Examining Workplace Equality and Diversity Challenges: H&M Report

This report examines the critical aspects of managing equality and diversity in the workplace, focusing on the challenges and potential solutions within the context of Hennes & Mauritz (H&M). The report begins with an introduction highlighting the importance of equality and diversity for business success, setting the research aim to explore challenges and identify resolutions. Task 1 defines the research objectives, questions, and methodologies, including project management plans and work breakdown structures. Task 2 delves into the research methods, including qualitative and quantitative approaches, data collection tools (questionnaires), sampling, and ethical considerations. The report includes a sample questionnaire designed to gather insights from employees. The report also contains a performance review, presentation slides, and a logbook to provide a comprehensive overview of the research process and findings. The analysis explores the challenges related to equality and diversity within the workplace, and the impact on business performance, with recommendations for improvement.

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Table of Contents

Title..................................................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1
P1............................................................................................................................................1
P2)...........................................................................................................................................3
P3)...........................................................................................................................................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................5
P4)...........................................................................................................................................5
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................8
P5)...........................................................................................................................................8
P6).........................................................................................................................................16
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................17
P7).........................................................................................................................................17
References......................................................................................................................................18
PART 2 PERFORMANCE REVIEW...........................................................................................20
PART 3: PRESENTATION..........................................................................................................21
Covered in PPT.....................................................................................................................21
PART 4: LOGBOOK.....................................................................................................................22

Title
To examine the different challenges that may arise out of equality and diversity in the
workplace and appropriate measures could be taken to resolve them.
Introduction
In the present current business condition organizations are basically worry over achieving
higher development and achievement. Hence, managing successful business project mainly
refers as the primary obligation of the management is to effectively lead the business operations
to gain progression and success (Asrar-ul-Haq and Anwar, 2016). The report contains the study
about the need for a business to administer equality and diversity within working environment in
the manner of enhancing overall business performance. Thus, in this overall analysis is being
executed over Hennes & Mauritz, thus it is a huge Swedish worldwide apparel retail
organization, which has its significant worry over overseeing equity and decent variety with
regards to improving their tasks and movement. For overseeing fruitful business venture point
and destinations are created to direct the investigation in right manner and project management
plan has been developed through considering different aspects like scope, time, resources, cost,
quality, communication and so on, to guide the work and work break down structure and Gantt
chart has been developed to managing the entire project in appropriate way. In addition to this,
small scale investigation has been executed through the assistance of considering g qualitative or
quantitative investigation and analysis of the research has been conducted with the support of
questionnaire (Helmreich and Merritt, 2019). Furthermore recommendation has been developed
to make changes in the possible areas to enhance business performance and reflection has been
developed over own experience gained through the particular analysis.
Task 1
P1.
Management of an investigation is important for the businesses to achieving potential
progression and accomplishment, thus it basically valuable for the businesses or its management
to gain progression with the effective completion of the project. Equality mainly bases over
providing equal opportunity to the people at workplace and diversity is encompasses over hiring
people from different culture, background, gender and so on for the purpose of strength the
workforce of the business. The potential reason for executing this individual research is that
