Introduction to People Management

Introduction to People
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Contemporary issues faced by line management when it comes to people management...........4
Knowledge, skills & behaviour required to be an effective people manager.............................5
Human resource processes underpin & support management when it comes to effective
performance management...........................................................................................................7
RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................................................8
CONCLSUSION..............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
People management is termed as a series of practices which encompasses the end-to-end
procedure of talent retention, talent optimization, talent acquisition at the time of providing
guidance and support to staff members prevailing in organisation. People management is a sub-
set of human resource management that consist of aspects such as how people behave, act, grow
as well as engage at work (Hurmelinna-Laukkanen and Olander, 2019). This affect on the overall
performance and efficiency of employees that in turn affect on growth and development of
organisation. Apart from this, it is also a procedure of motivating, directing and training staff
members in order to optimize and promote workplace productivity as well as performance.
Human resource management plays vital role in managing people as they develop
policies and then formulate it with an objective to manage, retain and motivate employees of the
company. For the present report, Marks and Spencer is taken into consideration. It is a British
multinational retailer specialise in home products, clothing and food products. The report will
cover the issues faced by line management at the time of managing people. IN addition to this,
there is a discussion about the knowledge, skills as well as behaviour needed for being an
effective people manager. Moreover, HR processes that support and underpin management for
effective performance management is elaborated in a proper manner. In the last, some of the
recommendations is provided to the respective organisation for resolving the issues faced at the
time of people management.
Contemporary issues faced by line management when it comes to people management
In every organisation, issues are occurred when they manage people prevailing at
workplace. It is important for company such as Marks and Spencer to deal with the challenges in
an appropriate and timely manner so that it does not impact on their performance and
productivity (Banfield, Kay and Royles, 2018). The issues faced by line managers when it
comes to people management is given below in relation to Marks and Spencer:
Trainings and development:
It is considered as one of the significant aspect that help a business entity to enhance
skills, knowledge and capabilities of staff members that directly leads to raise in performance
and profitability of the company. It is analysed that the requirement of employees to take training
is different which sometime not fulfil by the common training session and because of this line
managers face issues in order to manage people. It is important for a company to focus on the