Individual Research Portfolio on Introduction to People Management

Introduction to people
management
Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Leadership and management.......................................................................................................3
Training and development..........................................................................................................4
Talent management.....................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
People management is defined as the procedure of overseeing the development, training,
data to day management and motivation of employees. In addition to this, it is referred as set of
practices which encompass the end-to-end procedure of talent optimization, retention and
acquisition along with providing support to employees for performing their work in organisation.
It is one of the significant part for a company as it ensures managing human resource effectively
(Armstrong and Taylor, 2020). There are various benefits gained by an organisation due to
management of human resource such as increase in performance, development of brand image,
execution of activities systematically and many more. People management allow a company to
complete the activities in an effective and efficient manner. For the present report, Nissan is
taken into consideration. It is a multinational automobile manufacturer which was founded in
year 1933 and headquartered in Japan. The company offers products that is commercial vehicles,
outboard motors, luxury vehicles, forklift trucks and many more. The report will cover three
main areas that is leadership and management, talent management and training and development.
In addition to this, the three aspect is discuss in operational context with some relevant models
and concepts as well.
MAIN BODY
Leadership and management
The operational context of the organisation
Leadership is the process of influencing the behaviour of people by making them strive
voluntarily towards attainment of organisational goals and objectives. On the other hand
management is the process of designing and maintaining an environment in which individuals
working together in groups efficiently accomplish selected aims and objectives. In context to
Nissan, the organisational uses a transformational leadership style which is highly effective and
helps in motivating and inspiring the employees in order to commit towards their duties. The
organisation uses various management techniques in a effective manner that helps the
organisation to integrate the concept of teamwork. Furthermore, the management focuses on
creating effective strategies in order to increase the sales and profits and also continuously
motivates its staff to perform better (Podger, 2020).