An Investigation into Workplace Discrimination at Rolls Royce

This research project investigates workplace discrimination, focusing on a case study of Rolls Royce Motor Car Ltd. The project begins with an abstract and table of contents, followed by an introduction outlining the background, aims, objectives, and research questions. A detailed literature review explores the facts and reasons behind workplace discrimination, examining various forms such as age, gender, and racial discrimination. The research methodology is described, followed by data analysis and interpretations, though the outcomes are presented in a PPT. The project concludes with reflections, recommendations for alternative methodologies, and a conclusion, offering strategies and recommendations for organizations to mitigate workplace discrimination, referencing relevant sources.

Research project

Abstract
Workspace discrimination has emerged as a big issue for all organisation that is hampering there
day to day business activities and are the main cause of conflicts and issues at workplace. Thus,
it become crucial and necessary for all organisation to make effective strategies to cope up and
mitigate this issues. Hence, current research is based on the topic study about the facts and
reasons that are creating and facilitating workplace discrimination along with strategies to
overcome it.
Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................1
Research Title: “An investigation into the various forms of workplace discrimination” -A Case
on Study Rolls Royce Motor car Ltd...............................................................................................1
A) Introduction.................................................................................................................................1
A.1) Background of research.................................................................................................1
A.2) Research aim and objectives..........................................................................................1
A.3) Rational for selection of research topic..........................................................................2
A.4) Research questions.........................................................................................................2
B) Literature review.........................................................................................................................2
C) Research methodology................................................................................................................6
D) Data analysis and interpretations..............................................................................................11
E) Research Outcomes...................................................................................................................20
This part is covered in PPT..................................................................................................20
F) Reflection & recommendation for alternative research methodology......................................20
Reflection.............................................................................................................................20
Recommendation for alternative research methodology......................................................21
G) Conclusion................................................................................................................................21
H) Recommendations.....................................................................................................................21
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................22

Research Title: “An investigation into the various forms of workplace
discrimination” -A Case on Study Rolls Royce Motor car Ltd.
A) Introduction
A.1) Background of research
The biggest issues that is currently faced by all organisation due to globalisation and
enhanced integration is associated with workplace discrimination as a wide range of employees
who belongs to diversified culture and backgrounds are working together at one place (Gordon,
2018). Rolls Royce cars ltd is a multinational famous British automotive brand and car
manufactures which mainly deals in Luxury cars and headquartered at West Sussex, England,
and United Kingdom. Rolls Royce cars Ltd is also among these organisation that is facing this
issues of workplace discrimination that is mainly related with age discrimination and redundancy
selection (Age discrimination and redundancy selection: Rolls Royce v Unite, 2020). The
workplace discrimination has negative impact and hampers the performance and efficiency level
of employees and overall organisation thus, following research is conducted on various forms of
workplace discrimination so that better strategies could be made by organisation like Rolls
Royce cars ltd to cope up with and encounter negative implication of workplace discrimination.
A.2) Research aim and objectives
Aim of project
The aim of this research project is “To get a better understanding about the about the
reasons and causes of workplace discrimination and also includes a study over various strategies
and steps that can be adopted by an organisation to eliminate and reduce this discrimination”.
Research Objectives
The main objectives of this research project conducted on Rolls Royce Motor car are as
follows:
 To study about the facts and reasons that are creating and facilitating workplace
discrimination.
 To have a better understanding about the various forms and types of workplace
discrimination exists within the organisation like Rolls Royce (Derous and Decoster,
2017).
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 To evaluate and identify the various strategies and plans that can be made and implement
by an organisation to cope up with the issues and challenges of workplace discrimination
A.3) Rational for selection of research topic
The main justification for selection of current research topic based on workplace
discrimination is associated with the fact that organisation is facing this issue from a long time
that has badly affected there operation and performance. Thus, the selection of current research
topic is rational as lead to better examination of various forms of workplace discrimination so
that some effective strategies and policies could be adopted by an organisation to have better
performance. Workplace discrimination is the main factor that leads to higher number of
conflicts and chaos and carets tension among staff thus, it is necessary to resolve and overcome
the situation of workplace discrimination so that a better coordination and positive environment
can be created at workplace to ensure better success and timely achievement of targets. Hence,
the current research is vital and useful from perspective of an organisation and professional
background of researcher. Apart from this, it also met educational background of investigator
and ensures better managerial skills and knowledge for all other related scholars.
