Project Management Analysis for TESCO's CSR Initiatives

This project analyzes a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative undertaken by TESCO, focusing on its environmental sustainability goals. The project begins with an introduction to CSR and its importance for organizations like TESCO, which aims to become more environmentally friendly to enhance its image and customer relations. Part 1 outlines the aims and objectives of the TESCO CSR project, including a project management plan that addresses costs, scope, time, quality, communication, and resources. The project employs a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart to organize and schedule project activities. Part 2 involves small-scale research, discussing qualitative and quantitative research methods and how they can be applied to gather data from TESCO's employees and customers. The project emphasizes primary and secondary research techniques. Part 3 presents research findings, data analysis using appropriate tools, and recommendations for improving TESCO's CSR efforts. A reflection on the research process and the project's overall outcomes is also included, concluding with a summary of the project's key insights and findings. References are provided at the end.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Aims and Objectives..............................................................................................................1
P2 Project management plan.......................................................................................................2
P3 Work break down structure and Gantt chart..........................................................................4
PART 2............................................................................................................................................5
P4 Small scale research...............................................................................................................5
PART 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5 Research and data using appropriate tools and techniques....................................................8
P6 Appropriate recommendations.............................................................................................13
P7 Reflection on the research....................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Management is a prior element in a CSR project to reach out the objectives, corporate
social responsibilities are the function which can help to an organisation to be effective for
society (Gido, Clements and Clements, 2014). Most of the companies are conducting these types
of projects which supports their development process. This projects is based on the TESCO
which wants to be more environment friendly which can help to them to be more effective for
the society. And which can improve their image among their targeted customers. This project
will present project management plan, work break down structure, Gantt chart, small scale
research and thematic analysis for CSR project.
PART 1
P1 Aims and Objectives
Topic: CSR in the Tesco to develop their process environment friendly to provide a pollution
free environment.
Objectives: TESCO is a multinational company which is having an objective to be environment
friendly by creating changes in their work which can help to them to connect with their
customers (Halverson and et. al., 2014). They wants to make change in especially in their retail
grocery market because they are having huge numbers of their supermarkets. Some of their main
objectives are here which are related with their CSR project:
 TESCO wants to give a pleasant and pollution free natural environment which can
provide a healthy breath to their customers and employees.
 Main objective of this project to make a better change in their climate create positive
image among the targeted customers. Increase the sales by 3% in this year which can help to them to increase their profits.
Aims of this project
 TESCO is a responsible organisation which is having a proper focus on the social welfare
so they are making these types of changes in their work which can help to them to make a
betterment in their business activities.
 To encourage employees to work better which can help to them to improve productivity
of the organisation.
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 To improve working conditions of the employees of the organisation which can help to
them to make a better change in the organisation.
P2 Project management plan
Project management plan is an essential tool which can help to them to make a better
change in the organisation (Smith, 2015). Project management plan is related to this project
which are making on the CSR of the TESCO and this project plan will help to identify the cost,
time, scope, quality, communication and resources which can be used in this research project. I9t
is essential to identify these elements which can help to the researcher to maker a better
assumptions on the project to support the organisation to make changes. These elements are
given under here;
COST: It is related to the cost which can effect on the project, it is having a several task which
and work which are having a need of finance. So it is essential for the researcher to make
assumption of the cost which can help to them to gather enough financial resources against the
needs of to convey all business activities in a better manner. Some of the points are here which
are having a need of the cost;
 Gantt chart
 Questionnaire
 Data analysis and interpretation
 Recommendations through an experienced data analyser
So these are some points which are having a need of the financial availability which can help to
the researcher to make a better research against project objectives. On the basis of previous CSR
projects a cost can be assumed by the researcher which is around 100 Pound .
Scope: Scope is related to the area and dimensions in which this project will work. This research
is having huge scope, this project will starts from the time frames to recommendations which can
help to the TESCO which can help to them to make a better change in the organisation to provide
a better working environment which can heal the to their employees breathing system by making
changes in their super market stores (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault, 2015). This research will
work thorough qualitative work which can help to them to make a better change against the
projects aims and objectives.
Time: There are several activities are involved in this process which can take times. Starting
from making time frames and Gantt chart it can take time to analyse what are time frames
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required for each and every activities. After this it will work to analyse which of the method will
help to the researcher to make a proper analysis and after it make a proper research by taking an
appropriate research method (Li and et. al., 2014). Data analysis and recommendations are the
main work or part of this project which can help to the TESCO to implements CSR in actual
conditions. This project will take time of 6 days which can help to the researcher to make a better
change in their workings. This is an enough time period which can help to the researcher to make
a proper and
appropriate research.