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equality and diversity are recognised to be the major issue by which businesses are facing a lot
issue and needs to be overcome for the manner of enhancing business operations (Landy and
Conte, 2016). The another expectation for coordinating this assessment is the individual energy
of the examiner as the specialist needs to investigate own thought and information according to
this particular region to improve individual just as expert information. In this investigation H&M
is the picked association, in this manner it is an enormous Swedish global attire retail
organization, which is for the most part be in thought as a result of its special and quick design
garments for men, ladies, kids and young people. The organization was established in the time of
1947 by the expected endeavors of Erling Persson. The headquarter of the firm is in Stockholm,
Sweden. The firm is operational with around 126,376 workers who are contributing their
noteworthy endeavors in the movement of the business (Gannon and Pillai, 2015). For picking
up development the administration of the firm is worry over overseeing uniformity and assorted
variety at work environment, in this way for appropriate execution of the undertaking point and
destinations are created which are portrayed as underneath:
Research Aim
To examine the different challenges that may arise out of equality and diversity in the
workplace and appropriate measures could be taken to resolve them. A study on Hennes &
Mauritz.
Research Objectives
 To critically enhance recognition in relation to the concept of equality and diversity in the
terms of business.
 To articulate the issues and challenges that are arises due to equality and diversity within
Hennes & Mauritz.
 To determine the potential need for a business to manage equality and diversity at
workplace to enhance business performance.
 To analyse the suitable measures that could be taken by Hennes & Mauritz to resolve the
issue of equality and diversity.
Research Questions
 What is the concept of equality and diversity in the terms of business?
 What are the major issues and challenges that are arises due to equality and diversity
within Hennes & Mauritz?
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 What is the potential need for a business to manage equality and diversity at workplace to
enhance business performance?
 What are the suitable measures that could be taken by Hennes & Mauritz to resolve the
issue of equality and diversity?
P2)
A single project is segmented into various parts which consists of many activities and the
project manager forms the activities in such a way that it leads to the achievement of project
ultimate objective and goal. A project needs to observe, directs and control the activities when
and where required. As the company H&M has taken a project for conducting a search which is
related with the topic of equality and diversity also needs proper planning and execution to
achieve the standard objective. And to make the whole project successful, it management is very
much necessary (McDaniel and Gates, 2013). There are some aspects which needs to get
considered in a project, they are as follows:
Cost: Cost is considered as a paramount factor before starting up of any project. every project
has a cost, similarly this project of conducting market research is also has a cost which is been
decided by the H&M team. For this particular project they have tried to allot 200 pounds for
conducting this project. This cost has been set after analyzing the factors which would be
includes into the same along with their cost involved. The bifurcation for 200 pounds is as:
Description Cost
Cost for primary surveys 50£
Requirement of equipment 40£
Travel cost 35£
Management cost 75£
Total amount 200£
Scope: here the scope involves the areas, time, sample and the method and the like which the
company would have plan for the project. In research the organization would be taking the view
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of all the employees, sample method would be primary as the first hand data or the information
would be collected and then analyze.
Resource: It involves the materials, equipments, humans and the like which are required during
the conduction of this research (Foot, Life and Heep, 2012). The resource which may be
involved is finance, human resource who has the duty or the responsibility in conducting the
research and required materials.
Time: Time refers to the total time that would be needing for conducting and competition of this
project. For this project, a time duration of a month is required (Irwin and Springgay, 2017).
Risk: Risk is the threats towards which the project is prone with. There can be risk of
manipulation of data or information, irrelevant survey or conclusion, leakages of personal data
and etc.
P3)
Work break down structure
It may be considered as the best framework for separating all strategic policies in regard of
finishing business in given timespan. It is most utilized idea in each business firm for passing on
strategic approaches into various parts (Brannen, 2017). This structure generally helps in
accomplishing legitimate destinations and objectives in given time period. This is for the most
part grasp by business affiliations in order to diminish the rest of the weight from the labourers.
(Source: Work Breakdown Structure 2017)
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Illustration 1: Work breakdown structure