A.4) Research questions
The current research project is focused on evaluating following research questions:
 What are the facts and reasons that are creating and facilitating workplace
discrimination?
 What are the various forms and types of workplace discrimination exists within the
organisation like Rolls Royce?
 What are the possible strategies and plans that can be made and implement by an
organisation to cope up with the issues and challenges of workplace discrimination?
B) Literature review
A literature review is detailed and comprehensive summary or brief description about thee
research topic, as it formulated through the scholarly articles, libraries book, online sites and
other relevant sources with associated with particular research(Marchiondo., Ran, and Cortina.,
2018). The literature review is made a structure to attaining the requirements and determining the
nature of current research topic. As for this research the literature review is conducted for the
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concept on workplace discrimination in the context of Rolls Royce group company(Gordon.,
2018).
To study about the facts and reasons that influence to create and facilitating workplace
discrimination.
According to the Sherrie Scott, 2019. Discrimination in the workplace is refers about the
treating the workforce in the organisation premises or allocate the job as offer in terms of
demographic factor such as age, gender, religion or disability factor etc(Manuel and et. al.,
2017). It stats that discrimination with anyone in the organisation premises is only happen when
some one is creates the violation to protect the laws. As the general meaning of discrimination is
not to getting job offer by any company, loosing the opportunities at work, in fact it derives that
laws protect which are link with job work. The reasons which can influence to create and
facilitating workplace discrimination in organisation that it addresses the work environment
healthy safety where the employees can feel satisfy to work in the premises as well as it also
enhanced the laws and regulation in terms of employment laws related to workforce allowances
which protect all these rights and uses in time of violation if it creates the negative influence.
Some of the factor which comprises the workplace discrimination in terms of employees gender,
age , religion or any kind of disabilities by allocate them as per their potential work(Gabriel and
et. al., 2018).
For the women’s they are working in organisation as their safety the workplace
discrimination play major role when a women faced any kind of harassment ornegative abusive
behaviour with some one else and the particular organisation have taken any action through HR
department which provides the fair judgement it shows the workplace discrimination enables the
effective influence.
To have a better understanding about the various forms and types of workplace discrimination
presence in the organization like Rolls Royce company perspective.
According to the Kathy Harrington-Sullivan, 2019. As this discrimination in workplace
in the organisation to protecting the laws and regulation which creates the helpful tools at the
time of violation arises where the employees are getting this enhancement of compliances to
implement by the organisation benefits as well as to reduces the unwanted crises which happens
internally(Derous and Decoster., 2017). The workplace discrimination also configurated into
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employees gender, age and religion etc. where the human resource department of each company
made and formulated these employment laws by which it controlled by them and only assorted
when there is any situation arises within the premises. The famous automotive company called
Rolls Royce group having a workplace discrimination by which it implies various form of
discrimination laws which are co related with the workplace such as :
Employee Referral: The employee referral are the most effective program, where it
comprises of low cost effective by which the hiring the potential employees which are basically
based on recommended on the basis of current employees. By evaluating and constructing the
employee referrals from employees operated by Human resources department which have to bear
the cost expensive on job posting sites(Baur and et. al., 2018).
Racial Discrimination: As some of the situation arises on the depending situation of
discrimination in the premises like salary part, grievances, denied equality in the company,
refuse of employee work training or may be harassment case etc. These are some of the harmful
statements which shows the negativity in the personality.
Gender Discrimination:A gender discrimination is frequently happens in the premises in the
organisation where it predicting by managers that women are not eligible to handle the official
work because they having no more of competencies rather than men. Gender discrimination laws
covers as in issues involvement where the employees has claiming the cases regarding sexual
harassment, bullying, grievances, salary not appropriates allotted and other factor which shows
the discrimination can be a big conflict in the organisation premises.
Age and Disability Discrimination: As the mentioned in employment law that an
employee retires at the age of 50-60 around but still some of the potential or workaholic are
ready to serve the working in the organisation which shows their loyalty but according to the
norms it has to applicable and abide by the workforce where the older employee having presence
of pressure to retire and about to hire the young candidates who can contributes their skills and
knowledge and provides the favourable outcomes(Schneider, Wesselmann. and DeSouza, 2017).
