Positive, Ethical, and Economic Impact of Globalisation: John Lewis

This report examines the impact of globalisation on the business operations of John Lewis, a UK-based departmental store chain. The report explores the positive, ethical, cultural, and economic importance of globalisation on various business functions. It includes an introduction outlining the project's goals, research methods, and objectives, focusing on how globalisation influences labor migration, marketing, and overall business expansion. The research plan details project scope, timeframes, and risk assessment, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including primary and secondary data collection. The report also includes a work breakdown structure and Gantt chart to aid in project management, emphasizing cost control, quality assurance, and effective time management. The aim is to analyze the impact of globalisation on John Lewis's business and provide recommendations for successful business expansion.

Managing a successful
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Introduction
In business world, every company wants their project to be launched and managed
successfully in order to attain the predefined goals (Adzic, 2011). So, it is the responsibility of
manager of company to manage their operation and project to bring effective result that will
increase the productivity and profitability of company. In this context the John Lewis is selected
to understand the importance of managing project successfully. It is a chain of departmental store
and had branches in different part of UK.
In this report, main aim is to establish project, purpose and time period, different method
of research and data collection and important tools and techniques are shown. The report
discusses appropriate recommendations as a result of research and data analysis to draw valid
and meaningful conclusions. Report also shows the value of doing research that help to
accomplish targeted objective. It will help to sustain long term market sustainability and improve
performance.
Write about the following:
 Economic impact-Economic and environmental problems show few signs of
improvement for large share of world's people but when it comes to external debts
levels,weak export and real economic growth that can build relationship with
environmental and environmental problems that can be seen linked to agriculture and
urban activity.
 Culture impact- Their is a great impact of factor on what type of culture that a particular
individual can belongs which can determines to make resources which can make a
developed economy in today's economy.
 Ethical impact- Business decisions influence employees, customers , suppliers and
competitors , while company operations affect communities , government and
environment. To evaluate social and ethical impact of these decisions and activities ,
people have to divide their particular into categories, that can make business has a
negative impact in a particular category.
Background of the Research
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In present era, Globalisation is defined as the process through which business entity
impact international market by exploring their business activities in different part of world.
Marketing also plays an important role in expanding business of company as it makes individual
aware about product and services offered by company (Ariely, 2012). So basically it is related to
making suitable and faithful changes in business process of company to makes their business
project more successful at national level. It is observed that influence of globalisation on
activities and operation of business is pervasive and extensive. So, John Lewis wants to set
competitive price for their product so that they can easily expand their business at global market.
In general, the main aspect of globalisation involves advance technology, effective strategies of
business an international trade etc.
Topic: Positive, ethical, cultural and economic importance of globalisation different
business functions within company, “A Case of John lewis”.
Objective of research:
 To analyse the concept of globalisation in respect to John Lewis.
 To calculate the impact of globalisation to increase the level of labour migration between
different nations.
 To reckon economical and ethical influence of globalise activity on marketing in
company.
 To recommend the manner by which John Lewis could explore its business activities
with success at national level.
Question:
 What are the Idea of Globalisation to John Lewis?
 How to evaluate the influence of globalisation in order to increase level of labour
migration?
 How to reckon influence of globalise activity on marketing to John Lewis?
Research Plan
Project Title Positive, ethical, cultural and economic importance of
globalisation different business functions within
company, “A Case of John lewis”.
Project Plan
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Company Name: John Lewis
In general, project management plan involves the
different concepts of project that must be consider to
make effective and valuable outcomes (Coker, 2014).
These aspects are cost, quality, time etc. So it is the
duty of project management to create suitable and
faithful plans, organise in well manner implement
these plan and support to achieve pre-determined goals
and objective at a particular time frame. Therefore, the
management of John Lewis require to follow the
above mention aspect in order to ascertain the
upcoming growth and development opportunities and
make their existing project run successful. Basically
the project management plan in an important
document that help manager of John Lewis to allot
work and duties to each employees of company.
Cost This is considered to be an amount incurred by
companies to run their business project. Manager of
company always tries to control or minimise their cost
in order to increase profit. Thus management of John
Lewis tries to control or reduce their cost involved in
production process that help them to run business
successfully and maximise profit. To run and perform
well at global market company must provide goods to
customer at faithful prices that will support to sustain
in global market.
Scope This is basically related to kind of opportunities that
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help companies to expand their business at national
level. So It is very significant for manger of John
Lewis to use the basic concept of marketing function
so that they can reach at global level (Nicholas and
Steyn, 2017). Thus, there is wide scope for John Lewis
to make advantage of globalisation and expand their
business in different countries so they can generate
huge profit. Therefore, marketing team plays a vital
role by exploring business to large number of people
and making them aware about the product offered by
John Lewis. The scope of research is wide that help to
attain the future goals.
Time This is defined as the actual time period require to
complete a particular project that will deliver valuable
outcome and increase the productivity and
performance of company. Therefore, it is the duty of
manger to fix a time period for every project and make
sure that it performs accordingly (Fisher, 2011). In
John Lewis the manager set time period for their
employer and ensure that these project are executed
and managed well. Thus predetermined guideline help
worker to work with their entire potential and make
company achieve goals at global level. The actual time
taken is 5 weeks to complete the research work.
