Presentation on managing a successful business project ( Diversity and equality in Shell Oman LLC)

Equality and Diversity in general are very key aspects of human’s existence on this planet. As human being we are naturally very diverse in terms our backgrounds, genders, race, status, age, disability and many more aspects that differentiate us from one another.

Equality socially means a state in which people within a specific society or group must have exact same status and treatment in terms of freedom of speech, basic civil rights, health benefits, economic equality, social services and many more aspects of human relations and interactions. Social equality is the enemy of discrimination and social class boundaries.

Discrimination in definition is the act of favoring a certain group of people over others based on the group they belong to, class or even category. Though discrimination can be justified like when we send criminals to jail for doing wrong activities it mostly is not justified in other cases. Other ways people discriminate against each other are limitless; people can find mysterious way to treat other differently like discriminating based on age, disability, marital status, religion, sex, gender, genetics, nationality, color, ethnicity, family status and so many more.

Diversity is a strong tool that we humans have and it was to be used properly humans can become whole and each sub group will be able to improve with the help of others. Diversity goes a long way beyond just the cultural aspect of it and extend to other aspects of gender, race, language and educational backgrounds.

Difference between equality and diversity

Equality: it is to provide equal opportunities amongst people from different groups with no exceptional treatment for anyone. Equality eliminates discrimination.

Diversity: having a variety of people with diverse backgrounds and from different groups which helps combing power and sharing ideas from different perspectives all at once.

Diversity and Equality in the workplace

Diversity in the work place means for the company to employ a variety of diverse individuals of different backgrounds and characteristics. To put it plainly; it is to have a workforce of people with different characteristics as discussed earlier. Diversity is one of the issues that concern Human Resources of an organization as they are the ones responsible for recruiting and employing individuals.

Since very recently HR managements have started putting diversity in the workplace as goal to be achieved and that could be because of the benefits that it brings to the workplace. These benefits go from bringing together a diverse expertise to an organization to improving the reputation of the organization.

A diverse workplace allows organizations access to a wide scope of skills, ideas and resources which put businesses ahead, such benefits include:

· Increased creativity: it is clear that people who come from various backgrounds tend to perform better in terms of offering different perspectives and experiences when merged together.

· Higher Innovation rate: according to Josh Bersin’s research on diversity in the workplace; companies with a diverse workforce are 1.7 times more likely to be innovative leaders in their market.

· Better problem solving: diverse teams are able to solve problems faster that groups with people of similar minds and backgrounds. (Reynolds & Lewis, 2017)

· Better Decision Making

· Increased Profits

Equality In the workplace on the other hand basically suggests that no employee should come across or be afraid of being discriminated against based on their sex, age, etc. It is all about providing all employees with the same opportunities to improve as well as punishments so when rules tend to bend in some cases that shows a possibility of discrimination occurring.

It is the duty of the Human Resource management to prevent such discrimination from taking place within their organization as well as holding accountable those responsible for such occurrences.

When diversity and Equality are both present in a working environment there can be big positive impacts on the performances of businesses and can be noticed in the following forms:

· Improved Productivity

· Positive and harmonic working environment for employees to thrive

· Improved Sustainability

· Diverse sets of skills

Creating Equality and diversity in Shell Oman

As Shell is worldwide organization with its presence in over 70 countries around the world it has already established having a diverse workforce as well having equality but there is always room for improvement.

As the Human Resources team in Shell Oman we can further improve diversity and equality in our workplace to improve the company’s position in the country and assure trust of the market labor in our choices. That can happen by widening our workforce with personnel from different countries and ethnicities as reaching out to employ people with disabilities wherever convenient for both parties.

3. Aim of the project (P1)

Vision

Our vision in Shell Oman is to the employer that ensures the application of the means of diversity in our workplace as well as inclusion. We aim to become the top organization in terms of its diverse workplace as well as eliminating all possible means of discrimination to ensure that our employees work in high levels of comfort and by doing all that we can top up our reputation in the country.

Mission

Our mission is to educate, empower, engage and advocate our working community to sustain a working environment that is divers, equal and inclusive with respect to the Omanization law of the country.

4. Objectives

i. Increase Omanization in Shell Oman from 90% all the way to a 100% by the year of 2023

ii. The organization will assure all our personnel a total of 8 hours work per day 5 times a week by the end of the following month (May)

iii. We will have equal leaves for both genders with them being 60 days annually by the year 2021

I. Shell Oman will bring up its number of working women to 40% by the year 2024

II. We will have 30% of our annual employments specific to fresh graduates, 30% to job seekers with no experience by the year of 2023

5. Project management plan (P2)

Scope – Deliverables

We, Shell Oman, through this report will be the leading organization in the country in terms of our diversity and equality in the workplace. By doing so we will oversee improvements in the working environment making it a more just, safer, more productive and more empowering for our workforce. This will lead to improving our skill sets and make room for innovations and creativity.

Time

As per the reading of our Human Resources team we count our project as achievable within the following four years as of this day.

Quality

The Qualities of our project can be achieved by making a law that indicates our employees get their 60 days leave per year. We will have 100% of our workers being Omanies from 90%. Take actions in terms of empowering women by increasing the percentage of working women up to 40%. Adjusting Employees working schedule according to our 8 hours per day working limit. Recruiting, assessing and interviewing fresh graduates as well as job seekers with no work experience which will also help the nation’s job seekers crisis.

Communication

Our Human Resources will make sure to bring together all departments of our organization under one force with the leadership of the CEO in order to achieve our goals and objectives in timely manner. Once all parties are involved we can start with our project.

Risk

The two biggest risks from this project will be the elimination of the remaining 10% expats in the country which we will definitely compensate as well as the employment of fresh graduates and job seekers with no experience and that also can be managed by our HR team with the right assessments, interviews and recruitment techniques.

Resources

6. Work breakdown structure P3

7. Gantt Chart P3

8. Small scale research P4

I will conduct a questionnaire that I will distribute to job seekers as well as workers in the petroleum field that will help me realize employees opinions on diversity and equality and what we can do to improve working environments.

Employee Survey: (Shade your answer)

1. Employees who are different from most employees get different treatment in the firm.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

2. I feel respected, valued and included in the workplace.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

3. When and if discrimination occurs in the workplace; I believe the company will take appropriate action in response.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

4. My supervisor shows support of diversity in the workplace.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

5. People from different backgrounds and cultures are valued and respected here.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

6. In our firm both men and women are treated equally.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

7. Racial, ethnic and gender based jokes are not tolerated in the firm.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

8. Within our firm, everyone gets equal opportunities of promotions and raises regardless of their backgrounds.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

9. Within our firm, everyone gets equal chances of employment regardless of their backgrounds, ethnicities and genders.

· Strongly Disagree

· Disagree

· Neutral

· Agree

· Strongly Agree

10. How long have you worked in this organizations.

· Less than a year

· 1-2 years

· 2-4 years

· 4-6 years

· More than 6

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Name: Anas Alzadjali Student ID: ST10299