Introduction to People Management

INTRODUCTION TO
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Leadership and management........................................................................................................1
Training and development...........................................................................................................2
Talent management underpin the performance management......................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Leadership can be defined as an art of motivating or inspiring others so that they can
work together for achieving main goals and objectives in an appropriate manner. Leadership and
management play a vital role in managing workforce, their overall performance and motivate
them to bring improvement within themselves so that main organizational goals and objectives
can be achieved in an appropriate manner (Diamond and Spillane, 2016). organization chosen for
this assignment is Nissan. Nissan is a multinational auto-mobile manufacturer that was founded
in December 1933 and whose main headquarter is in Japan. Main areas that this assignment will
cover are: leadership and management, training and development, and Talent Management
underpin Performance Management.
MAIN BODY
Leadership and management
Leadership and management play a vital role within an organization as it helps an
organization to achieve success and gain competitive advantage. Each and every leader has their
own skills and qualities that help them in manging their workforce, achieve organizational goals.
They also help management in showing a path through which they can achieve their main
objectives and enhance overall performance of their workforce (Nawaz and Khan_ PhD, 2016).
Effective leadership can help organizations like Nissan to overcome their financial loss and take
organization to achieve heights. In 2005 when Nissan had suffered huge loss Carlos Ghosn used
turnaround strategy for converting all of their losses into profit. His experience of working in
different companies helped him in achieving this objective. There are various kinds of leadership
models that can be used by Nissan for leading organization towards success. Some main
leadership theories and model are:
Trait theory
This theory says that an effective leader has number of common traits or characteristics
that help them in becoming effective leaders. This theory helps in identifying effective
characteristics or traits that can help in becoming and effective leaders. Some of the most
common traits found within a leader are: assertiveness, likability, empathy, integrity, decision-
making skills, intellectuality, self-confidence, integrity, determination and many more.
Transformational leadership
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