Gantt Chart
It might be depicted as the sort of diagram which helps in execution of business practices in
a fitting way (Fletcher, 2017). This method can be considered as the practical time the load up
plan which designate the perfect open door for each endeavor in order to truth completing of
whole work. This method is logically fruitful in depicting time scale for any undertaking.
Task 2
P4)
In better execution of this present research based on analysing the different challenges that
may develop out of fairness and assorted variety in the workplace and appropriate measures
could be taken to decide them,, suitable selection of methodologies are associated as under:
Research Methods: The determination of examination approach is the essential thought of the
analyst as the whole examination chiefly dependent on qualitative and quantitative research
method (Bauer, Matzler and Wolf, 2016). thus the proper description of these two aspect are
associated as under:
Qualitative Research: This is a viable tool of exploration methodology as in this data is
assembled based on subjective methods. This part is successful in aggregation of non-numeric
information.
Quantitative research: This perceived as the another indispensable method that can be grasped
through the examiner in order to get-together dependable information as numeric perspectives as
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in this information are accumulated as statistical and mathematical aspects (Ledford and Gast,
2018).
With regards to this current examination work, both subjective and quantitative
exploration has been applied by the researcher along these lines blended examination is basic in
amassing of data that depend on qualitative and quantitative the two aspects (Yi, Ribbens and
Cheng, 2015).
Data Collection tools: This part is principally comprises on two significant components as
information is chiefly aggregated through primary and secondary device of data collection tools
(Flick, 2015). In the ebb and flow research both essential comparatively as optional devices are
applied by the investigator, thusly primary source is proper in execution of overview as in this
information is collected through making questionnaire that covers the point and focuses in
fruitful manner and on the contrary secondary apparatuses are applied to making speculative
structure by the help of books, journals, appropriated assessment articles, etc.
Sampling: It is the best part that is depend upon the execution of respondents through the
principal populace, this part relies upon two unmistakable sources like probabilistic and non-
probabilistic sampling devices (Kumar, 2019). In the current territory of work information has
been accumulated through applying random sampling tool from the most effective aspect of
sampling probabilistic tool, thus, this is effective in making appropriate selection of respondents,
Therefore, for execution of the current investigation dependent on the zone of equality and
diversity sampling size of 40 has been taken into actual actions to generate valuable outcome.
Ethical Consideration: In the execution of an examination it is significant for the scientist to
follow the exploration morals in regard to better execution of the venture in successful way
(Bresler and Stake, 2017). The fundamental responsibility of the researcher is to ensure their
individuals about the prosperity and security of their private information and specialist likewise
needs to give confirmation to keep up classification of their private information. Moreover, the
specialist needs to oversee the authenticity of sources from where information are requires to
gather. Besides, researcher needs to plan a systematic time frame to completion of the project
within the provided time span (Mackey and Gass, 2015).
Questionnaire
Name:
Age:
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Gender:
Email:
Q1) Do you have a fitting comprehension according to the part of equity and assorted variety
with regards to business?
Yes
No
Q2) According to your point of view, is it required for the organizations to oversee equity and
assorted variety at work environment?
Yes
No
Q3) From your point of view, what are the significant significance of overseeing uniformity and
assorted variety at work environment?
Wider talent pool
New perspective
Broader service range
Developing employee engagement
Q4) According to your, see what advantages are basically achieved by Hennes and Mauritz due
to overseeing fairness and assorted variety at work environment?
Conflict Reduction and Resolution
Reduction in employee turnover
Inclusion and Diverse workforce
Increasing creativity
Q5) As per your opinion, what key challenges are arises due to equality and diversity at
workplace?
Acceptance and Respect
Ethnic and Cultural Difference
Language and Communication
Gender unequality
Q6) According to your view, in what manner management of equality and diversity influences
the operations of a business?
Positive
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Negative
Neutral
Q7) According to your view, what critical measures could be select by Hennes and Mauritz to
address the issue of equity and decent variety at work environment?
Provide equal and diverse training
Equal opportunity distribution
Effective policy implementation
Encouraging communication
Q8) according to your point of view, the reasonable administration of equity and decent variety
is powerful for Hennes and Mauritz in advancing correspondence and assorted variety at work
environment?
Yes
No
Q9) Render suitable suggestions for Hennes & Mauritz to improvise their business operations
through managing equality and diversity at workplace.
Task 3
P5)
For undertaking the investigation based on the area of examine the different challenges that
may develop out of correspondence and grouped assortment in the workplace and reasonable
measures could be taken to decide them, topical examination has been applied by the analyst as it
is most imperative source in which themes are implemented over the questions that are
incorporates over the questions of questionnaire and the presentation of the data has been shown
via developing frequency table and creating graphs, charts and diagrams (Silverman, 2016).
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Thematic Analysis
Theme 1) Individual having a fitting appreciation practically identical to the piece of
reasonableness and not too bad assortment with respect to business..
Q1) Do you have suitable appreciation as per the piece of value and blended
grouping according to an organsaition?
Frequency
Yes 38
No 2
Interpretation:
According to the descriptive examination official over the region of equity and diversity
has been executed over deciding the comprehension of individuals concerning the particular
region and 38 out of 40 respondents are having proper acknowledgment about the territory of
equity and decent variety according to their view it is the most proficient zone for thought
furthermore, remaining people are not in favor with identical to per their view they are not
having appropriate idea in regards to the proportionate..
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Theme 2) It is required for the organizations to oversee equity and diversity within a business
regiont.
Q2) According to your point of view, is it required for the organizations to
oversee equity and assorted variety at work environment?
Frequency
Yes 39
No 1
Interpretation:
From the depiction gave by the above given talk it has been recognized that 39 out of 40
people are troubling that it is required for the associations to supervise correspondence and better
than average assortment at working environment along these lines it is fundamental for the
organizations to increase higher development and achievement subsequently extra individual
isn't in favor with proportionate to per their view it isn't that much required for the associations to
regulate balance and arranged assortment.
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