Strategies for Inclusive Workforce: Sainsbury's Case Study Report

This report examines the strategies for managing a successful business project, focusing on the development of an inclusive workforce, using Sainsbury's as a case study. The report begins with an introduction to the increasing importance of a diverse workforce and its impact on market competitiveness. Task 1 covers the aims and objectives of the project, including the identification of training and development opportunities to reduce inequality in the workplace. It also explores the impact of an inclusive workforce, strategies for creating a diverse workforce, and the advantages of such a workforce, supported by a literature review. The project management plan (P2) outlines the key components of the project including cost, time, scope, quality, communication, risk, and resources. The Gantt chart and WBS (P3) are used to visualize project timelines and task breakdowns. Task 2 involves small-scale research, including the use of quantitative and qualitative methods and questionnaires to gather data. The research questions address the meaning of an inclusive workforce, strategies for creating one, and its advantages. The interpretation of findings (P5) and recommendations (P6) are provided based on the research results. Task 3 includes a reflection (P7) on the project. The report concludes by summarizing the findings and providing references.

MANAGING OF
SUCESSFUL 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............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Small scale research..........................................................................................................9
P5 Interpretation of findings.................................................................................................13
P6 Recommendations...........................................................................................................27
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................28
P7 Reflection........................................................................................................................28
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................29
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................34
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TOPIC
“ Strategies is required to be determined with initiative that is going to be helpful in
an organization to mark out the development of inclusive workforce”. Case study 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 a 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 a very important role that makes goals
and objective to be achieved. Sainsbury is an organization that has been formed in UK in the
year 1869. Its headquarters is in England. This is a supermarket brand that sells all kinds things
from clothes to groceries. In this report things the are required to be covered is based on
inclusive and diverse workforce. Also strategies are to be explained that is helpful in making
working environment. In this file the research is to be done over small scale and tools are also
being used for this purpose.
TASK 1
P1 Aims and objectives
In this inclusive workforce is dealing with diverse employees that is being presented in an
organization and such is willing over adopting of these employees. In this workforce there
should be diversity within the employees of an organization. These employees are having an
important part to play within an organization. As they are involved in decision making
mechanism of an organization. This makes employees show strong commitments towards
working of an organization. Under this an effective method is there that has been helping to
achieve goals and objectives that has been leading towards accomplishment of task that has to be

achieved in the limited period of time. Also dispute and issues that has been occurring in an
organization is required to be solved by the workers and leading towards positive environment
within organization (Hjelmbrekke, Klakegg and Lohne, 2017).
Aim: “Is to identify the importance of training and development opportunities in reduction
of inequality issue within a workplace.” Case study on Sainsbury.
Objectives:
a) To identify the impact of inclusive workforce within an organisation.
b) To explore strategies and initiative is required to be used within an organization to create
diverse workforce
c) To determine the Advantages of having workforce
Research Questions:
a) Meaning of inclusive workforce?
b) What strategies and initiative is required to be used within an organization to create
diverse workforce?
c) What are the Advantages of having workforce?
Literature Review
Inclusive workforce in a company
As per Jayasuriya, (2020), an inclusive workforce in an organization means those person
having different kinds of characteristics and belong to different religion, age, sex, talent, skills
and experiences that has been making working with togetherness to be evaluated within the
organization. This has very important role as it makes employees to be engaged within an
organization and keeps them motivated. This leads to increase in equality and diversity which
enhances employee’s skills. Also makes goals and objectives of nan organization to be achieved.
Strategies for building an inclusive and diverse workforce
According to Eriksson, Larsson and Pesämaa, (2017), Different strategies are there within
an organization that has to be required upon helping in forming of workforce which makes
inclusiveness to be increased. This helps in achieving goals and objectives in more effective
manner. Various ways have been proven to be helpful in forming of inclusive workforce of an
organizational that makes creating benefits for an organization. Also engaging of employees has
to be increased that can be done through creating feeling of acceptance within workers. Also
employee's engaging is there to increase organizations perspective over both leadership and