For older workforce having act which called OWBPA amended the ADEA in 1990 offering even
more protection. Disability Discrimination are allowing to wrk in the organisation but it has
drawback of promoting or not assorting to allowing any kind of professional work opportunities
where is to hard handle but enhance the resources of what they actually needed.
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To evaluate and identify the various strategies and plans that can be made and implement by
an organisation to match up with facing challenges regarding workplace discrimination.
As per the opinion of the Ruth Mayhew., 2019. The strategies on the behalf of workplace
discrimination reduces as well the challenges which are facing towards the organisation not able
coordinate to manage employees by having the grievances related to work and other factors
which are comprises the workplace discrimination creates the chaos between employees and
managers(Ying Liao and et. al,, 2017). Some of the laws which helps to reducing the influencing
power of workplace discrimination as it formed on the basis of regulation such as age, disability,
gender etc, but in some of the organisation are facing high impact of workplace discrimination
where some strategies are to reduce the challenges of discrimination in company which bring the
fair judgement environment in the context of Rolls Royce company premises are:
Effective training allotted to employees: This training to driven to the employees as per
the achievement of diversity goal which is facilitates by managers, supervisor and employees
which generates the benefits towards the workplace diversity(Wombacher and Felfe, 2017).
Employees are participants in training to analyse the improvement and enhancement of
workplace diversity where they can easily reduce the discrimination. Due to making forcefully
employees are to embrace diversity through the sensitivity and the awareness to enhancing the
challenges to preventing workplace discrimination(Fine, Sojo and Lawford‐Smith, 2020).
Affirmative Actions in organisation: As in the organisation due to misconception and
miscommunication can be create the workplace discrimination that can be fluctuates the
organisation structure in terms of not having coordination between employees and superioris and
the few misconception can create the requirement of workforce through which they hire based on
job related factor such as age, sex, race or in religion bases. These factor can improvised by
implementing the strong compliances which can helps to reduce theses sort of discrimination and
develop the coordination level between staffs.
Reduces the HR biasness practices: In organization the origin of discrimination is starts
from Human resource department where it scrutinized the potential employees and they
promotes and allows only these workforce to perform this discrimination should be eliminated
because it prevents the work culture disturb and instead of that it increases the workplace
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discrimination which is not fair sound that can not be give a sense of satisfactory regarding with
job performance and responsibilities(Di Marco and et. al., 2018).
As these are the reviews on challenges which organization has faced during to reduces the
workplace discrimination as well as it allows the work life destructed through which above three
basic strategies are comprises about to overcamethe practices of workplace discrimination.
C) Research methodology
A research methodology provides a set of particular process and techniques which are
assorted by researcher or manager to identify, select and process and analysis information and
data related to the respective research topic(Colella. and King eds., 2018). The research
methodology instructed to about the process of data collection through several factors as well as
how to analysis and evaluate to achieve the research conclusion.
Research Philosophy:
It provides the belief about the ways on which data is been collected on specific topic and
interpretation by researcher. There are two main research philosophy which has been considered
by researcher are given below:
Positivism: this type of research philosophy is focuses on the predicting or assuming the
research outcomes analyzation through researcher perspective, it is a scientific method where it
mapped on high scale that is not having a consideration to researcher values and behavior(Shen
and Dhanani, 2018).
Interpretivism: This philosophy is considered by those researcher who are collects the
rich or precious data which contains subjective knowledge and provides the better specification.
As it of this particular research there is use of Positivism research philosophy where it
helps to predicts the main focus of data investigation and generates the optimum outcomes while
interpretivism will only provides the detailed subjective knowledge.
Research Approaches:
It basically represent the plan and strategies which is implement in research and where it
includes the various steps and assumptions for making the data collection effectiveness and also
analyzation(Cavanagh and et. al., 2017). It containing two main approaches are elaborated
below:
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Deductive: This research approach states about to adapted the optimum selective theory
which can developed the hypotheses and by that the data collection and analyzation on eth basis
of given hypothesis. Therefore, it includes the main focus to testing the theory before
implementing in research.
Inductive:This approach of research is determined with upcoming generation of new
theory that emerge from the data(González-González, 2018). The inductive provides the more
logical procedure in multiple assumption with complied and generates the conclusion of
research.
