Unit 6: Business Project Report on Inclusive Workforce at Tesco plc

This report examines strategies and initiatives for developing an inclusive workforce, using Tesco plc as a case study. The report begins with an introduction to the concept of an inclusive workforce, emphasizing its importance in today's competitive market. It outlines the aims and objectives of the project, including research questions focused on defining inclusive workforces, identifying effective strategies, and understanding their benefits. The report then details a project management plan, including cost analysis, scope definition, time management, quality control, and risk assessment. A work breakdown structure and Gantt chart are provided for project visualization. The research methodology section describes both qualitative and quantitative research methods, including primary and secondary data collection techniques and sampling methods. The report includes a questionnaire used for gathering data. Finally, the report concludes with an evaluation of the research data using appropriate tools, recommendations, and a reflection on the project's process and outcomes. This comprehensive analysis provides valuable insights into fostering inclusive work environments.

Unit 6 – Managing a
Successful Business Project

Table of Contents
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Aims and objectives...............................................................................................................1
P2 Project management plan.......................................................................................................3
P3 Work Breakdown structure & Gantt chart............................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P4 Qualitative & Quantitative research methods........................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5: Evaluation of Research & data by using appropriate tools as well as techniques................8
P6 Recommendations................................................................................................................12
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13
P7 Reflection.............................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
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TOPIC
“ Determination of strategies and initiative which is going to be helpful for an
organization in order to develop inclusive form of workforce”. Case study on Tesco plc
INTRODUCTION
As competition is rising in market upon regular basis that has impacted and changed the
scenario into expansion of business. This is very crucial part for an employee in an organization
to have within him those skills which is included with talent. It has to be done to increase
coordination for achieving of result in effective manner out of it. These has to be done over
trends of diverse workforce which has become new trend. Under diverse workforce an employee
should persists of skills, talents, background and also experience all this has an important role to
increase competitiveness in market (Booysen, Bendl and Pringle, eds., 2018). It is an important
thing that is there to include diverse workforce which is helpful for an organization towards
achieving of goals and objectives. Sainsbury is an organization which has been set-up in UK and
is an supermarket brand which has been formed in the year 1869 and has its headquarters in
England. It deals with all kinds of product from groceries to fashion. The report is going to cover
about inclusive and diverse workforce. Then strategies has to be explained is strategies leading
towards formation of working environment. This research is to be done upon an small scale and
tools has to be used also. \
TASK 1
P1 Aims and objectives
In inclusive workforce diverse employees are present within an organisation that in
willing to adopt such employees. Such kind of workforce includes diversity within employees of
an organisation. These employees have importance in an organisation because of there
involvement within decision making mechanism of an organisation. It is going to increase there
commitments to the work of an organisation. This is an effective method that has helped in
achieving of goals which has lead over adopting of task which can be achieved in within the time
period. Dispute and issues that has occurred in an organisation is going to be solved by the
worker and it has lead over rise over positive environment in a organisation.
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Aim: “ Is over determining of the strategies with initiative which is regarding help to an
organisation over developing inclusive workforce”. Case study on Sainsbury.
Objectives:
 Generating of information on inclusive workforce
 Strategies over determining with initiative that shall be used by Sainsbury for creating of
inclusive and diverse workforce.
 Identification of advantages over workforce in an organisation.
Research Questions:
 What does and inclusive workforce means?
 What strategies and initiatives which has to be used in an organisation over creation of
diverse workforce? What are advantages of having workforce?
Literature Review
Inclusive workforce in a company
According to Andersson, Johansson and Lindberg, 2018. an inclusive workforce of an
organisation is that kind of workforce which consists of various background, cast, religion, age
and talent is included in it. This is very important in a organisation which makes equality of an
element within an element. It helps in providing value to an organisation. An employee has to
engage itself in an organisation to motivate over creativeness. Innovation has to lead over
forming of an inclusive environment in more effective manner which has helped in increasing of
employee's turnover that has to make him involved in an organisation. Innovation has been
helped towards making increment in turnover of employee. This makes involvement of
employee in an organisation. Over work performance and enhancement this has to be there in
helping over goal achievement in proper way.
Strategies for building an inclusive and diverse workforce
Lot of strategies are there in an organisation which has to be required over helping in
formation of workforce which has to be inclusive in nature and this leads over creating of
benefit related over achieving of goals in efficient way. Training and development programs is
going to be helpful in making employees understanding of work and doing it with togetherness.
This is leading over increasing of tolerance over working with each other. Engaging of
employees is one of the most efficient that helps in gaining of participative leadership. An
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employee should include and decision making is helpful over uplifting value over though and
ideas. It is going to have confidence and commitment in an organisation. Performance should be
praised and leads over performance judging employee that leads enhancement of performance
with inclusive workforce.
Advantages of having inclusive and diverse workforce
During the time of economic globalization an organisation has to try of putting best
impact upon creating of diverse workforce this is done in order over people that is having lot of
skills and are talented which has to be there in an organisation. It has to help over providing and
enhancing of employees over performance due to there work over working. Brand image is
improved of an organisation that is going to be helpful in making of large customer base and
talent of an organisation. All this is necessary over enhancing of performance of organisation.
P2 Project management plan
It is meant by an formal and proper documentation which has to be approved and it is
going to be very important over enhancing and helping out in execution, monitoring and
controlling task. This has also helped in determination o goals that is helping in problem solving
which is related to solving of problem that has been done for completing of project.
Also this is going to determine essential component of a project for attaining of desired result:
