Introduction to People Management

This report provides an introduction to people management, including contemporary issues faced by line management, the skills and behaviors needed to be an effective people manager, and the HR processes that support performance management.

INTRODUCTION TO
PEOPLE
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Contemporary issues face line management faces when it comes to the people management...1
Knowledge skills and behaviours needed to be effective for people manager...........................3
What HR process underpin and support management to effective performance management. .4
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management refers to a strategic approach that indulge the several
aspect such as Training and managing people, recruitment and selection, performance
management. It represent as a practice of managing, organising and motivating people so that
task can be attained effectively and efficiently. In this Human resource are those type of
resources within the company that make the organisation on top and also they reflects as a
significant asset of the the business enterprise in relation to their skills and knowledge. It is a
vital division of the company that is highly emphasised by the screening, recruiting, finding,
training within the working environment. Managing people defines as a wider term that includes
the problem solving, grow the workers side, organise their behaviour etc. so that skills and
knowledge of the employees are to be enhanced and they will gain the high profits and revenues
in their long term survival. This report includes the contemporary issues that a line management
can face when they they will come to the people management so that higher profits can be
attained. In this skills, behaviour and knowledge of a people manager are also be reflected that
gives the effective results for the company sustainability. At last it inculcates the HR process that
helps in supporting the performance management so that employees are to be satisfied and goals
can be accomplished effectively and efficiently(Hurmelinna-Laukkanen and Olander, 2019) .
MAIN BODY
Contemporary issues face line management faces when it comes to the people management
Contemporary issues refers to that issue which reflect the present situation which will
affect the people within the organisation or the places. It may involves the several kinds of issues
that a line management faces when they manage the people management(Ahmed and et. al.,
2018) . Within the business organisation it may involves the several issues that can be shown
below:
 Compliance with the laws and regulations- It is the major current issue that an
organisation can face. In this firm will face the issue related to changing employment
laws. In this the manager can highly focus on implementing the employees related laws
for their well-being within the company due to this prominent results can be enjoyed.
This compliance helps in providing the guidance to the organisation relation to achieve
the overall goals based on profits and sustainability. For instance- Tesco Plc, manager
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cannot effectively focus on the employee being by not emphasis on the laws and
regulations related to worker well-being. In this the UK can announced to enhance the
salary of their workers and for this they can regulate some rules and regulation but Tesco
cannot follow this and due to this there objectives cannot be attained time frame. TO
overcome this issue Tesco Line manager can highly emphasis on all the state, local
national laws related to employee pay, work-safety so that high satisfaction can be
enjoyed by the workers and firm will get positive returns(Banfield, Kay and Royles,
2018) .
 Management changes- It is the another issues that was face by the line manager in
relation to managing the employee well being. In today's business environment
organisation can highly focus on implementing the changes in their culture, structure and
process so that they can gain higher growth and in this workers cannot accept the change
easily and face more difficulties due to which productivity and morale of employees is to
be decreased. For example- Morrison's manager can focus on implementing changes as
per the changes occur within the industry so that they get higher returns but in this they
can pass the order to their employees to accept change without effectively
communicating them this will affect the loss in profits and also creates conflicts within
the working place. To solve this issue manager can communicating effectively with
employees by doing counselling, staff meeting so that workers can accept change and
work effectively.
 Recruiting talented employees- Another major complication that a manager can face at
the time of managing people within working environment. For fulfilling the vacant job
with experienced candidate company can focus on attracting the large number of
candidates so that they can easily select the suitable applicant for job but to organise this
they can involves high investment and also time which is quite difficult for organisation
to run a business proficiency(Hislop, Bosua and Helms, 2018) . For instance- Marks &
Spencer manager can focus on recruiting their sales manager so that high sales can be
enjoyed by the organisation. In this firm includes the high cost and spending their lot of
time due to which other staff members are to be affected and also get disappointed from
external hiring. This will reduce profitable results to business enterprise. To solve this
complexity manager can adopts the use of staffing company which offers the Temp-to-
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hire result which is also less risky and also save money, time and employees conflicts and
dissatisfaction.
 Workplace diversity- It reflects the within organisation there are several employees are
working and they belong to several culture and ethnic differences. Due to this line
manager can face the issue of managing people effectively. For instance- Tesco Plc is
dealing in a global market and in this several culture and ethnic groups people are to be
working due to which venture can face the issue of managing all different employees
equally which a complex. To solve this complexity Tesco can focus on creating the team
work and respect to develops the positive working environment and also implement
diversify training program for their workers so that they are to managed well.
