Unit 6 Project Report: Vodafone's Diverse Workforce Strategies

This report analyzes Vodafone's strategies for managing a successful business project, focusing on the implementation of a diverse and inclusive workforce. The report begins with an introduction outlining the aims and objectives, followed by a literature review exploring the importance of diversity, different strategies employed by organizations, and the benefits of such strategies. Task 1 covers the aims and objectives, including research questions, and a review of relevant literature. Task 2 details the project management plan, including costs, scope, time, quality, communication, and resources. It also presents a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart. Task 3 discusses the qualitative and quantitative research methods used, and analyzes the research data. Task 4 includes recommendations and a reflection on the project. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and providing references.

Unit 6 - Managing
Successful Business Project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Aims and objective of the project...........................................................................................1
P2 Project Management Plan.......................................................................................................3
P3 Work Breakdown structure and Gantt chart..........................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P4 Qualitative & Quantitative research methods.........................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P5: Analyse your research and data using appropriate tools and techniques..............................9
P6 Recommendations................................................................................................................12
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12
P7 Reflection.............................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
In modern business era, businesses emphasises on including diversified activities so that
they can easily execute their operational activities in lucrative form. It has also been seen that by
involving diverse and inclusive workforce its easier for businesses to develop better working
environment. It is essential for higher authorities to consider each and every staff member in a
positive manner so they can motivate their employees to perform their activities effectively.
Executing equality & diversity within the organization help in accomplishing all the goals as
well as objective of the organisation in an effective as well as appropriate manner. For the
present research, Vodafone is taken as a base business entity works within a telecommunication
industry. The company was founded in 1991 and is a public limited business company which is
based in London. Vodafone was established by Gerry Whent&Ernest Harrison. The company
have business in all over the world and develop ample number of policies and strategies in order
to develop diversified & inclusive workforce. The report consists of aim and objectives with the
help of which whole investigation is going to be implemented. Along with this, project
management plan, WBS & Gantt chart are also going to be discussed in this research so the
whole research will be concluded in a positive manner.
TASK 1
P1 Aims & objective of the project
Equality and diversified practices plays essential role in the growth of the company as it
ensures employees that they will get equivalent working opportunities at workplace. This report
is mainly conducted on Vodafone in order to determine range of strategies and ways that could
support them in effective incorporation of diverse & inclusive workforce. Project management
define as a written document or blue print of all the activities which is required to conduct by the
investigator for finishing the project effectively. In this, regard investigator has developed
suitable aim and objectives which are specified as below:
Research aim: To identify various strategies and its benefits gain by companies while
implementing it in order to create diverse & inclusive workforce. A case study on Vodafone.
Research objectives:
• To know the importance of diverse & inclusive workforce.
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• To identify different strategies implemented by organisations to develop a diverse
workforce.
• To examine the benefits of executing such strategies in organisation for creating
diverse & inclusive employees.
Research Questions
 What is the importance of diverse and inclusive workforce?
 What are the different strategies implemented by organisation to develop diverse
workforce?
 What are the benefits of implementing such strategies at workplace for creating diverse &
inclusive employees?
LITERATURE REVIEW
Importance of diverse & inclusive workforce
According to the point of view of Arubayi. and Tiemo, (2012)Equality is basically
termed as the state of providing equivalent opportunities to individuals. It plays essential role at
workplace as it motivates existing workforce and influences them to how their own efforts
towards organisational work. Diversity as well as inclusive workforce plays an important role for
achieving competitive advantage over rival firm. In addition to this, diversity brings innovation
and creativity within business organisation. It assists in taking effective decision which will be
beneficial for the firm. Beside from this, diversion and inclusion helps in reducing employee’s
turnover ratio. Apart from this, the significance of having a good culture that holds diversity and
inclusion boost the confidence level of company. In addition to this, it helps in accelerating
productivity & profitability level of the organisation. It also assist in raising brand image &
goodwill of company in the market.
Different strategies implemented by organisations to develop a diverse workforce.
According to the point of view ofFFine-Davs and Faas, (2014), there are different
strategies which are implemented by business organisation in order to maintain diverse
workforce which are as follows:
Make a plan: It is important to make a plan regarding diversity at all level of the
company for a longer time frame. Along with this, it is vital to establish long term plan as well as
stick to it.
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Invest in Diversity Strategies:There are different strategies which are used in diversity
such as talent development, performance management as well as sustain the competence and
talent of an individual person in future period of time.
