Strategies for Developing an Inclusive Workforce: ASDA Case Study

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of strategies for developing an inclusive and diverse workforce, focusing on a case study of ASDA. The report begins with an introduction highlighting the increasing importance of workforce diversity in today's competitive market. Task 1 outlines the aims and objectives of the research, including a literature review on inclusive workforces and strategies for building them, and a project management plan including cost, time, scope, quality, communication, risk, and resources. A Gantt chart and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) are also included. Task 2 details the research methodology, including quantitative and qualitative methods, sampling techniques, and a questionnaire. The interpretation of findings from the research is presented, along with recommendations for ASDA. Finally, Task 3 provides a reflection on the research process and the overall conclusion of the study. The report emphasizes the benefits of an inclusive workforce, such as increased innovation, improved brand image, and enhanced employee satisfaction.

SUCESSFUL BUSINESS
PROJECT

TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Aims and objectives...............................................................................................................4
P2 Project management plan.......................................................................................................6
P3 Gantt chart and WBS..............................................................................................................7
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................10
P4 Small scale research.............................................................................................................10
P5 Interpretation of findings......................................................................................................12
P6 Recommendations................................................................................................................20
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................21
P7 Reflection.............................................................................................................................21
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................21
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................22

TOPIC
“This has to be determined as the strategies which are very helpful to an
organization in order to develop an inclusive workforce”. Such case study has to be taken
upon ASD plc’’.
INTRODUCTION
Competition in market is being increasing day by day for organization seeking to
expand its business. This is an important thing for an worker and is going to help in enhancing of
skills with talent in them. It is going to result into achieving of objectives and goals at faster
rate. Also is going to result in forming of better coordination and diverse workforce is very much
necessary because it has an importance towards gaining of competitive edge in market. A diverse
workforce also creates skill, talent, background and experience which is helpful in achieving of
healthy competition in market. This makes workforce very much efficient and fill with
uniqueness of performing business activities. Workforce is required working environment that
leads towards achieving of objectives in an organization. ASDA is a British multinational
supermarket that was established in 1949. Headquarters is being set in Leeds and has around
450000 employees with 6800 shops that are present oversees also. In this file a research has to be
conducted over inclusive and diverse workforce. Further in this file strategies has to be explained
to form diverse form of workforce. Also how diverse workforce is helpful in gaining diversity in
workforce. All this is to be covered in the research that has to be done over small scale with
applicability of appropriate tools.
TASK 1
P1 Aims and objectives
Researcher has found that workforce consists of those employees under which a diverse
nature is there and is also present in its work force has helped an organization in gaining
diversity with working pattern in an organization. Due to this employees are being considered as
a valuable part of organization which makes him feel motivated. Including them in decision
making process is going to help in making a perfect decision and make them realize value in an
organization. Employees are going to stay more committed towards organization. Methods
required in order achieving goals effectiveness in easy way is done through coordination.
Dispute that has taken place in an organization can be solved that is going to make positive
environment at workplace (Ayande and Sabourin, 2016).
. Aim of research: “ This has been formed to determine that strategies that has been
formed for making achievement possible with diverse and inclusive workforce”. A case
study has to be done over ASDA.

Objectives of research:
 Required information to be collected through work force.
 Determining of strategies which has been used by ASDA in order to create diversity
within workforce.
 Identifying of advantages about workforce within an organization.
Research Questions:
 What is inclusive workforce?
 What initiative has to be used by an organization over creating diverse workforce?
 What are advantages of such workforce?
Literature Review
Inclusive workforce in a company
According to the researcher consistency of a work force in an organization is consisting
of various background, religion, cast, age talent and skill which is required to work together in an
environment. This is one of the most important parts of an inclusive working environment which
is required to be formed as this is going to help in making an organization leading towards
creating of equal opportunity in an organization which leads over creating fair opportunity to
work for all employees. It is helpful in providing value to an organization. Being a researcher it
has helped me in marking out that motivation is going to make and employee increase capacity
of working which eventually makes them perform well. Innovation has helped in leading over
helping an organization in making an inclusive environment. This is going to be helpful in
increasing of workforce and making an organization more efficient in its performance with
uplifting of productivity (Drysdale, and Gurr, 2016).
Strategies for building an inclusive and diverse workforce
According to the researcher there are various things which is going to be helpful in
forming of an work force. This lead towards an organization and is going to be most important
over achieving of goals and objectives. As per the research done by an researcher it has been
proved that acceptance over work and towards each other has to be there. Engaging upon worker
is being able to make a strong leadership in an organization. This had made employees involved
over decision making process that is going to be helpful through increasing both values and
ideas. It has been found in the research that confidence and commitment is necessary for an
organization. It has resulted in providing appraisal which has to be used over judging an
employee and his performance for enhancing its capacity and improving of workers (Cao, 2018).
Advantages of having inclusive and diverse workforce

