An Analysis of Leadership, Management, and Talent at EasyJet Airline

This report provides an in-depth analysis of leadership and management practices at EasyJet, a British low-cost airline. It examines the role of human resource management (HRM) in recruitment, selection, and employee motivation, highlighting the importance of effective leadership styles such as participative and democratic approaches. The report explores various leadership and management theories, including situational and contingency theories, and recommends the use of tools and theoretical models like traits and behavioral theories for better employee management. Furthermore, it delves into EasyJet's training and development programs, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and the application of reinforcement theory. The report also covers talent management, focusing on strategies for hiring, retaining, and developing skilled employees, including performance management and career development. The findings suggest that effective leadership, comprehensive training, and robust talent management are crucial for EasyJet's success and growth.

Introduction to people
management

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
1. Leadership and management...................................................................................................2
2. Training and development.......................................................................................................3
3. Talent management..................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
FINDINGS.......................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
People management is an activity of training, motivating and directing workforce in
reference to optimise workplace productiveness and promote professional development. It can be
explained as a set of activities that includes the end to end activities of talent acquisition, talent
optimisation and talent retention while provide continue support for the business and supervision
to the employee of an enterprise (Armstrong and Taylor, S., 2020). This assignment is based on
Easy Jet which is a British Low cost airline group. This firm was incorporated in 1995 by Stelios
Haji-Ioannou and is headquartered in to Hangar, London Luton Airport, Luton, UK. The firm
operate its business in more than 30 nations cross wise the world with domestic and international
scheduled services on over 1000 routes. This report will cover information about human resource
department and leadership & management area of this venture. Further, will define area of
training & development and talent management of this company.
Human resource management plays an essential role in administrating financial and human
resource of a firm. In Easy Jet, the HRM function carries out these all functions in different
division and makes sure the accomplishment of the expected objectives and goals in appropriate
manner. Along with this, the human resource management also assure an effective recruitment,
selection, training and motivation of the workforce in the airlines. To run the business of Easy jet
in efficient manner, the HRM division hire skilled and knowledgeable by conducting recruitment
and selection activity. Recruitment is an act of identifying and selecting the effective applicants
for the organisation. The organisation follows the guidelines of Equality act in the selection
process that get attention numerous applicants regarding firm. The firm highly focus to hire
skilled and trained people to take the responsibility of a particular job role.
MAIN BODY
Human resource management is an activity of managing, controlling, organising and
administrating the business factions and workforce of the company. It has found that there are
number of functions being executed by this function in the enterprise. However, there are three
main functions that are performed by human resource management like operative function,
managerial functions and advisory function (Banfield, Kay and Royles, 2018). This assist in
hiring skilled and talented employees for effective running of business. With the assistance of
these functions, Easy Jet would be able to administrate its employees in a smooth way and
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accomplish a competitive benefit over its services in specific business sector. The human
resource management of respective also frame effective plans and policies so that they can
effectively manage employees and activities of workplace appropriately.
1. Leadership and management
Leadership and management refer to an activity of managing and directing people to
accomplish a goals and objective in effective and appropriate manner. Leadership is all about
getting individual to comprehend and believe in the vision that is set for firm and to work with
the employees to accomplish it in set time period while management is more about managing
and making assure the day to day activities and operations of the company (Leroy and et. al.,
2018). By adopting different effective leadership styles such as participative, democratic and
others, the management of Easy Jet can adopt to motivate, direct and manage employees and
team members of the corporation who are working for attainment of an aim and objective of the
company.
Leadership and management theories
There are different theories of leadership and management such as traits theory,
behavioural theory, contingency theory, scientific theory, systematic theory and may more that
can be implementing by the administration of respective company. Some of them are defined as
below:
Situational leadership theory- This theory is developed by Paul Hersey and Ken
Blanchard to work as per management and organisational behaviour. This theory refers to that
leader who adopts leadership style as per situation and the development extent of their
teammates. In Easy Jet, by using this theory the management can use leadership style by
determining the situation and adopt leadership form to lead and guide employees and group
members. So that they can work by considering situation and gain effective outcomes in
appropriate manner (Ashdown, 2018). If the leader of Easy Jet uses this concept then firstly they
monitor the nature of the situation, understand the nature and complexity of the task and measure
the skills of employees to perform the work.
Contingency theory of management- This concept refers that the leadership style
applied in the firm depends upon the leader whether the person is task oriented and relationship
oriented in nature. This concept is effectively applied in Easy Jet when the administration wants
to maximise the productivity of employees and enterprise where the management wants to
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develop the workplace of the firm by establishing an effective relation with workforce so that
they feel encouraged and assist in attaining business goals and objectives.
Recommendation
It can be recommended to the management of Easy Jet, for the effective administration
and management of business functions and employees, the firm can use effective tool and
theoretical model like traits theory, behavioural theory, transformational theory and many more
so that the management can leader and manager can lead and manage employees by leading
them effective by considering their traits and administrate them in appropriately (Hislop, Bosua
and Helms, 2018). By adopting effective leadership theory the venture can appropriately lead
and direct employees so that they can do their work by setting a vision an achieve it in effective
