Role of Line Managers and Leaders in Employee Development: A Case Study on Morrisons

PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM
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Section One: Title, aims, objectives
Topic
To analyse the role of line managers and leaders in employee development. A case study on
Morrisons.”
Introduction
Human resource management is the main function of organization which is used to arranging
and managing people at workplace. To have good human resource is opportunity for company
where people understands organizational goals and work accordingly by allocating roles and
responsibilities. The management to human resources is defined as strategic approach that use
to managing people and maximize their performance in order to attain business goals (Gonzalez,
and et.al., 2019.). To understand about employee development Morrisons has been taken that is
fourth largest chain of supermarket in UK. The organization was founded in 1899, by William
Morrison. It has more than 497 stores in different location that increases performance. The
headquarter in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The line managers and leaders of such
organization is having major role as it understands employee’s problems and solve them that
motivates to work hard as well as continuously.
Research aims
“To analyse the role of line managers and leaders in employee development. A case study on
Morrisons.”
Research objectives
• To analyse the role of line managers and leaders in employee development.
• To understand the importance of talent management in the Morrisons.
• To identify the talent strategies that Morrisons can implement to attract and retain people.
Research questions
• What is the role of line managers and leaders in employee development?
• What is the importance of talent management in the Morrisons?

• What talent strategies can Morrisons implement to attract and retain people?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this project
The primary rationale of conducting this research is to analyse the role of line managers and
leaders in employee development. This is important for organization to understand importance
of employee development as it helps to allocate the roles and responsibilities for the purpose of
getting work done. The another reason of undertaking research is to contribute their
organizational success by connecting with people and attaining competitive advantages. The
report helps to know different strategies to attract and retaining people at the workplace. This will
help to improve the knowledge and skills of researcher by analysing market and maintain high
performance.
Section Three: Precedents and sources
Role of line managers and leaders in employee development
According to Mahajan (2019), Line managers and leaders is having major role in development of
employees by knowing their skills to work and allocating work accordingly. The management is
one person who identify the vacant position and recruit skilled people that supports to contribute
in organizational working. The management and leaders also analyse the learning as well as
training needs of staff then put efforts to provide them with appropriate opportunities. The
management also responsible to provide constructive feedback to their team that can help to
bring improvements accordingly. The role of leader is to motivate their staff towards new working
and accepting challenges at the workplace that increase organizational development. In relation
to Morrisons, line managers and leaders act like mentor that can help to enhance their
knowledge and skills by performing their roles and responsibilities. This can help to managing
people, and getting work done results employee development.
Importance of talent management in the Morrisons
As per view of Yurdagul (2020), talent management is the crucial practice for organization where
number of jobs is performing by individuals and team members in order to increase the
performance. This is most important for organization to have skilled and talented human
resource as it used to maintain personnel and gets work done. Talent management is the
process of influencing and attracting people at workplace and manage business activities. This is
used to provide training and development programme to their staff and bring changes in their
existing performance. In relation to Morrisons, talent management is important aspect which is
used by managers to analyse the vacancy and recruit people by knowing their skills and abilities

to work. The management allocate the roles between staff that leads to a boom in basic
performance and productiveness. This supports to increase the business performance and
activities by managing all functions that provides greater level of productivity.
Talent strategies can Morrisons implement to attract and retain people
As per opinion of Mensah (2019), To attract and retain people is not easy task for each
organization as employees have different needs and expectations from organization where it
might create difficulties to operate their business. The management and leader is performing
effective roles by explaining detailed job descriptions and make sure only qualified people have
selected to perform specific jobs. The employee turnover is increasing day by day where it
became important for management to attract and retain people by managing people at
workplace. In relation to Morrisons, different strategies such as open communication, recruiting
skilled people, providing comfortable environment, training and development, and motivation are
effective strategies which can be apply by management for the purpose of retaining people and
developing organizational productivity. This also helps to managing people and bringing
changes at workplace that supports to provide competitive advantages.
Section Four: Activities and timescales
Activities to be carried out during the project How long this will take?
Activities and timescales
The present research is about employee development where different strategies to talent
management apply by management for the purpose of developing their skills and abilities. The
activities involve research aims, objectives, questions, literature review and methodology that will
help to complete task in certain period of time. This can help to accomplish business goals by
managing all functions as well as activities (Younas, and Waseem Bari, 2020).

Research approach and methodologies
Research Philosophy – This can be considering as assumptions and aspects of study used
by researcher to finish the research. This is important for each individual to make right decision