Knowledge skills and behaviours needed to be effective for people manager
People management reflects the managing relationship so that higher results can be
attained within the business enterprise and also helps in maximising the individual performance
and also team performance so that high sustainability can be enjoyed by the business enterprise
to a longer period of time(Alameda-Pineda, Ricci and Sebe, 2019) . In this people manager need
to some skills, knowledge and behaviour that helps in maintaining the decorum and motivation
within the employees for reaching the target. Some of the skills, knowledge, behaviour can be
shown below:
 Motivators- In this a manager who can manage the people within the organisation
having a high knowledge regrading the motivation. In this leader can highly focus on
encouraging their team mates related to task completion in monetary and non monetary
forms. This will helps in satisfying the workers and also enhance the performance level
of the workers so that high profits can be gained. For instance- Burberry manager can
mainly emp0hasis on motivating their employees related to task completion so that goals
can be attained in proficient manner and motivation also helps in enhancing the
producuitvty of employees due to this manager can effectively manage their working
environment for a longer period of time(Thomas, 2019) .
 Good Communication- In this manager of the organisation can highly focus on
providing effective information to their workers by properly communicating the staff
members relevant information that can helpful in eliminating the uncertainty. This helps
in providing the high quality results to the organisation and due to this manager can take
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decision effectively and efficiently. In context of Marks & Spencer if manager can
transfer the information related to policies and procedures to the leaders than it will
effectively pass through the employees and due to this high profitable results can be
gained.
 Decision making- It is another behaviour of the manager within the organisation where
they can take the effective decisions for helping the team mates so that high goals can be
attained and also helps in maintaining the friendly environment at working place.
Effective decision making helps in smooth completing the task and also helps in
removing the high pressure of working on the employees. For example- Waitrose
manager have the high skill of taking effective decisions related to the task completion in
this they can focus on employees participation within decision making process so that
innovative ideas are to implemented and this will reduce the impact of team
conflicts(Armstrong and Taylor, 2020) .
 Leadership- It is the prominent leadership skill that can be reflected within people
management due to this they can enjoy the high leading solutions in proficient manner. In
this effective leader can highly a motivates their team members so that their team
members represent the good things. For instance- Tesla manager have high level of
leadership skill and because of this they can influence their team mates for adopting the
changes frequently and positively and it also helps in maintaining the positive culture
within the business enterprise.
What HR process underpin and support management to effective performance management
Performance management refers to the corporate management tool that helps the business
manager and leaders to evaluate and monitor the employees performance so that high
productivity results can be gained. This approach can create a environment in which employees
are focusing on enhancing their work performance so that proficient outcome can be
enjoyed(Gettings and et. al., 2018) . For effective performance management HR department can
support the performance management to evaluate the performance and for this they can adopts
the determinants that can be reflected below:
 Performance management review- It refers to the formal determinant that is adopted by
the manager for analysing the performance of the employees on the basis of their strength
and weaknesses and for this they can taking the regular follow-ups to their employees
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and setting the goals for future profits and revenues. It is also denoted as a performance
appraisal. In context of the Aston Martin manager can evaluate their employees
performance and examine their strength and weaknesses so that task allocation is to be
easy and also work can be done effectively and efficiently. In this manager emphasis on
the brainstorming activities to their employees where they can effectively get the high
results because the overall thinking power of the team mates are to be improves and
because of this they can offer the innovative ideas related to several attaining several
activities. This helps in creating the innovative environment within the working
environment of the business enterprise(Schweiger and Battelino, 2020) .
 360 Degree appraisal- It refers to that which is designed for the benefits of the
employees to the manager of the company. In this they can take the feedback from their
employees so that they issues related to working can be effectively examined. In this
leader can take the follow-up from the several sources that are from supervisors,
colleagues, customer etc. For example- ALDI manager can analyse the employees
performance by communicating with their close peers, superiors etc. AS it helps in
analysing the performance level of team mates that helps in HR process in offering the
training and development sessions. It also provide the effective results to the company
sustainability(Stelljes, Martinez and McGlade, 2018).
Recommendations
From the above analysis it is to be recommended that the HR process and management
can effectively show their results by using the performance management framework. In this
department of people management can highly focus on adopting the advanced technology in
reviewing the employees performance by using the 360 degree as it is very prominent because it
offers the successful results to the organisation sustainability and also enhance the employee
productivity due to this working environment can be managed for a longer period of time.
Manager can take the regular feed back of their employees and also provide the proper
counselling to their workers so that their problems can be solved and high success can be faced
by business enterprise.
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CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that people management is a prominent term for the
business enterprise because due to this firm will attain their goals and objectives in effective and
efficient way. This study helps in acknowledging the several contemporary issues that a
management can face at the time of employee well-being and offering training and development
so that they can focus on that issues and work on removing this to gain the long term survival
within marketplace. Further it involves the knowledge, skills and behaviour that helps in
enhancing the working culture of the business enterprise related to people manager. It also
elucidates the HR process that helps in supporting the administration so that effective
performance management can be done so that high profits can be gained.
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