Quality: It is essential for the researcher to make a better change in their working style which
can help to the researcher to deliver a quality work in the research (Şad and Göktaş, 2014).
Quality standards are prior to use so research has to use his previous project as a quality
standards which can help to them to make a better CSR project for the TESCO against their aims
and objectives.
Communication: It is essential to maker a proper communication in the members which are
working in this project. So project members has to use a process of communication which can
help to them to resolve all issues. Most of the projects get failed due to lack of communication so
they have to use an appropriate communication. For this project they have to use verbal
communication through written and vocal communication which can help to them to make a
better project.
Risk: Many types of risks are involved in this project mainly this project can not exceed budget
because it is prior for the researcher to make all this project according to assumed cost. Another
thing is that this research is not exceed time limits because it can make a huge impact on the
results of the project. Main risk which is behind this project is not achieving objectives which is
prior and essential for the researcher. As this project is based on the CSR of TESCO so it is
essential for the researcher to attain all objectives through this project.
Resources: Several activities are involved in this process which is a having a huge need of
different types of resources which are Computers, printers, financial, human resources etc. This
are all resources can help to the researcher to make a better project (Leach, 2014).
P3 Work break down structure and Gantt chart
Work break down structure is a method which can help to divide this project in different
parts which can help to the researcher to arrange activities one by one which can help to produce
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a better project (Snyder, 2014). This project is having different activities so it is essential for the
researcher to partitioned all activities in proper structure which can help to them to make a better
change in workings. A work break down structure is here;
Gantt chart can help to the project analyser to conduct a better research (Prozzi and Rajbhandari,
2014). This chart will divide work in to different time frames which can help to the researcher to
analyse hot to make a Gantt chart and allocate time in to different activities which can has to be
conducted in to this.
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PART 2
P4 Small scale research
It is essential for the researcher to make a proper research to identify on which parts
company can make a better change in the business activities. It is prior for the researcher to
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determine a research method which can help to them to conduct a research. Some of the methods
are here which can be used in this project;
Qualitative research method: This is method which can help to researcher to get reviews and
information from targeted audiences (Nasrullah and Rahim, 2014). This is types of research
method has focus on the understandings of the audiences on their social life in words not in the
numerical data. It is prior for the analyser to get informations from employees and customers of
TESCO which can help to them to make a better change in the organisational workings. It can
help to them what are the problems which employees of TESCO are facing related to
environment. By this they can determine what types of effective change they can make in the
buildings and process which can help to them to make a better change in the company. As
TESCO is having more more than 400 superstores in the whole UK so it is enough that they are
effecting a lot customers in a day and they are having a large number of employees in the
organisation which are working for them so it is essential for them to take their views and feel
about the TESCO super stores. This one can help to them to identify what types of changes they
can make in the organisation which can help to them to make a better change according to
environmental needs of society and human body.
Quantitative research method: This is a research method which is having much focus on getting
numerical data. Most of the data which occur from this type of research method is having in the
form of percentage and numerical range which can help to the researcher to take a proper action
according to this. Research method can help to them to make a better change in the workings but
it does not support to the analyser to get informations about what they feel while working in the
organisation and shopping the TESCO superstores for customers (Monachino and Moreira,
2014). It is essential for the data analyser to get all informations in a way which can help to them
what their employees and consumers feels while they are in superstores and as well as by
research analyse wants to know what types of changes can be done by the TESCO which can
help to them to be more environment friendly.
So above presented are methods which can help to the researcher to conduct a small scale
research, now here research methods are here which can be used after determining research
methods.
Primary research method: This is method to gather fresh informations and data from targeted
audiences which can help to them to make a better change in the company. Online survey,
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questionnaire, postal, telephonic survey, test marketing which can help to the researcher to get
informations from targeted audiences (Serra and Kunc, 2015).
Secondary research method: Several methods are here which can be used to get informations
and data from targeted audiences. This is a method which focuses on the previous researches
which can help to get informations for this CSR project to researcher (Gido, Clements and
Clements, 2014). Census, journals and article can help in this where from researcher can take
informations and data to make changes in the organisational activities and infrastructures to be
more environment friendly.
For this project qualitative research method will be suitable because it is essential for the
researcher to get what their employees and customers feels in the organisation. Primary research
method can help to them to get informations about the CSR from the customers and employees.
This is a small scale research which has to be conducted on 20 candidates and it is a limited
sample size which represent customers and employees both.
QuestionnaireQuestionnaire
Name:
Age:
Gender:
01. Is CSR activities essential for the company to make a better change in company's activities?
 Yes
 No
02. Are internal conditions not suitable for employees or customers to spent their time in the
superstores of TESCO?
