Analyzing Strategies for a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce (Sainsbury)

This report delves into the critical aspects of managing a successful business project, focusing on the development of a diverse and inclusive workforce within an organization, using Sainsbury as a case study. The introduction highlights the increasing importance of a diverse workforce for competitiveness, outlining the need for varied skills, backgrounds, and experiences. Task 1 addresses the aims, objectives, and research questions, alongside a literature review on inclusive workforces and strategies to build them, including training and development programs. A project management plan is then presented, detailing cost, time, scope, quality, communication, risk, and resource considerations. The report also includes a Gantt chart and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Task 2 focuses on small-scale research, explaining both quantitative and qualitative methods, and primary and secondary sources. The report then interprets findings and provides recommendations. Finally, Task 3 offers a reflection on the project. The report aims to identify strategies and initiatives required by an organization for developing a diverse and inclusive workforce, with a focus on reducing inequality and promoting equality in the working environment.

Managing a Successful
Business Project

Table of Contents
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Aims and objectives..........................................................................................................3
P2 Project management plan..................................................................................................5
P3 Gantt chart and WBS.........................................................................................................7
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................1
P4 Small Scale research..........................................................................................................1
P5. Demonstrate the Interpretation of findings.....................................................................3
P6 Recommendations...........................................................................................................11
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................12
P7 Reflection........................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................14

TOPIC
“ In order toTo determine strategies and initiatives that is required by an organization for
developing of diverse and inclusive workforce”. Case study based on Sainsbury.
INTRODUCTION
The competition has been rising in the market on daily basis that has affected and
this lead towards change of scenario with the expansion of business. It is considered to be one of
the most important things of an employee within an organization as he should be having those
skills that are considered with the talent. It is going to lead over increasing coordination in order
to attain desired result in effective way. This makes development of an new trend of diverse
workforce within an organization. According to this the diverse workforce shall persists of
different types of skills, talents, background and experience all this has major role to play
towards competitiveness in market. Such kind of thing has an very important role that makes
goals and objective to be achieved . This assignment is based on Sainsbury which is a British
supermarket and multinational brand and headquartered in England. Different products are
being sold by this organization that contains daily used products and home care products also. In
this organization more than 450,000 employees are working over various outlets and shops that
is situated all over world. That is why it is important to have inclusive and diverse workforce that
has been explaining strategies that is applicable at work place. Research tools has to be used for
small scale research.
TASK 1
P1 Aims and objectives
Inclusive workforce has been dealing with diverse employees that are working within an
organization and adopting these employees is done by organization. In this workforce there has
to be diversity within employee of an organization. Such employees possess one of the most
important part that has to be played within an organization. As these employees are part of
decision making mechanism of an organization. This has been helping in making employees
attain strong commitments over working within an organization. Under this effective method is
being used that has been helping for achieving of goals and objectives that has made task

accomplishment possible that has to be achieved within time period specified. Also dispute and
issues that occur in an organization has to be solved by workers and developing of positive
environment within an organization.
Aim: “ Is to identify the importance of training and development over opportunities in
reduction of inequality with issues taking place at workplace ” Case study on Sainsbury.
Objectives:
 To identify the impact of inequality at workplace of an organisation.
 To explore ways for promoting equality in the working environment of an
organisation (Kuznetsov, Y. and Sabel, C., 2017).
 To determine the ways by which issue of inequality at workplace can be
eliminate by an organisation
Research Questions:
Research Questions:
 Inclusive workforce means?
 Strategies and initiative that has to be utilized within an organization for making
diverse workforce?
 Advantages and disadvantages of having inclusive workforce?
Literature Review
Inclusive workforce in a company
According to (Enkel, Groemminger and Heil, 2018) inclusive workforce is that kind of
workforce which consists of various things like cast, religion, age and having talent within
them .. This is very important from view point of creating equality among various elements of an
organization. This has been helping in creating equality among various elements of an
organization. It has been helping in making creating value of an organization. This is required by
an employee for engaging within an organization to motivate with creativeness and innovation
that is required to form inclusive environment that helps in increasing turnover of employees. It
makes an employees that has been involving within an organization has been innovating and
helping an organization to make its growth possible.
Strategies for building an inclusive and diverse workforce
Various strategies are there that has been existing within an organization and is required
to be helping in forming of workforce which is required to have inclusiveness within an

