Impact of Globalisation on HR Function: A TESCO Case Study Report

This report analyzes the multifaceted impacts of globalization on the Human Resource (HR) function of Tesco plc, a prominent retail company. The study begins with an introduction to globalization and its implications for businesses, followed by a detailed project management plan outlining the scope, cost, time, quality, and risk factors involved. A work breakdown structure and Gantt chart are presented to visualize the project timeline. The research employs a qualitative research methodology, including data collection through questionnaires, and analyzes the findings to identify key themes. The data analysis reveals insights into the perceived impact of globalization on Tesco's HR, including its influence on operations, training costs, economic factors, employee relations, and strategies for HR function improvement. The report concludes with recommendations based on the research findings and a reflection on the value of the study, providing a comprehensive understanding of globalization's effects on HR practices within a globalized business environment.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1 Aims and objectives................................................................................................................1
P2 Project management plan........................................................................................................2
P3 Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart............................................................................3
P5 Data analysis...........................................................................................................................6
P6 Recommendations as outcomes of research.........................................................................12
P7 Reflection..............................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Topic: To analyse the economic, ethical and cultural impacts of globalisation on
HR function of business.
INTRODUCTION
Globalisation refers to increase in cross broader transactions and trading activities. It
leads towards expansion of economic and political activities at wider level. The business can
make profit through globalization by increasing trade transaction at global level. Assignment is
based on Tesco plc. It deals in groceries and retail products (Hair Jr and et.al., 2015). The firm
established in the year 1919 by Jack Cohen. Headquarters of the firm are situated in
Hertfordshire in England.
The project report will define the aims and objectives of the study. In this assignment a
management plan will produce which covers all the aspects including scope and time. In
addition, it will produce a work breakdown and a Gantt Chart in order to provide time-frames
Furthermore, small scale research will carry out by applying quantitative and qualitative
methods. Appropriate recommendations will be given based on data analysis and results of the
research. Lastly, the report will put reflection on the value of undertaking this research in order
to meet the stated objectives.
P1 Aims and objectives
Aim-
To analyse the economic, cultural and ethical impacts of globalisation on HR function. A
case study is based on TESCO.
Objectives-
 To identify importance of Globalization.
 To determine economic impacts of globalisation on TESCO HR function.
 To evaluate the cultural and ethical impacts of globalisation on TESCO Human resource
function.
 To Recommend ways to improve the HR function.
Research question-
 What is the significant of globalisation?
 What is the impact of economic factors on TESCO HR function?
 What is the affect of ethical and cultural factors on human resource function of TESCO?
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P2 Project management plan
Project management plan is the most essential part of project work in which many
elements included such as monitoring, closing, executing, planning etc. scope, cost of labour and
other things, quality, HR, risk etc. is also included in project management plan.
Cost-
Project cost is the tool used by project manager to estimate the sum budget of the project.
With the help of well defined budget it is easy to accomplish work on time with all the aspects
required in project.
Scope-
To analyse the economic, cultural and ethical impacts of globalisation on HR function. A
case study is based on TESCO.
Time-
Time is one of the essential components within PMP as it helps to define the overall
schedule of project and starting and ending of work.
Quality-
Quality standards must be followed by the project manager within project which is
essential for them.
Risk-
Project manager must focuses on project management plan in order to accomplish their
goals and objectives. With the help of risk register management can be able to managed further
or current risk. It considers as one of the best way to well manage risk and risk register
contribute to handle any situation.
Communication-
Communication is one of the best elements within project management plan used by
researcher to communicate with their team members. With the help of effective communication
manager will be able to solve any issues and take better decision based on situational analysis.
Good communication is the only reason behind the success of project and helps to stop raising
issues.
Resources-
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The project group members is one of the most essential and beneficial resource or
component in successful projects. To accomplish the project on time project manager hire more
peoples, used different types of tools to gather information based on work.
