UK Retail: Sainsbury's Digital Workplace Transformation & Impact

This research report examines workplace transformation within the UK retail industry, specifically focusing on Sainsbury's. The study aims to understand the role of digital technologies in enhancing employee performance and productivity. It identifies the concept of digital workplace transformation, determines the importance of digital technologies for employee performance at Sainsbury's, and examines the challenges faced during the transformation. The research employs a positivism philosophy, a deductive approach, and a cross-sectional time horizon. Data collection involves both primary data through surveys of 30 Sainsbury's employees and secondary data. The data analysis uses frequency distribution techniques. The study concludes that digital workplace transformation plays a vital role in modern organizations, simplifying business activities and improving efficiency. Recommendations include providing employees with training on new technologies to enhance their skills and create a positive working environment.

Research Project
Workplace transformation in the UK retail
industry

Content
• Overview of the topic
• Introduction of chosen Company
• Research Project Objectives
• Literature review
• Methodology
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Conclusion
• Recommendation
• References

Overview of the topic
• The workplace transformation described as rethinking of flexible workspaces in order to
accommodate different types of workers, work as well as technology.
• This provides various benefits to the company in order to operate their business in
effective manner which includes empowering employees to conduct their task in better
manner as it helps in increasing their productivity and morale

Research Project Objectives
Research Aim
• To study the role of digital workplace transformation in enhancing the performance and productivity of
employees within an organisation. “A study on Sainsbury”
Research Objectives
• To identify the concept of digital workplace transformation within the UK retail industry.
• To determine the importance of digital technologies in Sainsbury for enhancing employee performance
and productivity.
• To examine the different types of challenges that Sainsbury face in transforming the workplace for
employees.

Literature review
• Digital workforce Transformation refers to the idea to innovation of the technology in business
which helps to utilize the technologies in business models to more productive and also helps to
provide customers value
• According to view of Rauf, and Karjaluoto (2019), Digital Technologies helps t improve the
communication, social networks, collaboration, data analytics, staff, experience of customers etc.
in relation to Sainsbury, digital technologies helps the company by providing too many benefits
which helps to create the workplace transform digital.

Research methodology
• Research philosophy: Positivism
• Research approach: Deductive approach
• Research strategy: Survey strategy
• Research choice: Quantitative research
choice
• Sample size: 30 employee of Morrisons
• Time horizon: Cross section time horizon
• Data collection: Primary data and
secondary data collection methods
• Data analysis: Frequency distribution
technique
• Sampling: Probability sampling method

Data analysis and interpretations
Q1 Do you know about the concept of digital workplace
transformation?
Frequency
(a) Yes 18
(a) No 2
18
2
Yes
No
18
2
Yes
No

Continue…
Q2 Is your organisation transforms its workplace by using
digital technologies.
Frequency
(a) Yes 12
(a) No 8
12
8
Yes
No
12
8
Yes
No

Conclusion
• From the above study it has been analysed that digital workplace transformation play a
vital role in any company or industry which helps to change the overall system of the
organization.
• It is provides many benefits and ways to make the business activities easier and simple.

Recommendation
• The company also need to train their employees about the basic program used so that they gain
knowledge and skills regarding new technology and in improving their business operations.
• It is also recommended to the company that it can help in delivering efficient working nature and
positive working environment for the employees in order to make them work with high
confidence towards achieving the goals of the company.

References
• Reuschke, D., Mason, C. and Syrett, S., 2022. Digital futures of small businesses
and entrepreneurial opportunity. Futures, 135, p.102877.
• Rauf, M. and Karjaluoto, H., 2019. The Development of Loyalty Programs in the
Retail Sector. In Business Intelligence and Analytics in Small and Medium
Enterprises (pp. 105-121). Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway
NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742: CRC Press.