 Yes
 No
03. Developments in internal conditions can improve workings of employees to increase sales
and market share?
 Yes
 No
04. Which types of development in the TESCO can be beneficial for them?
 Changes in the air conditioning
 Changes in transportation
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05. Is central cooling system harming on the health of employees and customers?
 Yes
 No
06. Natural cooling system is prior for the organisation to be more environment friendly?
 Yes
 No
07. Is these all developments can create an effect of workers and customers health and it can
make them more efficient in making a better climate in the organisation?
 Yes
 No
PART 3
P5 Research and data using appropriate tools and techniques
In this section data analyser has to analyse collected data which can help to them to make
a proper interpretation on it. Thematic and graphical analysis can help to them to make a better
assumption against the collected data and informations.
Theme 1: Priority of the CSR to be them more effective organisational activities.
01. Is CSR activities essential for the company
to make a better change in company's
activities?
Frequency
Yes 16
No 4
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Findings: According to this survey it is found that 80% people involved in the sample size are
agreed on that CSR is an effective process which can help to the TESCO to be more better in
their business activities. But 20% people are not believed in it so they have voted on No.
Theme 2: Suitability of internal conditions for customers and employees.
02. Are internal conditions not suitable for
employees or customers to spent their time in
the superstores of TESCO?
Frequency
Yes 15
No 5
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Findings: After reviewing on the views of customers and employees of TESCO it has found that
around 75% people which are involved in to this sample size has said that internal conditions of
the organisation are not suitable. Mostly in the breathing air they are having a huge scope to
make changes so it is essential for the organisation to make change sin their workings.
Theme 3: Effectiveness of changes in the internal conditions of the organisation to improve
sales and profits.
03. Developments in internal conditions can
improve workings of employees to increase
sales and market share?
Frequency
Yes 16
No 4
Findings: 80% people which are involved in this research has agreed on that internal conditions
can motivate their employees to be more productive which can help to them to attain their
organisational objectives and increase their profit and sales. But 20% people are not agreed on
this and they does not agreed on this point.
Theme 4: Types of changes which can be profitable for the TESCO.
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can be beneficial for them?
Changes in air conditioning 12
Changes in the transportation 8
Findings: 12 people out of 20 which are involved in to this survey have said that TESCO has to
make effective changes in their air conditioning system which shows that people assume that it
harms on the human body. But around 40% people has said that they have to make changes in
the transportation system for making changes in their activities to make it environment friendly.
Theme 5: Analysis of central cooling system on the human body.
05. Is central cooling system harming on the
health of employees and customers?
Frequency
Yes 17
No 3
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Findings: 85% of people has said that air cooling system which is used by TESCO is harming
on their health so it is essential for the organisation to make a climate friendly cooling system.
Theme 6: Needs or priority of natural cooling system.
06. Natural cooling system is prior for the
organisation to be more environment friendly?
Frequency
Yes 18
No 2
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Findings: Around 90% of people has said that company has to establish a natural system which
can help to them to make a better change in the organisation. 18 out of 20 people involved in the
sample size are agreed on the this statement.
Theme 7: Affectivity of changes on the employees productivity.
07. Is these all developments can create an
effect of workers and customers health and it
can make them more efficient in making a
better climate in the organisation?
Frequency
Yes 16
No 4
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Findings: Approx 80% people has said that changes in the air cooling system can help yo the
company to make an effective change as per to develop them environment friendly and as well as
to make a better healthy environment for customers and employees.
P6 Appropriate recommendations
According to this small scale research it is essential for the TESCO to make change sin
their air conditioning system. Currently they are using central air conditioning which are
polluting air by emitting more carbonic elements in air. So it is essential for the organisation to
make an appropriate changes in the central air conditioning. They have to adopt a natural process
to make cool place. They have to use a new process to for cooling their superstores and they
have to try a new process in their some stores which can help to them to set an example in front
of other stores.
P7 Reflection on the research
This is a research which is based on the TESCO to be more environment friendly, as
completing on this research I have gain the use of work break down structure and Gantt chart
which can help to me in my future projects. Most of the projects are having time frames needs so
learning on these can be help full in my future and I will use these learnings in my future
projects.
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CONCLUSION
Above presented report is has been concluded that cost, time frames, scope, quality and
resources are essential and significant in a project which can help to the researcher to work better
by focusing on these elements. Work break down structure, Gantt chart and time frames can help
to allocate time and activities order one by one which can help to researcher to make a
consistency in the work. Graphical analysis can help to understand the reviews of the audiences
on each and every topic which has asked in the research.
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