P3 Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart
Task
Mode Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
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Identify research topic 3 days Mon 7/8/19 Wed 7/10/19
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Review of Literature 4 days Thu 7/11/19 Tue 7/16/19 1
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Drafting Methodologies 4 days Wed 7/17/19 Mon 7/22/19 2
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Complete Proposal 4 days Tue 7/23/19 Fri 7/26/19 3
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Designing questionnaire 3 days Mon 7/29/19 Wed 7/31/19 4
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Collection of data 5 days Thu 8/1/19 Wed 8/7/19 5
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Analysing data and
interpretation 3 days Thu 8/8/19 Mon 8/12/19 6
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Discussion and
Conclusion
2 days Tue 8/13/19 Wed 8/14/19 7
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Submission 1 day Thu 8/15/19 Thu 8/15/19 8
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P4. Research and data using appropriate tools and techniques
Research Methodology
It is systematic plan that deliberated the steps of the research procedure. It includes tools
and techniques to obtain data. This is the process to collect the data and relevant information for
the research study.
Research type – There are two types of research types namely, qualitative and quantitative.
Qualitative research consist of the opinions and reasons that is helpful for the researcher to
identify the solution to the problem whereas quantitative research deals in numerical facts and
figures (Kumar, 2019). Thus, in this study the researcher will use Qualitative research type to
obtain the desired results.
Research Philosophy – It is the belief about the phenomenon in which the data is being
gathered. There are three types of research philosophy Positivism, Interpretivism and
Pragmatism. Positive research explain the solutions to the problem in very precise manner.
Pragmatism use opinions of the others, it didn't deliberate something of own findings whereas
Interpretivism study involves the human interest into the research. Thus, the Interpretivism
Philosophy is taken to conduct this study.
Research Design – It uses various methods and procedures to analysis and interpret the data. It
describes the manner in which data is being gathered. There are four type of research design
namely, Descriptive, Exploratory, Diagnostic and Experimental. Descriptive research design is
being used while undertaking this research. As it is helpful for describing the characteristic of the
phenomenon in detail (Walliman, 2017).
Research Approach – It consists of broad anticipation to collect the data by using various
methods. Research approach is of three types first one is deductive that is helpful in formulating
hypothesis second one is abductive which is incomplete it explains surprising facts (Dumay and
Cai, 2015). Third one is inductive it starts with the aims and objectives and doesn't formulate
any hypothesis. Thus, Inductive research is being used to determine the exact solutions to the
research problem.
Data Analysis – It refers to the process of transforming and inspecting in order to obtain the
useful information and supporting conclusions. Data can be of two types qualitative and
quantitative (McCusker and Gunaydin, 2015). Qualitative data is being used in this study as it
provide real facts through using narrative and framework analysis.
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Sampling – It refers to the process of statistical analysis. Simple Sampling is being used in this
study. Questionnaire is being in which 30 respondents is being taken.
Ethical Consideration – While conducting this research the researcher obtains the data, facts
and figures of third party by granting permission. All the ethical and moral principle is being
considered during this course of the study. No harm and illegal conduct is deliver to anybody.
This research is based on Ethical consideration.
P5 Data analysis
Theme 1
Do you think globalisation impact on operation of TESCO?
Yes 10
No 20
Interpretation- Globalisation change the whole procedure of running business and put
negative and positive impact on companies different operations. 10 people think that due to
globalization TESCO Human resource function get affected (Gurung and Prater, 2017). They
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think that if company expand their business into other nation the impact of globalisation on HR
management and development is significant. With the help of globalisation TESCO human
resource management will be able to understand different type of culture and learn various
techniques which is useful for them in order to engage employees for long term period. But on
the other side 20 peoples feel that globalisation is does not impact on organization as well as
their Human resource function. When TESCO operate into international market the HR function
will be the same because they have fixed working structure.
Theme 2
 Do you believe the training and development will incur higher cost for TESCO
while operating on international level?