employees. This has been involved in decision making which increases employee’s ideas,
innovative power and makes him an important part of an organization. All this has to be resulted
in uplifting of confidence with commitments towards an organization. Appraisal is also done by
judging employees irrespective of the differences that exists within them and improvises
performance.
Advantages of having inclusive and diverse workforce
As per Goggin and et. al., (2019), the area of economic globalization within an
organization has been putting efforts that has created diversification in workforce for making
skills and talent hiring within an organization. This makes increase in various kinds of
innovation and creativity within an organization. This means that better the process higher the
quality of both product and services that has to be manufactured in an organization. Also
inclusive workforce has been helping in making boost in the performance of workers and make
them 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
This means that when there has to be proper documentation that is required to get
approval and plays an important role in enhancing over the execution, monitoring and task
controlling. It has been helping over determination of objectives and goals that is helpful in
making project of equality be achieved at workplace. It makes all the problems that is related
over solving of any kind of problem that has been accruing during the project that is required to
be accomplished.
Also this is going to determine essential component of a project for attaining of desired result:
 Cost: This is one of the very important factors within a project that has been helping in
determining total cost which has been used in order to carry out activities that is related to
project. It has been helping in ascertaining of budget that makes carrying of task to be
achieved in proper manner. Total cost that has been used in project is
 . 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: It is an important factor that has been dealing with project and its task management
which means that completion of project within time period specified for it. This factors
makes sure that project has achieved accuracy in time to achieve results out of research.
Time take for it should be three weeks. Scope: This majorly deals with determination of documents that has made specification
of goal to be achieved and all factors required for it. It is related to action of project
through which period and cost is being determined to take action. Quality: In this product that has been made over process is dependent over quality of data
over production during project. This makes importance over research to make collection
of data to be produced (Fehlmann and Kranich, 2017). 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. Risk: This is also an important factor which impacts project equality and training process.
Risk taken for an organization can impact growth of project and lead over making project
banned. It has made consideration to take equality in a manner that these factors have to
be considered in the project.
 Resources: The resources that are required to be used during the project should be
making an positive impact on training of the project. It should not disturb the basic
principal of equality under the act.

P3 Gantt chart and WBS
Gantt chart: According to this chart has been able to detect the requirement of
accomplishment for day to day activity. The time period has been described within the chart is
based on the time that is required to be given to various part of the project. This makes objectives
and goals to be achievable within time period specified. Such effort is required over impacting
all kinds of factors responsible for achieving goals given in the task (Goggin and et. al., 2019).

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.

TASK 2
P4 Small scale research
Research is that kind of process which is helpful in marking or analysis of all the aspects
that has to be achieved over accomplishing in an particular task that has to be done over new
topic. Under this two resources are there that is primary and secondary resources. Under this
most important information should be given over various kinds of project which is going to be
helpful in collecting data in both qualitative and quantitative form (Fehlmann and Kranich 2017).
This provides a most important information about various project that is going to help in doing
research.
Quantitative method: This is very important method that is going to be used upon data
collection that is required to be collected from the statistics and other kinds of sources. Such
output is being required in order to carry out various norms and this makes person come to a
conclusion and gains output from the project. Data which has been generating through data
collection should be analysed this is going to make calculation of data possible. Accuracy and
certification of the data has to be done. Such data is represented through graphical form.
Qualitative method: According to this the research of data is required to be collected
over the quality and varied statement should be measured in research. It has to be conducted
through open end question or feedback that has to be taken into consideration. Information
should be collected in the form of observation, facilitation in idea with facts or figures (Falzani
and Kirkham, 2017).

 Primary source: As per the sources data is required to be collected from different kinds
of things like survey, questionnaire, collecting feedback is also been required under
various sources of this kind.
 Secondary sources: Under this research the data that is being collected has already been
compiled through newspaper, journals, articles and magazines. Data should be relevant
under adequate directions of research.
Sampling: According to the process number of persons is required to be selected and research
has to be conducted over them. The number of respondent in this research are 30.
Questionnaire
Quantitative questions
Q1) What is your gender?
a) Male
b) Female
Q2) What is your age?
a) 18-34
b) 25-34
c) 35-44
d) 45- 54
e) Over 55
Q3) What is your ethnicity?
a) With British
b) White Irish
c) Other white
d) Asian
e) Other
Q4) What is your sexuality?
a) Gay
b) Heterosexual
c) Transgender
Q5) Do you work full-time or part time
a) Full time

b) Part time
Q6) Do you work public or private employer?
a) Public Employer
b) Private employer
c) NGO
Q7) Among colleagues mostly are men or women
a) I work alone
b) Mostly men
c) Mostly women
d) Approximately same amount
Q8) Do you think it is fair to be a average gap of 10% pay between men and women in full-
time work?
a) Not fair
b) Sort of fair
c) Fair
Q9) In your current work you have bee promoted career wise?
a) Yes
b) No
C) There is no career opportunities
Q10) Promotion decision are taking fair in company?
a) Strongly Agree
b) Agree
c) Disagree
d) Strongly disagree
e) Neutral
Q11) I feel my compensation is fair, iterative to similar role in my company?
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Disagree
d) Strongly disagree
e) Neutral

Q12) The company policies discourage discrimination?
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Disagree
d) Strongly disagree
e) Neutral
Q13) Is your organization dedicated to diversify and inclusiveness?
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Disagree
d) Strongly disagree
e) Neutral
Q14) Does the company has an Equal opportunity policy or equivalent , to ensure non
discrimination against any type of demographic group including women?
a) Yes
b) No
Q15) All employees work in nice environmental place?
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Disagree
d) Strongly disagree
e) Neutral
Q16) Have you ever been harassed in your workplace?
a) Yes
b) No
c) I don't know
d) I don't want to answer
Qualitative questions
Q17) Strategies that is being required for building of included and dissimilar staff?
a) Training and development