manner, where use of appropriate management concept are beneficial for the firm to administrate
the employees and recording information about day to day business actions and operations.
2. Training and development
Training and development is an important tool and business activity to a firm because it
helps in making development in employees abilities and knowledge. In Easy Jet, the
management of the firm offer different kind of training, learning and development programs so
that they can make development in their skills and knowledge. All employees of this respective
firm have access to online learning options and career development planning tools. All
workforces receive response on their execution and support on their development so that can
aware with their improvement level. Administrators of the firm also provide required resources
and advice employees so that they can make development in their existing skills and gain
information about new things like technology etc. The venture also offer training to pilots so that
they can make improvement in their way of working and performing job role.
Theory of training and development
There are different concept and models of training and development that are crucial and
used by business organisation in term of offering training and evaluating learning of employees
(Ahmed and et. al., 2018). The description of “Theory of reinforcement” is mentioned as under
in reference to Easy Jet:
Theory of Reinforcement
This concept assesses on the learning behaviour of an individual and proposes that the
learner will repeat that behaviour which is associated with a favourable result. The respective
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concept of reinforcement is recommended that the training and development programs should be
related to with aims and objectives of the company and a favourable outcome should be expected
with such training and development programs (Alameda-Pineda, Ricci and Sebe, 2019).
Moreover, elaborating this theory, it can be disputed that there are various technology accessible
in human resource activities which can be connected with the training and development
programs and the needed recommendations that can be satisfied with the help of this theory.
Diverse kind of rewards in form of bonuses, salary raises, promotion and awarding of certificates
after the training program can be connected with the training and development actions and these
rewards will provide a favourable result. If this theory is adopted by Easy Jet then the trainer i.e.
the workforce will show more interest in training and development sessions that are conducted
by firm. It will also help in making development in the skills and offering knowledge or
information about new thinks such as technology, software and many more which will assist
them in performing their work in improved way or accomplish set business goals and objectives
in appropriate manner.
Recommendation
To make development in employee’s abilities, competencies and knowledge, the
administration of Easy Jet can conduct different kind of training and development programs like
online classes, on the job and off the job, coaching and others. It can be recommended to the
respective firm that to offer training about utilisation of different kind of technology, the
management can use effective IT tools which are able to offer fast, accurate and clear intimation.
3. Talent management
Talent management is an activity of organisation’s commitment to hire, select, retained
develop the most talented and senior employees accessible in the job market. SO talent
management is an effective term and defines a company’s commitment to hire, administrate,
develop and retain talented workforce (Buchbinder, Shanks and Kite, 2019). By providing
training and development session to employees and offering equal growth options to people, the
management of Easy Jet can retain skilled an talented workforce in effective way. By organising
performance management activity, the venture can measure employee’s execution and rewarded
them as per their performance which also assists in retaining people. Because when employees
are rewarded for their good performance in term of bonus, promotion, incentives etc, then they
feel motivated and show their loyalty towards firm.
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Theoretical model of Talent management
Talent management is always critical to organisational growth cause of having skilled
and talented workforce that make contribution in development and success of the firm by
utilising all skills and efforts. There are different aspects that are crucial for talent management
like strategic employee planning, performance management, learning and motivating,
compensation, career development and others (Anderson and et. al., 2018). By conducting
performance management activity, the management of Easy Jet can determine employee’s
execution and rewarding workforce as per their performance in form of monetary and non-
monetary. It will help in retaining skilled and well qualified individual till long term. Apart from
this, if the administration offer learning and training sessions o workforce then it will also help in
management of talent in company. Because it provide a chance to people to make development
in their skills and knowledge and also help in their career development by developing them
personal and professional level.
Recommendation
It can be recommended to the management of Easy Jet that performance management,
learning and motivating and career development are effective aspects for talent management.
Because now these days technological innovation take place day to day so by offering training
and learning session the firm can make development in employees skills and offer and
opportunity of career development (Collings, Wood and Szamosi, 2018).
CONCLUSION
This has been summarised form the above mentioned information that management of
employees in an company is an effective and important aspect because when workforce are
managed and work in effective manner then the company can accomplish its desired success and
growth and accomplish its set business objective. By adopting effective leadership style the
person can lead and direct employees of the venture and introduce them regarding way of
working. By providing effective training programs, the company can make development in
employee’s skills and knowledge or retain them till long term. By rewarding them as per their
performance, the talent of organisation can be manage and administrate in efficient way.
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FINDINGS
From the above information, it can be find out that by using different effective leadership
theory the leader of Easy Jet can lead and motivate its employees so that they can do their work
in effective manner by accomplishing the set goals. By adopting leadership style the leader can
encourage them work as per situation. Management theory also helps in administrating
employees and building effective relation with them. By offering online training and
development session, the management and HRM function of the enterprise can offer information
about different new and innovative technology that can be used by organisations that operate in
airline industry. Apart from this, it can also be identify that the administration can organise
performance management activity to retain talent and rewarding them in term of promotion,
extra pay and leaves, bonus etc.
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