Managing People: Leadership Development, Strategic Training & Development, Performance Management

Managing People

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Leadership development.............................................................................................................3
Strategic learning, training & development................................................................................6
Performance management...........................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is an effective practice of managing people in order to
enhance their performance and attain objectives as well. In addition to this, it is the procedure of
hiring and selecting the right people who has the capability to perform the activities in an
appropriate manner which leads towards growth and success as well. This department has also
developed policies considering the benefits and satisfaction of employees (Burgess 2019). There
are various human resource management practices that is training and development, employee
relation, performance management, leadership development and many more. In the present
report, Marks and Spencer is chosen as a base company. It is a British multinational retailer that
was established in the year 1884 and its head office is located in England, UK. The organisation
specialise in selling food products, clothing and home products. The company has more than 960
stores globally which shows the company has high market presence. The report will cover three
human resource management practices that is leadership development, strategic training &
development and performance management. In addition to this, some of the theories and models
of these HRM practices is elaborated in relation to chosen organisation.
MAIN BODY
Human resource management is the procedure of inducting staff members, providing
training and development, recruiting and selecting, motivating employees, deciding
compensation, maintaining effective relationship with staff & trade unions and many more. It is
significant for the HR manager to perform all this practices in a proper manner as it helps in
enhancing performance and achievement of objectives within time period. In relation to Marks
and Spencer, its HR manager adopt practices such as training and development, performance
management and so on with an objective to increase performance and profitability of company
(Day, 2020). The human resource management practices is described below in relation to
respective organisation:
Leadership development
The transformation of an employee to a leader is accomplished by giving the employee
leadership training and conducting effective leadership development programs for the welfare of
both the employee and the organisation. Leadership development covers all the various training
and development strategies performed with the aim of improving and enhancing leadership skills