Quality This is considered to be one of the most important
aspect of project management plans. As for growth
and success organisation offer best quality of product.
Thus to maintain good image and sustain well global
market John Lewis must offer best superior goods that
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attract more customer. The research quality must be
considering at the most valuable one which do not hurt
the respondent and must be done in legal form.
Risk This is also considered to be an essential factor that
can affect the business operation and reduces the
performance and productivity of company. It is
defined as “no risk no gain” that means without taking
risk in business operation company will not be able to
earn sufficient profit. So it responsibility of marketing
team of John Lewis to make effective strategies and
plans to deal with uncertainties and increase business
at global level. There are different types of risk at
global level that are faced by John Lewis such as
exchange rate, sudden changes in government policies,
economy instability etc. If marketing department of
John Lewis does not have complete information and
not prepared with effective plans than these risk may
reduce their productivity. In order to accomplish the
research project there may be a risk that will reduce
the financial position of company.
Type of Research In general, research methodology is described as the
systematic approach of examining the different factors
that are significant for researcher (Research
Methodology, 2018). These methods help to execute
effective research that will deliver effective result.
These methods are discussed below:
Qualitative: With the help of this approach
researcher basically focus on gathering useful
information of qualitative means (Intriligator, 2017).
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The collect data with well supported facts and figures
those are subjective to research. Researcher use to
collect, interpret and analyse the behaviour of
individual those are part of research.
Quantitative: With the help of quantitative
research methods researcher primarily focus to collect
and measure data in numeric form. Thus researcher
require adequate knowledge and skills that help to
interpret data and determine the valid conclusion at the
end of survey.
So from, the above mention methods
researcher adopts qualitative approach to get more
reliable and accurate information and draw conclusion
related to the topic.
Primary: This type of research helps to collect first-
hand information through different means like
questionnaire, surveys and even personal interview
etc. It will provide appropriate and best result to the
relevant topic.
Secondary: This method is related to collecting of
information through indirect sources that will give
relevant information and support evidence related to
topic. Such as newspaper, articles, sampling etc.
Work Breakdown Structure for the Project
It is said to be one of the structure that is follow with the motive of dividing the work into
small unit. This is related to division of business activities in small project that help in
performing and completing a task in effective and accurate manner at a predefined period of
time. It is beneficial for manager of company to easily look upon small part of work and increase
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their performance and productivity. In respect to project management, it is helpful to divide and
allocate large project or task into small project and elements so that it helps to reduce the reason
of future risk and issues that might be faced by employees while executing different task. It is
important for the John Lewis company to follow specific hierarchy during the project planning.
It should make easy for an organisation to divide their work load on each level so that chances of
mistakes can reduced within the planning phases. Henceforth, it can lead to an effective aspect
for the company to determine overall growth and business of an organisation (Furlong, 2013).
Gantt chart:
This is related to a type of graphical representation of time period that help manager of
company to make useful plans and track the certain business activities related to project. Thus, it
delivers valuable result to particular project in future time period. This help employees of
company to track the actual time taken by them to attain the predefined goal and objective in
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fixed time frame. As per provided information, a Gantt chart is formulated for John Lewis. In
this, task of project is divided based on expressed time-frame.
Research Methodology and Data Collection
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Research methodology - It is a methodology through which researcher gather
information by using different sources. In this procedure, data has been represented through
different approaches.
Questionnaire - A Questionnaire is defines as a research instrument that consists of set
of questions or other types of prompts that aims to collect information from a respondent .
QUESTIONNAIRE
Name:
Age:
Address:
Q1) Are you familiar with the concept of Globalization?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Is government helps in expanding business operation at global level?
a) Yes
b) No
Q 3) In which department organisation can see potential improvement?
A) HR department
B) Accounts department
C) Marketing and sales department
D) Research and development department
Q4) What can be favourable results of Globalisation that may receive by John Lewis?
a) Desired marketplace
b) Landscape economical scale
c) Free trade
d) All of the above
Q5) What can be the major resources that are required for John Lewis at time of
Globalisation?
a) Financial resources
b) Technical resources
c) All of the above
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Q 6) Which department function should perform better for globalization?
A) Marketing
B) Human resource function
C) Finance function
Q7) What can be the major consequences that faced by John Lewis When reaching at
different countries?
a) Maximum number of existing rivalries
b) Labour migration among countries
c) Heighten trade
d) All of the above
Q8) What can be the major activities that are required while conducting business
activities at global level?
a) Training for employees
b) Implementation of advance technology
c) Management of funds and resources
Q9) What are the major challenges faced by John Lewis at the time of globalisation?
a) Brand loyalty among customers
b) Reduction in employment growth rate
c) Unfair working environment
Q10) Any Suggestions for further improvement........................................
Data collection: This is related to collecting of useful and relevant data according to the
specific topic of research through help of primary and secondary method (Pekuri and et. al.,
2014). These are discussed below:
Sampling: This process of choosing restricted respondents which represents their
thoughts as for whole population. Such individual consider worker, targeted group etc. By using
such method, the researcher choice 10 respondents as a sample size of population that will help
them to provide suitable result (Mhamed, 2012.).
Q1) Are you familiar with the concept of Globalization?
A ) Yes 8
B ) No 2
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