BTEC HND Unit 6 Project: Equality and Diversity in ASDA (2019/20)

This project delves into the strategies and tactics employed to maintain equality and diversity within the workforce, using ASDA as a case study. The project begins by outlining aims and objectives, including research questions focused on inclusive workforces and diversity strategies. It then details a project management plan, encompassing cost, time, scope, quality, communication, risk, and resource management. A work breakdown structure and Gantt chart are produced to visualize project timelines and task assignments. The research methodology involves both primary and secondary methods to gather data, followed by the presentation of findings using appropriate tools and techniques. Finally, the project concludes with recommendations based on data analysis and reflection on the project's value in meeting stated objectives. The project covers project management, research methods, and provides a comprehensive analysis of diversity and equality in a real-world business context, with a focus on ASDA.

Equality and diversity in the
workplace

Table of Contents
Contents
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1) Devise project aims and objectives..................................................................................1
P2) Produce a project management plan................................................................................3
P3) Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart..................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P4) Carry out small scale research applying primary and secondary methods......................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P5) Present findings and data using appropriate tools and technique....................................9
P6) Communicate appropriate recommendation as result of findings and data analysis.....17
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................18
P7) Reflect on the value of undertaking the projects to meet stated objectives...................18
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................19
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................20

TOPIC
“To measure the different strategies and the tactics that helps to maintain the equality and
diversity in the workforce as in the company” A case study ASDA.
INTRODUCTION
The equality and diversity defines the different working standard of the company and
their behaviour reflects the better understanding of all the working employees. It states the equal
opportunity that is promoting by the company as in this all the employee’s gets the better
platform to enhance their working potential (Acurio, 2019). It is only possible with the most
skilled and the talented number of peoples thus they could work all together and helps to
company to achieve its goal in effective manner. Thus in this there a lot of people that belongs
from the different religion and different community having differ educational qualification as
well. In this company accept the diversity and provides equality to them by which they all feel
equal. This report is based on ASDA that is the British retailer of supermarkets and established
in 1949 having the headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They work with the 165000 number
of employees and having the 631 number of locations all across the world. This report includes
the project management, timeframe and the stages of the completion, primary and secondary
methods appropriate for the meeting aims and objectives. Furthermore includes the research that
is conducted with the help of different tools and techniques.
TASK 1
P1) Devise project aims and objectives
The inclusive workforce reflects the diverse culture of the company that shows the positive
attitude and belief of the employee towards the business. It raises the performance of each
individual as it motivates them and builds the inner zeal in them those up-raises their working
efficiency and thus they achieves their objectives and the skills with appropriate period of time.
It develops the supporting culture in which each of the employee’s works with better
understanding and works with more perfection (AYDIN, 2018).
Aim: “To measure the different strategies and the tactics that helps to maintain the equality
and diversity in the workforce as in the company” A case study ASDA
Objectives:
 To generate an information regarding inclusive workforce.
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 To determine the strategies and initiatives that can be taken by Tesco to create an
inclusive and diverse workforce.
 To recognize advantages of workforce within the company.
Research questions:
 What is a comprehensive workforce in company?
 Different strategies adapted by the business to emphasis equality and diversity.
 What are the advantages of having equality and diversity in a workforce?
Literature Review
Widespread workforce in a company
As per the viewpoint of Tim Eisenhauer, 2020, due to the weaker communication
manager is not able to add the change within the company in effective manner. The organisations
that work on the larger platform that must works with the larger number of diverse and that is
managed the better flow of information by the higher level of authority (Byrd, 2018). The size of
the company is not the problem but to convey the adequate information to all the diversified
people is the biggest problem. In this the straightforward project will be managed and in this the
priority is given to the employee. Thus the manager will be assigned to each group that has the
appropriate knowledge and have that much responsibility to manage the large number of
workforce.
