Introduction to People Management

Introduction to People
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Contemporary issues faced by line management in people management...................................3
Knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to be an effective people manager...........................5
HR process underpin and support management when it comes to effective management.........6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8
Books and Journal:......................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
At the times of management of operations and production in any organisation the major
skill needed to the managers is people management as every operation needs a human resource
to operate it in efficient manner. People management refers to a process of planning, managing
and controlling the functions and employees of an organisation. People should be managed by
top authorities in various terms such as their working potentials, performance, welfare and
motivation. During the pandemic every organisation face various issues and losses due to
COVID19. Due to the crises of COVID19 organisations fails to maintain interpersonal
relationship with their employees because of lack of communication which result in losses in
terms of employees and operational issues(Mansoor and Khuwaja, 2020). This report contains
the problem faced by every UK organisation which has a impact on human resource function. It
also contains the issues faced by line managers in managing their workforce and reorganise
them into full efficient manner. This report also highlights the efforts of employees for the
welfare of organisation.
Main Body
Contemporary issues faced by line management in people management
Line managers are managers which act as mediator between the lower and superior management
and are responsible to establish a connection between the top management and lower level
management. They assign work to the lower level workforce and keep check on their
performance on behalf of the top management(Gray, Rushton and Hobbs 2020). Line mangers
have a duty to manage the employees working under them, help them to overcome their
weaknesses by directing them in right direction, resolve conflict arise into their department and
gives reasonable solutions so that same issue will not arise again. The issues faced by line
managers are affected by both internal and external factors. In the scenario of COVID19, the
crises has a great impact on the organisation regarding people management as it disrupted the
business environment completely. Some of the issues are discussed below:
Communication difficulties: Communication is an essential element which facilitates the
companies to perform its business operations. COVID19 has put a high impact on
communication in business organisation and line managers are under high pressure to carry out
effective communication within workforce of organisation to reduce error and faults(Bailey and