q7) How can an personal be helpful in involvement of employee?
a) Improvement and performance
b) Satisfaction at job
Q8) Benefits of having inclusive workforce of an organization?
a) Production increases
b) Employee increases retention
c) Brand image is improved.
Qualitative questions
Q9) Strategies helpful in building of dissimilar staff?
 Training and development
 Participative leadership
Q10) Implementation of strategy is done in an organization?
a) Changing of leadership style
b) Appraisal of performance
c) Equivalent opportunity

Q11) Recommendation
P5 Interpretation of findings
Q1) Do you know meaning of inclusive
workforce?
Frequency
Yes 10
No 20
From this graph it can be understood that 30 employees work in an organization and only
10 knew meaning of inclusive work environment and 20 has no idea about it. This makes clear
that workers are not aware about their role in business.
Q2) Included and dissimilar workers is
required for an organization?
Frequency
Yes 20
No 10
From this graph it can be seen that there are 30 employees in total and 20 workers has
various skills. Talents and abilities with inclusive decision making (Philbin, 2016). Rest 10 does
not agree over and is of opinion that no change is taking place. This makes goals to be achieved.
Q3) Is there existence of equality and
diversity in Sainsbury?
Frequency
Yes 15