Proposal: Teamwork's Impact on Tesco F&F Organisational Productivity

This research proposal investigates the impact of teamwork on organizational productivity, focusing on Tesco F&F in Saudi Arabia. The study aims to understand how teamwork affects organizational output, exploring factors like leadership styles, employee motivation, and potential improvements. The proposal outlines the research objectives, questions, and hypothesis, along with a literature review covering teamwork concepts, influencing factors, related theories, and challenges. The methodology section details the research approach, data collection techniques, and sample size. The study employs a positivism research philosophy, a descriptive research approach, and a deductive research design using primary data collection through a 50-sample survey analyzed by SPSS method. The research seeks to provide recommendations for enhancing teamwork and ultimately boosting productivity within the organization.

Proposal
The impact of teamwork on organisational productivity: A case study of Tesco
f&f, Saudi Arabia
By: Naif Alorabi
ID#17446492
Supervisor: Dr. Katharina Kils
University of Northampton

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction..............................................................................................................2
1.1 Purpose.............................................................................................................................2
1.3 Rationale...........................................................................................................................2
1.4 Research aim....................................................................................................................2
1.5 Research objective............................................................................................................3
1.5 Research question.............................................................................................................3
1.6 Research hypothesis.........................................................................................................3
Chapter-2: Literature review......................................................................................................3
Chapter 3: Research methodology.............................................................................................5
3.1 Overview of the research methods...................................................................................5
3.2 Research size and data collection techniques...................................................................5
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................6

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of the research is to identify the impact teamwork have on the
development of organisational productivity. In the modern world, teamwork is important as it
can help in quicker completion of jobs with minimum effort (Salmon, Stanton and Jenkins
2017). It is also necessary to assign specific duties and responsibilities to each member so
that effective results can be derived. The research analyses the impact of teamwork and its
effectiveness for trying to improve the productivity of Tesco f&f.
Tesco f&f is a branch of Tesco Plc that provides customers with an opportunity to
shop from a range of fashionable clothes. The first Tesco f&f shop was opened in Saudi
Arabia, in 2012. The company provides a wide range of clothing accessories for women, men
as well as kids (Tesco.com 2019).
1.3 Rationale
The research will be conducted in order to understand the impact responsibilities
given to people can yield. Teamwork often brings about changes in the mentality of the
people and helps in improving the overall productivity. The reason for the concept to be
focused on Tesco f&f in Saudi Arabia is that the company has been recently active in the
country.
1.4 Research aim
The aim of the research is to understand the impact teamwork have on increasing the
productivity of an organisation. The research is based on identifying the impact of teamwork
on the productivity of Tesco f&f, a clothing retail company that is located in Saudi Arabia.

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1.5 Research objective
 To understand the ways by which teamwork affect organisational productivity
 To understand the impact of the leadership styles that are adopted in an organisation
that affect teamwork
 To evaluate the benefits of motivation to increase organisational productivity
 To provide recommendations that can improve the teamwork between the employees
1.5 Research question
 What are the ways by which teamwork affect organisational productivity?
 What are the ways by which leadership styles adopted in an organisation affect
teamwork?
 What are the benefits of motivation to increase organisational productivity?
 What recommendations can be made so that teamwork between the employees can be
improved?
1.6 Research hypothesis
Ho: Teamwork has a positive impact on organisational productivity
H1: Teamwork does not have a positive impact on organisational productivity
Chapter-2: Literature review
2.0 Overview
2.1 Conceptual framework

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Teamwork Organisational productivity
Individuals
Size of group
Group norms
Synergy
Leadership
Leadership
Labour
Time
Technology
Working environment
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Figure: Conceptual framework
(Source: Created by author)
2.2 Concept of teamwork
2.3 Factors influencing teamwork
2.4 Theories related to teamwork
2.5 Factors affecting organisational productivity
2.6 Challenges in working as a team
2.7 Impact of teamwork on organisational productivity
2.8 Summary

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Chapter 3: Research methodology
3.1 Overview of the research methods
The research methods that will be adopted for completing the dissertation is the
positivism research philosophy, descriptive research approach and deductive research design.
3.2 Research size and data collection techniques
In order to conduct the research in an effective manner, primary data collection
technique will be used. The primary data collection technique can help in understanding the
mentality of the employees working at Tesco f&f. A total of 50-sample size will be selected
and the data will be analysed by the use of SPSS method.

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Bibliography
Salmon, P.M., Stanton, N.A. and Jenkins, D.P., 2017. Distributed situation awareness:
Theory, measurement and application to teamwork. CRC Press.
Scholl, W., 2018. Effective teamwork—A theoretical model and a test in the field.
In Understanding group behavior (pp. 127-146). Psychology Press.
Stanton, N.A. and Baber, C., 2017. Modelling command and control: Event analysis of
systemic teamwork. CRC Press.
Tesco.com. 2019. Clothing | F&F Clothing & Fashion | Tesco. [online] Available at:
https://www.tesco.com/zones/clothing/ [Accessed 1 Apr. 2019].