For this research use of the Deductive approach selected as the research is basis on
hypothesis and it helps to instruct to choose the optimum theory which can develop the
hypothesis while inductive will generates the new theory but not the basis of hypothesis. So,
deductive is the right approach.
Research method:
A research method is facilitates a systematic procedure to conducting and meeting the
objectives of any research(Georgakopoulos and Kelly, 2017). It contain two main method which
are given below:
Qualitative Method: By using of this research method it comprising the researcher is
considered the data collection into detailed knowledge or depth information regarding the
research topic in which it helps to analyses the respondent’s behavior.
Quantitative Method: Under this research the researcher is more focuses into data
collection in form of numeric and arithmetic framework which only reflect the point of view and
brief perspective of participants not much influenced in given depth knowledge(Thomson. and
Grandy, eds., 2018).
For this particular research there is a use of Quantitative research Method selected by
which it generates the data in numeric format as the data has been scrutinized through positivism
philosophy which provides the data information regarding the predicting and conclusion
perspective.
Gantt Chart:
A Gantt Chart is the horizontal bar graph which provides graphical representation of
different tasks and steps related with research objectives that facilitates clarity, transparency and
simplicity in research(Dhanani, Beus, and Joseph, 2018). Gantt chart is useful for the research as
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it provide the time allotment for each and every task which makes the better understanding of
beginning and ending of the research which also fulfillment of the task and its objectives
through optimum identification, reducing the errors and discrimination factor.
Sources of Data Collection:
It formally represent the beginning of data where the data is actually gathered from where
it belongs. Following having two sources of data generates are :
Primary Source:This is source of data in which researcher processing of collecting data
through own efforts by which the data doesn’t having any existence and it gathered through
interview, survey polls, feedback etc.
Secondary Source: This is the source on which researcher is collects the data through
other research documents where it has already having existence and it gathered through articles,
internet, past records to easily procure and scrutinize the data on eth basis of research(DeSouza,
Wesselmann and Ispas, 2017).
As for this research there is consideration of both primary and secondary source of data
collection where the primary data is used to construct of questionnaire framework and Secondary
is uses for obtaining the data from online servers sources by which to making the effective
research data.
Sampling Method:
Sampling is a method that is assorted by researcher for to choosing the optimum
sampling process to analysis the data from the big or larger population size, as for this research
particular is used the Simple random sampling method is made is provide to probability for the
observation and interpretation by which it also eliminate the biasness and discrimination
factor(Coxand et. al., 2018).
Instrument Used: As for the respective research the sampling instrument is assort by
survey factor in which it leads to attaining the information about research of the topic and
objectives through Questionnaires(Cadiz, Pytlovany and Truxillo, 2017).
Sampling Size:The sampling size is basically taken for this research is 20 minimum of
stakeholder from Rolls Royce company in which it determine the workforce of the organization
includes such as managers , employees, customers and supplies etc(Rai, and Agarwal, 2017).
Questionnaire:
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It is an written document which emphasis the sets of questions which are connected to the
research topic and its objectives on which it helps to collects the opinion and answers of the
respondents(Yong Kim, Elkins Longacre and Werner., 2017).
Questionnaire
Q1) Is workplace discrimination is really becoming a big issue and challenge for business
organisation?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) What are the facts and reasons that are creating and facilitating workplace
discrimination?
a) Culture of favouritism
b) Pre- employment screening
c) Male dominance
d) Interaction with diversified economies
Q3) What are the various forms and types of workplace discrimination exists within the
organisation like Rolls Royce?
a) Age and Disability
b) Gender reassignment and sexual discrimination
c) Marriage and civil partnership
d) Race, Religion or belief
Q4) Are you agreed with the statement that, age discrimination and redundancy selection
are the two most common form of discrimination prevailing at the workplace of Rolls
Royce Cars Ltd?
a) Agreed
b) Disagreed
Q5) which one is the main negative implication and challenge that is associated with
workplace discrimination that could hamper performance of Rolls Royce?
a) Increase in chances of conflicts
b) Higher employee’s turnover
c) Chaos and reduction in productivity
Q6) What impact would be lead by workplace discrimination on behaviour and attitude of
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