organization. This makes creating of benefit that has been helping in achieving goals and
objectives that has to be achieved in efficient manner. Training and developing program has been
helping for making employee understand working with coordination and togetherness. This has
been making tolerance at workplace and makes people understand with togetherness in working.
This leads upon increasing tolerance at workplace and make people understand working with
togetherness. Engaging of employees is very effective as it leads over generating of help by
using participative leadership. Also an employee should involve within the decision making that
makes value to be increased over ideas. This makes confidence and commitments within an
organization. Also there should be analysis of performance that makes commitment possible
within an organization. If performance is going to be praised that is going to lead over judging
employee over enhancement of performance with inclusive form of workforce.
Advantages of having inclusive and diverse workforce
Economic globalization of an organization that is required for making most important
impact over diverse workforce. It is required to be achieved because it makes impact upon
formation of diverse workforce this is done to make people having lot of skills and also talent
that is required within in an organization. This makes enhancement of employees that has to be
performed as per the work over working. Brand image is being improved in an organization as it
makes customers attracted that is based on talent in an organization. It makes enhancement of
performance in an organization possible
P2 Project management plan
A management plan is that kind of plan that has been making proper documentation
which needed for making approving of play in effective manner that enhances role of execution,
monitoring and controlling task. All this is helpful for determining goals and objectives has been
able to solve problem that has been helping in making a project to be completed. This has been
helping in determining essential components of project for attaining desired results.
Cost: This is one of the most important factor that has been helping in making a project of
equality to be accomplished in proper manner. It helps in arranging of finances and utilization of
it in proper manner and is required to be spend upon project training and development of equity
at workplace. Finances are required to provide financial stability within a project that has to be
completed as it provides monetary support that makes project to be completed.This makes
budget to be prepared according to requirement of an organization and task that has to be

achieved. For completing a task research is required to be made and total fund required for it is
£68000. It makes goal to be accomplished with more efficiency (Fehlmann and Kranich, 2017).
 Time: This is considered to be one of the most important factor that has been helping in
making task to be completed and is required within a particular period of time that has
been helping in achieving of task within time period given for it. Research is possible that
has been helping in managing parts of project in appropriate way. Time limit of a project
should be 3 weeks.
 Scope: Scope that has been forming equality in a project that should be very huge
and is required to be making achieving of legal aspect that has been fall under equity law.
This makes development of coordination between teammates.
 Quality: This is required to be achieved for making an project better that has been
reducing complications in a project. If an organization is having diverse workforce then
new ideas of developing better quality. Achieving of having equality without creating and
kind of discrimination. It makes quality to be achieved.
 Communication: There has to be better communication as this is going to lead over
making helpful in achieving of goals within an organization. If equity that is going to
make workplace better by developing togetherness among its members or employees.
This research is required to be certain devices that is internet, computers, mobile phone
and other devices

  Risk: This is going to be considered one of the most important factor that has been
making a project of equality and training process. If risk is not taken properly then it is
going to impact the growth of project and can also lead over me. Under this structure
various parts has been defined that are required to be assigned in order to achieve sub
task. This is going to remove all kind of complexity which can arise within the project. It
is considered to be very effective method that makes a task to be divided into various
parts within the time period specified for it. Taking and project getting banned. It is
required to be taken into consideration to take equality in an way that such factor has to
be taken into consideration to complete the project.
 Resources: These are considered to be one of most important part of a project which is
required during project. It includes office, printers, mobile phone, technical issues and
logistic in a resource. Making basic requirement of a project and without project this
cannot be achieved. All such aspect for making data to be collected. It has been take into
account as it impacts directly on quality of project work that includes data collection with
reliable source (HOONSOPON and PURIWAT, 2020).
P3 Gantt chart and WBS
Gantt chart: This is chart that is having various time lines which has been explained in
making deal over time period which has to be invested at various stages within an projects. This
has been making dealing over time that is required to make operations over day to day activities
in order to makes objectives to be achieved as time period specified. It uses project for making
achievement and accomplishment of task within time period that has been specified.