 Cost: This is required to be taken as one of the most important element required for an
project that is helpful over making understand the total cost which has to be carried out
over activities for smooth competition. It is helpful on making budget which has formed
according to advice suggested as per this. Also cost activity is helpful over making suer
about the budget which has been formed according to the fund which is required by an
organisation. Upon completing research which is required to be done and total fund of
£4000 and also activities of project that has to completed in efficient way achieving goal.
Task to perform
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Library Cost £300
Equipment cost £1500
Stationary £ 500
Transportation £1000
Miscellaneous expenses £ 200
Resources £500
Total £4000
Scope:
Present research is having wider scale of scope in marketplace due the formative
execution of strategies that will lead towards developing inclusive workforce. It will assist in
forming a working environment in which individuals abilities are being harness by organisation
by embracing individuals of different perspectives and backgrounds (Schwarzenthal, van de
Vijver and Juang, 2018). It will benefit Sainsbury to increase their efficiency of talent selection.
In context with research view point, investigation have wider range of scope through which
researcher can be facilitated to undertake same investigation in future.
Time:
Time play important role in deciding duration to accomplishing target in accurate time period.
As to accomplish present research objective research is required a time period of at least 9-10
months to assure positive end outcomes.
Quality:
This aspect play essential element through which research can accomplish research
objectives with high quality. In this, it is essential for research to evaluate environmental
situation as to duly allocate essential informations and data. In terms with present research all
these measures aid research to undertake research while maintaining faith and trust.
Communication:
Communication play crucial role to communicate each and every required information of
research with team members in a well defined and effective manner. It also aid researcher to
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provide formative instructions to other members of research to accomplish research aim and
objectives with maximum efficiency (Ng and Stamper, 2018). In relation to present research,
researcher by taking use of emails, face-to-face, phone calls and more can assure regular
communication through which research can be accomplished in more proficient manner.
Risk:
Risk prevails in every component that are required to be effectively evaluated by higher
executive professionals. In terms with present research, risk prevails in respondents information.
In this researcher is required to make sure that they maintain proper confidentiality in order to
provide participants with a sense of safety of their crucial contribution in present research topic.
Resources:
It is essential to accomplish desired target or task with efficient and well equipped
resources in order to gain best possible outcomes (Radcliffe, 2018). In order to fulfil present
research objectives it is essential for researcher to have resources like human resources, funds,
land etc. in order to conduct research in systematic way.
P3 Work Breakdown structure & Gantt chart
Gantt chart: It is a bar chart that duly illustrate schedule of project in systematic manner.
With the assistance of this project management tools present research can be undertaken by
researcher in a planned manner while scheduling all activities according to project requirements.
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Work Breakdown structure: It is an essential structure in project management that
effectively break project requirements into smaller parts that further facilitate in accomplishment
of objectives in manageable manner (Syed and Ozbilgin, 2019). With the assistance of WBS
present research can be undertaken by researcher by reducing complicated activities. This will
lead towards fulfilment of desired goals in time effective manner with possible successful results.
TASK 2
P4 Qualitative & Quantitative research methods
There are different types of techniques as well as tools with the help of which research
can be undertaken in appropriate manner. All these tools allow researcher to gather efficient data
and informations. Mentioned below description of primary, secondary, qualitative and
quantitative source of data collection is defined:
Qualitative Method:
Qualitative data collection method facilitate research to allocate data of non-numerical
zone. With the help of this tool descriptive data can be easily get interpreted by researcher in
quality. It assures accomplishment of desired research outcomes in reliable manner.
Quantitative:
Qualitative tool of data collection method allow researcher to collect data in the form of
numerics, statistics and in mathematical manner (Willey, 2018). In order to accomplish this,
tools like polls, survey, questionnaire etc. informations and data of quantitative in nature can be
easily acquired by researcher.
Above discussion states that by undertaking use of quantitative data collection method
researcher can allocate numeric data with proper efficiency and authenticity.
Primary:
This method allow researcher to allocate fresh and new data to conduct their research. In
this, survey, questionnaire and observations are some the certain methods through which
investigators can collect feasible informations and data from individuals.
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Secondary:
Secondary data collection method aid researcher to gather essential and required data and
information to research from the sources like magazines, website, internet, newspaper and more.
This sources in somehow cost and time efficient.
As to accomplish present research objectives researcher undertakes both primary as well
as secondary source of data collection to conduct research with efficient positive results.
Sampling: There are mainly two forms of sampling method namely probability and non-
probability. In order to develop inclusive workforce, researcher undertakes view point of 30
respondents. For this Questionnaire method is being duly consider by researcher.
Questionnaire
Q1) Are you aware with the concept of inclusive workforce?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Do you posses any kind of knowledge related to inclusive workforce importance in entity.
?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) What strategies offer benefit to company to have inclusive workforce ?
a) Recognize bias
b) Practice inclusive leadership
c) Celebrate Employee Differences
d) Form an Inclusion Council
Q4) In what manner strategies for inclusive workforce affect the company?
a) Positive Impact
b) Negative Impact
c) Neutral Impact Radcliffe, S.A., 2018.
Q5) As per in accordance to discussion which strategy proves to be effective for Sainsbury's to
develop inclusive workforce?
a) Celebrating Employee Differences
b) Hold More-Effective Meetings
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TASK 3
P5: Evaluation of Research & data by using appropriate tools as well as techniques
Theme 1: Concept of inclusive workforce
Q1) Are you aware with the concept of inclusive workforce? Frequency
a) Yes 25
b) No 5
Interpretation:
Above mentioned graph states that 30 out of 25 respondents are well aware with the
concept of inclusive workforce, they aware with the fact that with having inclusive workforce
organisation can effectively celebrate workplace differences that facilitate more probability.
While on the other hand 5 respondents are not aware with inclusive workforce concept.
Theme 2: Knowledge related to inclusive workforce importance in entity
Q2) Do you posses any kind of knowledge related to inclusive
workforce importance in entity ?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 1
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