Different strategies adapted by the business to emphasis equality and diversity
As per the viewpoint of Kimberlee Leonard 2019, the diversity is the work that consists
of the different complex issues and includes the people that belongs from the different
backgrounds and have different beliefs. There are some strategies that help the business to
address the diversity and accomplish the objectives of the company. First the issue will be
defined as the policy of the company includes the gamut as like gender issues, disabilities, sexual
harassment, religion etc. Thus company could implement the change as per the need and demand
of the company (Le Grand, 2018). Then the personal uniqueness will be highlighted in this
company accept the employee as per their differences and try to build the strength of the
business. The policy will be developed that are more adhering and emphasis the goals and
objective of the company after that the some different policies will be developed that is in the
favour of the company.
Advantages of having equality and diversity a workforce
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As per the viewpoint of Anja Zojceska, 2018, diversity includes the wide range of the
employees of different characteristic as like sexual orientation, languages, abilities, skills, race,
religion etc. To maintain the diversity and the equality is most important for the better workforce
that builds strongest reputation of the company (Coltman, 2019). It imparts the tangible benefit
to the company as it helps to take the better advantage from the competitive market. There are a
lot of benefits in the workforce as like higher innovation, higher engagement of employees,
better reputation of the company, huge variety of various prospects, enhances the profit, effective
decision making, improvise hiring results, enhances creativity, increases problem solving skills,
reduces the employee turnover ratio and many other factor as well.
P2) Produce a project management plan
The project management plan is the documented format that includes the different
operation that will implemented by the company within the business in order to gain the better
aggressive benefits from the huge competition (Lucash, 2019). With the help of this plan the
manager will control and monitor each and every activity that has been implemented within the
company in instruct to achieve its objectives in timely manner and insist some of the effective
results that are as defines as:
 Cost: It shows the total required amount that is required to successfully accomplish the
particular project. It has been assigned by the company to each and every task that is
performed to improvise the profitable ratio of the company. in order to allocate the cost to
the activities the funds are the most necessary component that is needed. On the other
hand to conduct the adequate research, researcher needs the specific amount of funds that
is equal to £68000 and with the help to this the researcher performs its research and
provide most appropriate outcome (Georgiadou, 2019).
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 Time: It is the suitable period of time that is required to accomplish the target within the
certain period of time. It reflects the total epoch of time that is required for the researcher
to get the effective result. It is mandatory to assign the time to the task as it provide the
relevancy and an estimated target under which the project could be accomplished. The
researcher needs the 3 weeks period of to get the superior ending (Georgiadou, 2019).
 Scope: It is the affordability of the project and includes the list of objectives that would
be achieved in timely manner. it includes the different functions, cost, derivatives, set
marks, features and many other to fulfil the basic requirement of the project with more
satisfactoriness. It is required because in this researcher achieve its objective by proper
controlling and monitoring.
 Quality: It reflects the adequacies of the projects that could be attain by marinating the
balance implementation of all the data as per in time. In this the researcher collects the
data from the reliable and the required sources. It helps to maintain the effectiveness of
the research and brings valuable result within the company.
 Communication: It shows the better flow of the information in between all the members
that takes part in a team and makes their efforts to gain achieved superior conclusion. It is
necessary for the team as by which they could have clear goals and knows what to be
achieved and how to be achieved. It makes the strong connection in between the
employees and imparts more courage in them. It could be done with the help of internet
connections and conducting meetings by which everyone is more aware about the
requirement of the business.
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Information Receiver Method of
communication
Sender
Aims and
objectives
Students Email Researcher
Research
methodology
Students Email Researcher
Data collection
and analyses
Students Email Researcher
 Risk: It is the form that could be parallels comes with the success or it might resist the
working performance and the abilities of the team (Georgiadou, 2019). It is required to
get measure and analyse the different risk and convert them into the opportunity for the
business. It is analysed to get know about the different barrier and to control that with
more excellence. Further, ASDA must takes around a month to make the better policy to
get apply that within the company and it takes approximately one month and thus they
must analyse the risk and ensure that better profit will get generate.
 Resources: These are the different sources that are required to make the better execution
of all the relevant data that furthermore helps to gain the better advantage. It includes the
printers, skilled employees, mobile networks and many other forms that make more
easiness for the project to get completed within the timely manner. The material sources
and the internet sources are more vital for their research. As the research will get conduct
more based up upon the internet, team members, respondents, laptops etc.
