Accessorize Ltd: Managing a Business Project - Transformation

This report investigates workplace transformation in the context of Accessorize Limited, a British fashion accessory company, in the post-COVID era. It includes a project management plan with aims, objectives, a work breakdown structure, and a Gantt chart. The report employs both primary (questionnaire) and secondary research methods to gather data on the company's strategies for adapting to changes brought about by the pandemic. Findings are presented thematically, focusing on the concept of workplace transformation, strategies for dealing with changes, challenges encountered, and the significance of adopting new approaches to achieve business goals. The report concludes with recommendations for Accessorize Limited and a reflection on the value of undertaking the project management process.

Workplace Transformation in Post Covid/ Transformation in the workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Aims and objectives.....................................................................................................................1
Project management plan.............................................................................................................2
Work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart.............................................................................3
Comprehensive project management plan...................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Primary and secondary methods..................................................................................................5
Accuracy and reliability of methods............................................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
Present findings...........................................................................................................................8
Recommendations......................................................................................................................16
Appropriate tools and techniques..............................................................................................16
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................17
Reflect on the value of undertaking...........................................................................................17
Project management process......................................................................................................17
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................19

INTRODUCTION
Workplace transformation can be describe as the practice of organisation for changes different
aspects of business for enhancing business practice. It is essential for organisation to conduct
different workplace transformation practices in order to deal with the issues created due to Covid
19. It has been determined that workplace transformation will lead to have positive impact on
improving business practices as well as accomplishment of desired goals (Meske and Junglas,
2021). This report is based on Accessorize Limited company that is based in Ilford, East London.
This is a British private limited company that was developed in year 1973 and founder of this
organisation is Peter Simon. This company is providing its products and services related to
clothing and fashionable accessory. Accessorize Limited company is conducting its business
operations in UK market area and able to successfully meet with the requirements of customers.
This report includes project management plan along with its different aspects. Work breakdown
structure and a Gantt Chart has been determined in this report. In this report primary and
secondary methods has been analysed to collect data and appropriate tools has been consider to
analyse information. Apart from this a proper reflection has been includes regarding research
project.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Aims and objectives.
Aims –
To investigate the different ways consider by organisation for adopting new changes for Covid
19 in order to accomplish goals of business. Case study of Accessorize Limited company
Objective –
 To analyse the concept of workplace transformation.
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 To determine different strategies or approaches that could be adopted by company for
dealing with changes due to Covid 19 pandemic.
 To evaluate significance of adopting new changes in business for Accessorize Limited
company to attain its goals.
Questions –
 What is the concept of workplace transformation.
 What are different strategies or approaches that could be adopted by company for dealing
with changes due to Covid 19 pandemic.
 What are significance of adopting new changes in business for Accessorize Limited
company to attain its goals.
Project management plan.
Project management is one of the crucial process that helps in successfully and effectively
completing the project. There are different elements associated with project management plan
that needs to be identified by project manager (Selimović, Pilav-Velić and Krndžija, 2021). This
is characterized as a written document which is in utilized by an association to working with
proper details and clear rules for playing out every one of the activities identified with the project
This arrangement includes a few activities like designing, starting, implementing just as
executing and controlling identified with project. The project management plan is utilized to
research about the few angles that are needed for compelling preparation to accomplish
hierarchical objectives inside a predefined timeframe. Project management plan includes
different aspects such as aim, deliverables, time, quality, communication, risk and resources. All
of these are mention below in detail –
 Aim – The aims of this research project is to investigate the different ways consider by
organisation for adopting new changes for Covid 19 in order to accomplish goals of
business.
 Deliverables – The deliverables of this project includes research report that consist of
each and every information associated with the research practices and influence decision
making.
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 Time – This refer as the duration that will be required by researcher in order to
successfully and effectively complete research practices and attain desired goals. For this
report researcher will require time duration of 6 weeks.
 Quality – It is essential for researcher to maintain effective quality of the work or
collected information in order to attain desired goals of the research. In this research
report investigator is considering high quality of the data.
 Communication – In this research report investigator needs to communicate with
different people in order to gather accurate and appropriate information about the
research topic.
 Risk – This consist of issues and problems that could lead to have negative impact on
research practices. The major risk that is includes in this research consist of inaccurate
data or information that will affect accomplishment of desired outcomes
 Resources – There are different resources that will be required by researcher in order to
gather accurate and appropriate information about the topic. The main resources which is
needed are financial resources, human resources and other raw materials.
Work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart.
There are a few tools and methods that are utilized by agents to be aware of the finish of
assignment inside a predefined timeframe. In this examination report an analyst utilized WBS
just as Gantt outline to finish the exploration movement inside the time-frame that are considered
as follows:
Gantt Chart – Gantt chart is one of the accurate and effective tools that assist researcher
in order to successfully and effectively conduct research practices. Gantt chart was developed by