Yes 20
No 10
Interpretation- Development and training is the main function of Human resource
management. HR department setup the plans and make strategies in order to improve the skills
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and workers knowledge. 20 people think that training and development will get higher cost for
TESCO while they operating into other nation. Training and development plans need more
investment and consume a lot of time which impact on company financial budgets and
profitability. Workers training costs tend to be higher for TESCO as they operate globally. But
on the other side 10 respondents believe that training and development will not incur higher cost
for company as they perform into new market place. They think that it is beneficial for overall
business growth and contribute to give tough competition its competitors.
Theme 3
Do you think that economic elements impact on HR function?
Yes 15
No 15
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Interpretation- Economic factors usually affect TESCO business include customer
behaviour, interest rate, employment elements, inflation etc (Coleman, 2016). 15 respondents
among 30 think that unemployment rate is one of the economic factors that impact on HR
function of TESCO. Human resource management of company must make plans based on hiring
new applicants which is essential for improving economic status and beneficial for reducing
unemployment rate. On the other side 15 people feel that economic factors does not make any
impact on Human resource functions of TESCO. Due to unemployment rate in nation HR
cannot be able to hire new ones because they already have large number of employees and does
not have much space to hire the new ones.
Theme 4
Do you think that maintaining employee relation is an important function of Human
resource in globalized world?
Yes 18
No 12
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Interpretation- 18 respondents think that it is very essential for TESCO as to maintain
their relationship with employees because it helps to expand business across the world. On the
other side 12 people think that maintaining employee relation is not much important rather than
maintaining on another operations, it consumes a lot of time.
Theme 5
What are the ways in which company can improve its HR function?
Training 5
Motivation 15
Create plan for personal and professional
development of employee
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Interpretation- 5 people think that training is one of the best way to improve the human
resource function of TESCO, but on the other hand 15 respondents believe that with the help of
employee motivation company can be able to retain workers with them (Nikolova, Rodionov and
Afanasyeva, 2017). 10 respondents feel that with the help of creating plan based on professional
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Training
Motivation
Create plan for personal and
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and personal development of staff members' organization improve HR functions and
performance effectively.
Theme 6
Do you feel that Human resource function is essential for TESCO?
Yes 20
No 10
Interpretation- 20 peoples think that HR functions is important for TESCO, it helps to
grow business and achieve their goals. With the help of HR department company can be able to
hire new applicants and talented employees who contribute to expand business successfully. But
on the other side 10 people feel that globalisation is not essential for TESCO.
Theme 7
Do you think ethical and cultural elements impact on HR function of TESCO
Yes 20
No 10
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Interpretation- 20 respondents think that if TESCO enter into another nation where
people culture is quite different from their existing culture within workplace it impacts on
Human resources functions and activities the most. They also think that ethical standards play
main role in growth and success of business without ethics or norms TESCO cannot be able to
grow more and more within new market. 20 peoples think that ethical components does not
impact on TESCO HR function. But on the other side 10 peoples feel that due to different culture
and ethics Human resource function of TESCO department will affect the most and make
difficulties for employees as to perform in workplace.
P6 Recommendations as outcomes of research
It is recommended to researcher for using different types of techniques or tools in this
research in order to gain positive results (Dunning, 2014). Secondary data collection methods is
also beneficial as like primary, researcher must used secondary data gathering technique in
which they can be able to conduct research in depth and gather more information based on
chosen topic or subject. They should used deductive approach in research project which is
essential and beneficial for finding and results final conclusion perfectly. Research should follow
all the ethical standards in research that is useful and beneficial for project privacy as well as
respondents.
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P7 Reflection
I can be able to create aims and objectives of project, with the help of communication I
can be able to communicate with other members and gather information on chosen topic. While
making conducting research I can be able to improve and develop my skills and make better
decisions.
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CONCLUSION
From above it has been concluded that globalisation put positive and negative impact on
TESCO human resource function as well as other. Researcher will use various types of Research
methodology techniques such as primary data collection, inductive research approach and other
which is beneficial for overall research and helps to gather better outcomes. Researcher used
primary data collection method in order to interpretate question and find out their appropriate
answers. Furthermore, secondary data collection method is recommanded to researcher that they
must used while doing research based on any other topic in order to achieve goals.
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