Researcher has researched and found that economic globalization time all organization
are putting their best effort which is going to make creation over the diverse work force that
consist of the candidates having variety of skills and talent in order to get hired in a organization.
This is helpful in making of productivity better and also helps in enhancing of performance. Also
helps in increasing of productivity and making performance better which makes work to be done
in better way. It helps in developing of brand image of an organization and is responsible for
building of strong customer’s base by utilizing talent of workforce ((Heckmann, Steger and
Dowling, 2016).
P2 Project management plan
Now researches have decided to make budget management plan that is going to make
execution, control and monitoring of a project. This is going to help researcher in finding out
rules and regulation which creates problem that has to be solved. Such determination is going to
be very helpful in gaining of the desired results:
 Cost: It is one of the most important element that is required for a project to be started
and completed. It is required to maintain various kinds of funds which has to be
possible. This is helpful in dealing with funds required that has to be invested by
investors and also with fund reserving.
 Management has to prepare a budget that is going to cost and allocation of activities
upon the impact. Research is required to be done in order to achieve a project with
fund of £68000 and activities of the project is to be achieved in proper manner.
 Time: This is also another important thing that is required for performing of research
in order to achieve a project accomplishment. It is one of the most important elements

that is going to be help organization to get the work done within appropriate time.
Importance of management has to be adopted over mobile technology with a time
period for achieving of competitiveness in the market over rivals.
 Scope: This happens to be receiving of standard quality over work through
employees which has made it possible over learning programs that is making capable
over utilizing of technology. Researcher needs is required to be mark out in order
make scope in a project. Scope helps in gaining of the topic over which research has
to be done. So, as action is required to be taken when project has to determine (Ito,
2018).
 Quality: This factor is very important as it affects profitability and sustainable of an
organizational growth. As quality results over achieving of a complicated project.
Data collection has a major role to play in quality of product.
 Communication: Communication is considered to be one of the most important part
of getting a project done. As it leads towards transferring of information to make
research done inn smooth manner. This is possible through various types of means
like mobile, email and other devices that work over internet.
Risk: This is always present in an research activity that always hinder the process of
research for achieving of an desired outcome as per time period told. Risk is that
which includes poor knowledge, lack of appropriate support upon employment,
insufficient resources. It is helpful in taking that decision and making strategies that
has resulted into better outcome.
 Resources: Printers, team members and mobile phones are some of resources used by
the researcher over completing of project on time with stipulated budget.
P3 Gantt chart and WBS
Gantt chart: Researcher has defined Gantt chart as an effective effort which is going to be
used in terms that is able to make project achievable. Research has to done over time period for
getting information that is related to time and project effectiveness. It is important from point of
view of gaining balance and task achieving easy.

Work Breakdown structure Through research upon the chart. Researcher has marked
that method used over required management and control over activities is sufficient. All task is
being given a specific time period in which it has to be completed (Jemail, 2019).

TASK 2
P4 Small scale research
Researcher has to perform research upon an organization in order to make a organization
about concluding and this is because it is going to make me recognize about the trends of market
which has to be keep in mind while delivering of items with administration that has resulted into
raising of profitability and sustainability in an organization. Mainly two types of method is there
for research which has helped an researcher over conveying of an adequate data in respect to
progression and adjustment over the targeted customers with existing technology. These methods
of research are as follows:
Quantitative method: In this data is being collected through tables, statistics and
formats. This output has to be carried on different norms and conclusion is required to be taken
from required outcome. Such data is presented in the form of graphical representation also.
Qualitative method: As per this research data is required to be collected within the form
of quality that has varied statement and is measured through research. In addition to this another
vital technique has to be used in the research for collecting of an significant information within
factual information (Jung and Han, 2017).
 Primary source: As per the resource data has to be collected only when a researcher
does a survey through questionnaire and collect feedback with appropriate source.
 Secondary sources: In this researcher is required to collect data with information that is
existing in the form of newspaper, journals, and articles.

Sampling: In order to understand this process a number of persons has been taken and research
is done upon them. Size of research is 40
Questionnaire
Quantitative questions
Q1) What is inclusive workforce?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Diverse workforce and inclusive workforce is important for an organization?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) Is there diversified and inclusive workforce in ASDA?
a) Yes
b) No
Q4) Diversified employees to be introduced in business?
a) Nondiscrimination recruitment
b) Variety of work should be there
Q5) Inclusive workforce meaning of concept?
a) Getting employees engaged
b) Decision making involvement
c) Value of indiscrimination
Q6) Why is diversity required in company?
a) Improvising of innovation
b) Image of organization
c) Competitiveness
Q7) Inclusive workforce helping in business to what level?
a) Improved performance
b) Increased job satisfaction
Q8) Advantages of having inclusive workforce in an organization?

a) Productivity improvising
b) Retention of employee is increased
c) Affective brand image.
Qualitative questions
Q9) main strategies top make inclusive and diverse workforce in an organization?
 Training and development
 Participative leadership
Q10) How to develop strategies in an organization?
a) Change in leadership style
b) Performance appraisals
c) Equal opportunities to all
Q11) Recommendation
P5 Interpretation of findings
Q1) What is inclusive workforce? Frequency
Yes 20
No 20