Train your team:It is necessary to conduct an effective training in order to increase skill
and knowledge that helps in accelerating productivity level. In addition to this, it is also useful in
motivating employees to work in a team for achieving goal & objective of an organisation.
Build in inclusion:The diversity as well as inclusive workforce helps in attaining vision
and mission of organisation in stipulated period of time.
Take Responsibility:Diversity as well as inclusion may generate distress. Thus, it is not
only the duty of Human resource to develop an inclusive workforce and culture. It is necessary
for every person to generate a culture of belonging.
Benefits of executing such strategies in organisation for developing diverse & inclusive
workforce
As per opinion of Janssens and Zanoni, 2014 there are various advantages of implementing
such strategies in organisation in order to generate diverse as well as inclusive workforce such as
boosting revenue of the business firm. In addition to this, it assist in bring innovation and
creativity. And also, it helps in taking effective decision which will be advantageous for the firm
in future period of time. As per authorAshe and Nazroo,(2017) the HR manager offer
opportunities to applicant with an aim to gain competitive advantage from competitors. Diversity
and exclusive workforce increases the productivity& profitability level in organisation. And also
it reduces the employee’s turnover ratio within business firm. It assist in boosting brand image &
reputation of the company at marketplace.
P2 Project Management Plan
Project management referred to as the document that consists of all the essential actions
which is necessary for researcher for executing the project in an effective way. In this context,
various elements are mentioned below in a proper manner. Some of these factors include cost,
size, time, scope & many more.
Cost: It refers to the value of wholeresearch in context of money which is required to
start it in a proper manner. Thus, itis required by the researcher to prepare an effective budget
plan so that they can examine the overall cost required to complete the whole research. In the
present context, researcher wants to identify different strategies and its influence related to
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diversified workforce. For this, effective research is required to conduct by them which need100
pounds to create positive outcome. This would be monitored by project manager by
communicating to their research team and taking follow up from them regarding the same.
Task to perform Expenditure (Pound)
Library Cost 10
Equipment cost 15
Stationary 10
Transportation 15
Miscellaneous expenses 20
Resources 30
Total 100
Scope: The present research has wide scope at the marketplace as it assist in executing
such strategies at workplace which is related with equality and diversity. In addition to this, it is
determine that it help in grabbing various opportunities, which is prevailing at marketplace that
leads towards the enhancement of revenue and sales of the company. From the point of view of
research, this investigation consist wide scope and will assist in other researcher who will
conduct the same investigation in near future.
Time: For every researcher, it is very essential to decide the time duration required by
them in order to complete the whole project in a proper manner. In order to complete the present
investaigation almost 8-10 months is required by the researcher for developing a positive
outcome.
Quality: It is required by the researcher to maintain the quality of data collected by them
in order to develop positive result. For every researcher, it is essential to identify all the
environmental situation, gather required information and develop the quality of all the collected
information. This as a result will assist them in gaining positive response from customers and
have been recognized in a good way .In reference to the present investigation, researcher
maintain the quality of gathered information which maintains the trust and faith of investigator
towards them.
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Communication: Communication is an essential key as researchers need to
communicate all the information with their team members in an effective manner. By the
assistance of effective communication, investigator can instruct their staff members to perform
their entire task effectively & attain the objectives effectively. Investigators adopt different
sources for communication which includes face-to-face, phone calls, emails and many more.
Risk: Every business functions consist of some sort of risk that needs to analyse by the
higher authorities in a proper manner. In reference to the present research, it is determine that
risk involved in this research is related to the information of respondents. There must be
confidentiality so that participants feel positive and give their contribution towards the success of
research topic.
Resources: For completing the overall research in a proper manner it is required to have
sufficient resources. The major essential resources required by the investigator for completing
the overall research in a positive manner includes sufficient amount of funds, land, human
resource and so on. Researcher requires different sources for conducting the whole investigation
in an ethical and systematic manner.
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P3 Work Breakdown structure & Gantt chart
Gantt chart: It is define as a chart that is adopt by the investigator in order to develop
activities associated with the time in an effective manner. This model was proposed by Henry
Gantt that help researcher to completed the project within given time frame. It include time,
initial date, end date that is associated with activities of research.
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Work Breakdown structure:It refers to a technique used by researcher inorder to divide
the complexand difficult activities into small task so that they can perform all the work in a
proper manner. In this technique, researcher basically divides the whole task in small activities
so that they can complete it within given time frame. By the assistance of this, the overall
research will be completed in an appropriate manner.