P3) Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart
Gantt chart: It is the chart that is defined by the Henry Gantt that defines the bar graph
that demonstrates the different activities that are as like the total period of time that is exempted
in the particular activity and reflects the schedule of the certain task. It could be used to measure
the successful percentage of the task and to ensure that objective of the project will be
accomplished within the timely way. It has the lot of importance as it provides the adequate and
accurate resulted information of the project that imparts more relevancies (Jonsen, 2019).
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Work Breakdown structure: It is the hierarchical decomposition of the deliverable
orientation of the total work that is includes in the fastidious project and get performed by the
team members. In this the total project will be divided into the several segments by which better
outcome will be attained with lot more relevancies and capability.
TASK 2
P4) Carry out small scale research applying primary and secondary methods
Research is the systematic approach of the investigation of the different data that is
provides or collected from some relevant sources. It has been conducted to get more information
about some of the relevant data that are required to make more beneficial conclusions. It is the
type of research includes the primary and the secondary research from with the data will be
collected that helps to make the qualitative and the quantitative results (Jozwiak, 2019).
Quantitative method: It is the method through which the data and the result will be
collected from the graphs, statistics, mathematical impressions, tabular formats etc. As from this
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the conclusion has been achieved with more attractiveness and in provides the adequate results.
The information will be summarised from the different formulation and optimization of
mathematical implementation. It could also be attain with the help of questionnaire and the
survey output that is in the form the graphical representation.
Qualitative method: It is the type of research in which the result will be achieved in the
form of statements that reflects as from the different methods that could be achieved as from the
open ended questionnaire. In this result would be attains by collecting the required feedback
from the certain number of peoples. In this result might have developed in term of individual
reach or easiness that didn’t provide the appropriate outcome (Kamenou-Aigbekaen, 2019).
 Primary source: It is the source in which the data is collected for the very first time by
conducting different survey and the by analysing the market uncertainties. It has more
generosity as it provides more accurate result that is collected by putting a lot of efforts.
 Secondary sources: It is the source in which the data and the information will be
collected as from the different already published data that are as from the magazines,
journals, financial reports, articles etc. It provides the relevancy to the researched data
and also provides the path that research will be contained in right direction (Quinlan,
2019)
Sampling: In this the appropriate number if people will be targeted and then research will be
conducted by collecting the different information from that targeted market. In this the sample
size of this research is 30.
Questionnaire
Quantitative questions
Q1) Did do you understand the tern equality and diversity?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Do you think that equality and diversity is vital for company?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) Does equality and diversity exist is ASDA?
a) Yes
b) No
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Q4) How could the worker be treated in the company?
a) Indiscriminate recruitment
b) Having variety of work
Q5) What do you mean by integrated employees?
a) Engaged employees
b) Include in decision making
c) Valued indiscriminately
Q6) Is diversity is imperative within the company?
a) Increased innovations
b) Reputation of company
c) Competitive edge
Q7) How can equality and diversity assist employees?
a) Improved performance
b) Increased job satisfaction
Q8) What are the profit of equality and diversity within the company?
a) Increased productivity
b) Increased employee retention
c) Better brand image
Qualitative questions
Q9) State the different strategies that help to build equality and diversity with the employees?
 Training and development
 Participative leadership
Q10) How these strategies are implemented in the business?
a) Change in leadership style
b) Performance appraisals
c) Equal opportunities to all
Q11) Recommendation
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TASK 3
P5) Present findings and data using appropriate tools and technique
Q1) Did do you understand the tern equality and
diversity?
Frequency
Yes 15
No 15
Yes
No
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Frequency
Frequency
As from the above graph it is summarised that out of 30 numbers of employees 15
number of people are understand the term equality and diversity while the rest 10 employees
didn’t have any understanding related to the equality and diversity. It shows that employee has
equal amount of awareness about the equality and diversity and it affect the working behaviour
of the employee. It helps to raise the questions as of it provides more satisfaction within the
employees.
Q2) Do you think that equality and diversity is
vital for company?
Frequency
Yes 25
No 5
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