Contemporary Issues in People Management

Introduction to People Management
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Discuss about the contemporary issues face line management when it comes to people
management.................................................................................................................................3
Knowledge, skills and behaviour needed for effective people manager.....................................5
Identify HR process and support management when it comes to effective performance
management.................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERNCES.................................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
People management is defined as set of practices that encompass the end to end process in
context of talent acquisition, retention and optimization while providing continued support for
business development. In UK, Companies are considered as sub set of human resource
management that will cover all different aspects of people work, engage and behave towards
works. The systematic way to evolve, manage people that effect on working of organization.
This report will describe about the contemporary issues face line management which will occur
during people management. It will determine different knowledge, skills and behaviours that
needed to be finding as effective people manager. Furthermore, this documentation will discuss
different human resource process and how will support management in context of performance
or management.
TASK
Discuss about the contemporary issues face line management when it comes to people
management.
Management has its share of reward and perks, managers are usually in better position that
influence and lead change. In most organizations, being a manager means a better compensation
package. Most importantly, there is like staff member satisfaction of helping an individual or
team reach their appropriate goals and objectives (Alameda-Pineda, Ricci and Sebe, 2019).
According to CIPD report, it has been identified that half of people who consider themselves
manager are front line and remaining are senior or top level. In UK, companies getting better at
managing their people, COVID-19 has certainly impacted the managers, HR and workforce
interacts. There are different issues faced by management when it comes to management people.
Changing regulatory issues
Compliance with regulatory issue or problem is consider as primary duty of managers in
UK organizations. While this job duty has not completely changed over years. Typically, it may
cover evolves constantly (Shahbazi and Ahmadloo, 2020 ). In this way, it can identify that
manager need to be changed the certain policies and procedures. For Example- changes in new
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legislation regarding financial or healthcare benefits. When it comes to people management,
which is important role of manager to find out the certain demand of employees within
organization (Blštáková and et.al., 2020). Changing rules and regulations that directly affecting
on the relationship between people during task execution. In some situation, they are worried
about the issue of privacy or security, which has increased problem in people management.
Privacy laws are constantly acquiring a lot of update in term of disclosure, if manager is
not current on new regulation whereas company is exposed law suits, penalties and other
potential public scrutiny.
Recruiting and retaining top talent
Nowadays, Finding and keeping great talent is very difficult for manager, especially for
small enterprise during COVID-19 pandemic because they do not have proper resources to offer
huge compensation, benefits packages. It means that manager is always looking to find better
candidate and loyal prospect for organization (Shahbazi and Ahmadloo, 2020 ). It is very tough
for manger to look for externally as well as internally as it is not enough to just reach out the
people. it is not about the cultivate these relationship. it is consider as essential part of
organization that must need to cultivate internal staff members, who are suitable for promotion
and development.
Diversity and Harmony issues
In UK, Business owner know that diverse workforce that’s working together in better
harmony. It will build as string team, yield better ideas and offer consumer satisfaction. Without
consideration of harmony, diverse workforce has become lower morale and reduce productivity
of enterprise (Deberdieva and et.al., 2019). At certain point, it has been increased the issue
within company culture as well as their production. When it comes people management,
diversity is consider as serious legal liability where existing consumers, employees are feeling so
mush harassed in different manner.
Manager can consider the diversity rules and regulation, ensure that company has
followed some specific protocol to deal with multiple complaints. In this way, it is focused in the
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