Henry Gantt in year 1915. It is considered as a time management tool that facilitates graphical
show of all means of tasks to give work straightforwardness and transparency (van de Ruit and
Bosk, 2021). It shows bar outline that gives clear data about the undertaking as it shows the
horizontal just as upward pivot on time intervals that depend on the project activities plans. It is
extremely helpful for the agents as it shows the beginning and end time of all components to
finish them just as it decreases the expense by limiting the wastages. This is significant tool in
order to represent the relationship between different activities along with its time duration.
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Work breakdown structure – It is identified with the project management tool that are
essentially utilized by the project chief just as researchers to properly apportion the whole
complicated tasks into the more modest areas which are overseen and controlled proficiently. It
is essential for researcher to use work breakdown structure in order to enhance research
practices. Through this tool researcher will be able to classify large and complex task into
smaller parts with the motive of timely completing it. Work break down structure facilitates clear
rules and frameworks for doing the jobs inside a predetermined time period as doling out all jobs
and obligations among the working staff (Noor-Ilander, 2021). Utilizing WBS is helpful for
leading research to stay away from work duplication risks just as successfully allocated tasks by
splitting between team individuals. This will helps in accomplishing research objectives inside a
predetermined time just as eliminate disarray towards the undertaking finish.
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Comprehensive project management plan.
Project management plan to complete this research includes development of aims and
objectives in first week, taking approval on the topic. after taking approval researcher needs to
collect and gather information as well as conducting survey in the third and fourth week. Data
analysis and interpretation of the finding will be performed in 5th week and last week includes
conclusion and submitting of the project.
TASK 2
Primary and secondary methods.
There are different methods that could be used by researcher in order to find accurate and correct
information about the topic. research methods are majorly are of two kinds such as primary and
secondary. Research methodology essentially give a bunch of explicit techniques and
methodology that are utilized to recognize, accumulate and assess a specific arrangement of data
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related with a particular topic (Rangraz and Pareto, 2021). The most utilized research strategy for
conduction any research are clarified below –
Primary source - It is the first source of data from where data is really produced and give
direct data to research in regards to any topic with next to no adjustment. Primary research
method is very helpful for gather first hand and accurate data according to the requirement
of the researcher. Data from this source can be gathered through utilizing interviews, surveys,
polls, and so on. It is important that researcher is consider primary method of gather
information so that appropriate data could be collected in order to attain desired goals.
Researcher who is collecting primary data is known as the owner of the data.
Secondary source - Secondary method of data collection is significant in order to find
information from the primary data collected and this method assist researcher in finding
information and data in less time duration (de Lucas Ancillo, del Val Núñez, and Gavrila,
2021). This source of information give induction to pre recorded information which was
accumulated by another specialist thusly, it is associated with some past situation and
conditions. This information can be assembled from past records, documents, literature,
journal and can similarly gathered from online website. Through this method researcher will
be able to save cost and time for collecting data and information. In this research, investigator is
considering both primary and secondary methods of data collection in order to find relevant
information.
In this research both primary and secondary methods of data collection has been
considered in order to successfully and effectively carry out research practices. Both of these are
essential in order to gather relevant data according to the topic.
Questionnaire is mention below -
Questionnaire –
Name –
Age –
Contact number –
1. Do you have understanding regarding the concept of workplace transformation?
 Yes
 No
2. What are the principles of workforce transformation that needs to be consider by
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organisation while adopting changes in business
 Respond
 Adapt
 Accelerate
 All of the above
3. According to you what are different strategies or approaches that could be adopted by
company for dealing with changes due to Covid 19 pandemic?
 Develop idea sharing culture
 Effective leadership
 Rewards and Awards
 Innovative technology
 All of the above
4. As per your point of view what are the various challenges that could occur during
workforce transformation or adopting new changes in business?
 Limited platform
 Knowledge gap due o evolution of technology
 Inability of monitoring employees
 Issue is remote working
 All of the above
5. Do you think Accessorize Limited organisation needs to perform different workplace
transformation activities in order to enhance business practices?
 Agree
 Disagree
6. As per your views what are significance of adopting new changes in business for
Accessorize Limited company to attain its goals.
 Increasing effectiveness of employees
 Improve productivity
 Better communication and collaboration
 Leading to innovation
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 All of the above
7. Do you think adopting new changes for Covid 19 will assist Accessorize Limited
organisation to successfully accomplish goals of business?
 Yes
 No
8. Do you have any suggestion for the manager of Accessorize Limited organisation in
order to enhance business practices through the consideration of new changes or
workplace transformation activities?
Accuracy and reliability of methods.
Primary and secondary method of the project is very accurate and reliable as primary data helps
researcher to find right and original information that has been collected for the first time and this
data has not be used by any other researcher. Secondary data is consider to be reliable and
accurate for this research project as through this researcher is able to collect data and information
in less time or cost of the conducting research.
TASK 3
Present findings.
Theme 1 – The concept of workplace transformation
1. Do you have understanding regarding
the concept of workplace
transformation?
Frequency
 Yes 25
 No 5
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Interpretation – Through the above shown data it has been analysed that most of the respondents
are well aware regarding the concept of workplace transformation. It has been analysed that
workplace transformation is very crucial part of business and this will lead to have major impact
on successfully conducting organisational activities. In this survey out of 30 respondents 25 feel
that they have understanding about workplace transformation concept where as other 5 feel that
they do not have understanding about this concept.
Theme 2 – the principles of workforce transformation that needs to be consider by organisation
while adopting changes in business.
9. What are the principles of workforce
transformation that needs to be consider
by organisation while adopting changes
in business.
Frequency
 Respond 5
 Adapt 5
 Accelerate 5
 All of the above 15
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