Work Breakdown structure: Under this structure various parts has been defined that are
required to be assigned in order to achieve sub task. This is going to remove all kind of
complexity which can arise within the project. It is considered to be very effective method that
makes an task to be divided into various parts within the time period specified for it. (Kris
Bailey, 2016).

Task 2
P4 Small Scale research
The formation of research is having systematic investigation that is being execute to gain
and procurement of knowledges on the specific topic and information for gathered in systematic
procedure where researcher would get optimum understanding of certain content. It contain two
types of data names as primary and secondary or in form of qualitative and quantitative which
helps to provide guidance for successfully finishes by researcher in sufficient manner.
 Quantitative method: This form of method in which the information is been gathered as
in form of arithmetic or mathematical implementation for better analysis the data. The
process of collecting the information by assorting tools of questionnaires, survey polls,
interview etc.
 Qualitative Method: According to the approach which is utilised by researcher while
gathering and procuring the information which is more based on non-numerical or
theoretical based data. As it support to make the critical understanding about topic as well
as considered the collection of data which is formulated in form of open ended
communication and interaction.
Primary Source: It is based on collection of various information as through evaluated
survey, group discussion, interviews from different references along with feedback consideration
which is conducted in the research for the first time (Kurpjuweit and Wagner, 2020).
Secondary Source: According the source a information is get collected through from
previously determined the data whose already having existence and researcher scrutinize the
information as per accordingly to analyse in effective way.
By selecting both primary and secondary source where to evaluating the information for
forming questionnaires and secondary source is assort to analysing the primary data of facts and
findings.
Sampling: According to this process researcher select the Simple Random Sampling and
the possible population size from wider range and to integrated research for gain the collective
outcomes.
Sampling Size: As researcher is selecting the 40 respondent as workforce from
Sainsbury company.
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Questionnaire: A details of written document where set of question is formulated on the
basis of present topic of project.
Questionnaire
Quantitative questions:
Q1. Do you understand the meaning of equality in workforce perspective?
a) Yes
b) No.
Q2. Do you agree that there is culture follows at your workplace?
a) Yes
b) No.
Q3. What is your Gender?
a) Male.
b) Female.
Q4. What is your Age?
a) 18-24.
b) 34-50.
Q5. What is your Sexuality?
a) Gay.
b) Heterosexual.
Q6. Promotion and Decision is been taken in fair manner?
a) Strongly agree.
b) Strongly Disagree.
Q7. What type of advantages of culture diversity uses in Sainsbury company?
a) Enhanced productivity.
b) Retention of Employees.
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c) Valuable brand image name.
Q8. How Sainsbury uses and develop inclusive workers in the company?
a) Reinforced execution
b) Accumulated job contentment.
Qualitative Questions
Q9. What are the initiative is been consideration by the Sainsbury in process to promote the
diverseness among employees?
a) Training and Development.
b) Performance Appraisal.
Qualitative questions
Q9) Strategies helpful in building of dissimilar staff?
1. Training and development
2. Participative leadership
Q10) Implementation of strategy is done in an organization?
 Changing of leadership style
 Appraisal of performance
 Equivalent opportunity
Q11) Recommendation
P5. Demonstrate the Interpretation of findings
Q1. Did you understand the meaning of equality
in workforce perspective?
Frequency
Yes 25
No 15
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