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TASK 2
P4 Qualitative & Quantitative research methods
For conducting the research in an appropriate manner, investigators adopt different tools
and techniques so that they can collect information & data for completing the whole research in a
proper manner. Qualitative & quantitative methods are used by researcher along with primary &
secondary methods of collection of data. These tools and techniques is given below:
Qualitative Method: It refers to a method with the help of which all the non-numerical
data will be gathered to complete the investigation in a proper manner. All the data &
information which is gathered with the assistance of this tool are in good quality and researcher
can easily relay on such kind of data. It has also been identified that all the information which are
collected with qualitative research method are in the form of descriptive and can easily be
interpret by the researcher.
Quantitative: It is a method used by researcher for gathering statistical, numerical and
mathematical information for completing the overall research in a proper manner. For this,
investigators adopt survey, questionnaires, polls and many other methods so they can effectively
gathered data in the form a numerical.
With the help of above discussion, it can be concluded that researchers adopt quantitative
research method as it assist in gathering numerical data that can be authentic and accurate.
Methods of data collection: In order to gathered information there are two main methods
which includes primary & secondary method for collecting data and information. Both these
method is described below in detail manner as follows which will help in completing the whole
research in an effective manner.
Primary: It is a type of data collection method where information which is being
gathered by the researcher is raw & fresh and is specially gathered for a particular purpose. For
this, different types of sources are there which is used by researcher for gathering primary
information. Questionnaire, observation, survey are the methods used by investigator so that they
can collect the information from individuals in order to develop a positive outcome.
Secondary: In this data collection method, researcher gathers all the information from
different sources as they are available on various websites, newspaper, internet, magazines and
so on. It is a method which is cost as well as time effective and assist researcher in order to
complete the whole research in an effective manner.
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In relation to the present investigation, researcher adopts both primary and secondary
method of data collection so that they can complete the whole investigation in a proper manner.
Along with this, by using both the methods, researcher can collect sufficient amount of
information which will assist them in concluding the overall research in a positive manner.
Literature Review: In order to conduct the whole research, literature review is going to
be conducted by the investigator. This is the secondary sources of data collection methods which
include online journals, sources, books and journals. This is a method which is cost effective and
consumes less time. In this research, secondary method includes literature review is where view
points of different authors are going to be discussed. As per the opinion of van den Brink, 2020,
it has been identified diversity brings creativity as well as innovation within business
organisation. It has also been identified that it helps in taking effective decision which is quite
beneficial for the organization.
Apart from this Alemu, 2019, it is also examined that there are various strategies which
assist in creating equal and diversified workforce within the organization. It has been said that by
implementing effective strategies company can retain their staff members in an effective manner.
On the basis of view point of Keisu and Ahlström., 2020 it is said that there are different
benefits gain by companies by executing equality and diversity practices such as it helps in
increases the productivity and profitability level at the workplace.
Sampling: It has been analysed that there are mainly two main types of sampling which
consist of probability as well as non-probability sampling method. For analysing the influence of
diversity & equality at workplace, researcher adopts random sampling where they chose 40
respondents. With the help of this, positive outcome will be produced by the researcher in an
effective and appropriate manner.
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you have the knowledge about concept equality & diversity at workplace?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Do you have any sort of knowledge regarding the significance of diverse and inclusive
workforce in the company?
a) Yes
b) No
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Q3) What are the major advantages gain by organisations by the assistance of executing
equality & diversity at workplace?
a) Minimizing employees turnover
b) Hiring of qualified employees
c) Creating innovative and positive workplace
d) Capturing huge consumer market
Q4) What is the impact of implementing strategies for developing diversified & inclusive
workforce in the company?
a) Positive Impact
b) Negative Impact
c) Neutral Impact
Q5) According to discussion which strategy need to use by the management team of Vodafone
in order to develop diverse and inclusive workforce?
a) Developmentof cultural Events
b) Gather inclusion feedback on a regular basis
Q6) Provide recommendations to the higher authorities of Vodafone in order to overcome from
the negative influence of diverse & inclusive workforce.
TASK 3
P5: Analyse your research & data by using appropriate tools as well as techniques
Theme 1: Idea regarding the equality & diversity in the workplace
Q1) Do you have the knowledge about concept equality & diversity at
workplace?
Frequency
a) Yes 30
b) No 10
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