The Role of Line Managers and Leaders in Employee Development in Sainsbury's

RESEARCH PROJECT
(The role of line managers and leaders in employee
development in Sainsbury's)

Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................3
1.1 Research Aim and Rationale.................................................................................................3
1.2 Research Questions...............................................................................................................3
1.3 Research Objectives..............................................................................................................4
1.4 Significance of the Research.................................................................................................4
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW..................................................................................5
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY........................................................................................9
CHAPTER FOUR: FINDINGS.....................................................................................................12
4.1 Frequency Distribution Table.............................................................................................12
4.2 Data Presentation................................................................................................................14
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION..................................................................................................21
CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR
FURTHER RESEARCH...............................................................................................................23
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................25
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................28
Questionnaire............................................................................................................................28

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background of the topic
Talent management is defined as procedure in a company that focuses over determining
vacant positions, recruiting suitable applicant, helping employees to develop their skills to match
their existing position and responsibility and retaining existing employees in the organisation
(López‐Cotarelo, 2018). The process of strategic talent management assists in aligning with the
business goals of the organisation and enabling the company to stay relevant and sustain in the
competitive market (Blanco-Oliver, Veronesi and Kirkpatrick, 2018).
1.1 Research Aim and Rationale
Research Aim
To identify the role of line managers and leaders in development of employees within an
organisation. A study on Sainsbury's
Research Rationale
The main motive of doing the present investigation is that it focuses over showcasing the
significance of roles and responsibilities executed by line managers and leaders within an
organisation (Keegan and Den Hartog, 2019). This also determines the various advantages
experienced by whole company through different strategies of talent management in the
workplace. With the help of current investigation, researcher aims at attaining two significant
targets which include: personal and professional target. In respect of personal perspective,
researcher will learn about the personalities of people and they will make these changes in their
personalities so that they can develop and succeed (Nxumalo and et. al., 2018). Investigator will
also clear concept of research methods through which they can easily collect and analyse
information. On the other hand, researcher will also attain professional perspective by simply
learning about the strategies of talent management in the organisation.
1.2 Research Questions
 What are the roles and responsibilities executed by leaders and line managers within
Sainsbury's?
 What are the efforts exerted by line managers and leaders in Sainsbury's for developing
organisational employees?

 What are the advantages gained by Sainsbury's using effective talent management
strategies?
1.3 Research Objectives
 To examine the roles and responsibilities executed by leaders and line managers within
Sainsbury's
 To investigate the efforts exerted by line managers and leaders in Sainsbury's for
developing organisational employees
 To analyse the advantages gained by Sainsbury's using effective talent management
strategies
1.4 Significance of the Research
The existing study is significant because it shows the significance and role of talent
management strategies in the organisation along with the roles of managers in successful
implementation of these strategies (Op de Beeck and et. al., 2018). This report shows that this
study is significant for companies, students, professionals as well as researchers. In terms of
researchers, this study is important because they can consider this study as secondary source to
accumulate information. In respect of companies, this research gives them information about the
strategies adopted by leaders and managers of the large-scale companies to manage their
employees in the organisation (Sheehan, McCabe and Garavan, 2020).

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction of Literature Review
Literature review is defined as the most important part of the research as it helps in
evaluating knowledgeable and strong detailed information about the selected topic (Oztemel and
Gursev, 2020). This helps the researcher in analysing different facts and information about the
selected topic for carrying out the discussion in an effective manner.
2.2 Main Body
2.2.: Roles and responsibilities executed by leaders and line managers within Sainsbury's
As per the view of Sainsbury (2020), the leaders and line managers play an important role in
the company as it helps in building the employees morale and motivation for gaining high
success and growth in the competitive business market. The roles and responsibilities of leaders
and line managers in Sainsbury’s help in motivating and giving instruction the employees in
order to improve their working efficiency and effectiveness. To keep employees engaged and
retained in the company, it is important for leaders and managers to align with the business
practices and roles for better productivity and profitability. It is main role and responsibility of
the leader and manager in the company to keep them coordinated and cooperated so that they
work together for accomplishing the common aims and objectives in the highly competitive
business environment. There are various different roles and responsibilities of leaders and line
managers which are explained below:
 Delegating work properly – The manager of Sainsbury’s helps the company in
delegating responsibilities related to the job profile in a better and effective way so that
they achieve high profitability and productivity. Good leaders provide a clear and strong
vision which helps in guiding employees for achieving the goals and objectives of the
company (Vito, 2020)
 Motivate and inspire employees – Employees are considered as the most important and
valuable asset of Sainsbury which helps in achieving the goals for gaining high growth in
the highly competitive environment. The main role of leaders and line mangers within the
company is to provide strong and effective motivation to employees so that work with
more confidence and dedication (Pizarro, Sainsbury and Hodgkinson, 2021).

 Positive environment – The employees who work in a positive working environment
tends to be more productive and profitable as compared to other working employees
(Adams, Hooker and Taft, 2021). Positive working environment helps Sainsbury in
increasing the level of working capability of their employees which results in high
engagement towards achieving the objectives of the company.
2.2.2: Efforts exerted by line managers and leaders in Sainsbury's for developing
organisational employees
As per the view of Ugaddan and Park (2019), when workers are engaged and motivated in
the correct and effective manner than they work with high efficiency and productivity which
results in high success over other competitive companies. It is the leaders and managers of
Sainsbury which helps in improving the performance and productivity of the employees in order
to achieve competitive advantage over other competitor companies which exists in the business
environment. Leaders train employees in a right direction so that they perform and behave well
in attaining the goals of the company in an effective manner. The leaders possess many efforts
that help the company in developing their employees for attaining high growth and success in the
business market and which are explained below:
 Increases employee performance – Increasing the performance of employee is the main
effort that helps the company in gaining high results in the competitive market (Luong
and Kirsh, 2021). Leaders guide and train employees in an effective manner so that they
understand their work properly and how they should do the given work within a given
time frame. The managers engage employees in interesting work which makes them feel
that they are doing something good and productive.
 Providing growth opportunities – Providing opportunities for growth to the employees
by the Sainsbury leaders and line managers helps in motivating them so that achieve
growth in the future. This makes the employees more productive and profitable for
achieving high market share and large customer base for sustaining in the competitive
business market (Kjellström, Stålne and Törnblom, 2020).
 Taking care of employee’s well-being – It is the main effort of the leader and manager
of Sainsbury to take care about the well-being and health of employees. When employees
are happy and motivated while performing the working activities of the business that they
work more hard to achieve the sustainable goal of the company. So it is the main