Contemporary Issues in People Management at Sainsbury

MG411 Introduction to
People Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................3
Discuss contemporary issues witness by line management regarding people management.......3
Knowledge skills and behaviours for effective people management..........................................4
HR process and support management for effective performance management..........................7
Recommendations ......................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Human resources are crucial part of an organisation who significantly contribute towards
the goal and objectives of an organisation. It is essential to manage people within company in an
effective manner to maintain positive environment at work place (Aswathanarayna, 2018).
Human resource department of an entity play a major role in managing employees for the
success and growth of organisation. In the present report Sainsbury is taken into consideration
that is a renowned company of retail sector that provides a range of groceries and general items
within UK. It owns nearly 16% share of overall supermarket sector within country. The present
report comprises several contemporary issues that are faced by managers while managing human
resources in organisation. It also includes numerous knowledge, skills and behaviours that is
required for effective people management. In addition, effective HR process for people
management is also discussed in current report. Moreover, it renders an overall prospective
regarding efficient people management that is essential to attain predefined goals and objectives
of entity.
Main Body
Discuss contemporary issues witness by line management regarding people management
Nowadays, it is analyse that there are several challenges faced by HR managers in order
to manage human resources within company. These challenges are required to address in proper
manner. Different constraints that are witnessed by managers of Sainsbury are discussed as
under:
Innovation and automation: As per the current trend, now companies adopt more
enhanced and advance approaches to perform organisational task in an efficient manner. It is
analysed that employees do not adopt changes quickly rather they oppose modifications adopt by
entity (Bogart and Dunn, 2019). They wish to stick with predefined methods of work thus
managers are required to motivate to get their support. Most of the organisations are adopting
automations due to this employees are loosing their jobs. Here, managers are required to arrange
necessary training programs with an aim to improve in the skills and potential of employees. In
context of Sainsbury, managers are facing numerous challenges related to automation and
innovation. They are providing necessary training to work force so that they can coordinate with

evolution within company. Therefore, innovation is crucial but has become a great challenges for
HR managers.
Change in compliances: There are several laws and legislations that are imposed on
companies by higher authorities to run business in an efficient manner. These laws are not
constant and change overtime thus managers are also required to make necessary changes in their
policies to avoid any kind of legal disputes and issues (Grandy, 2017). It is analysed that
government of country makes several modifications in existing laws thus managers need to
analyse these laws on regular basis. It is a challenging task for managers that requires higher
time and involvement. Here, managers or Sainsbury are facing this challenges. For this, they
analyse existing policies on constant basis and adopt necessary changes to make necessary
improvements.
Recruiting and retaining talented employees: Nowadays, it is not easy to recruit as well
as retain efficient employees. For recruitment purpose, managers arrange multiple round of
interviews, execute screening in order to hire a potential candidate. It is analysed that employees
can easily switch to another company if they get any better opportunity (Rossberg, 2019) . Thus
manager are required to adopt effective strategies to retain work force for longer run. In context
of Sainsbury, they conduct several rounds of interview to select most suitable applicant. In
addition, they also provide numerous benefits to subordinates such as incentives, rewards and
more to retain them with organisation for longer run.
Leadership development: There are some theories that are used by Sainsbury with an aim
to develop effective leaders within organisation. These theories are given as under:
Contingency theory: Here, leadership is not based on a predefined situation rather they
behave as per the situation occur at work place. In this, leaders do not only focus on a particular
leadership style and adopt different approaches as per variables of different situations. As per
this theory, there should be effective balance between need, context and behaviour.
Knowledge skills and behaviours for effective people management
Here, some specific skills, behaviour and knowledge are required to present in human
resource managers to manage people within company in better manner. In context of Sainsbury,
certain skills, behaviour are discussed as under: