A Report on People Management Practices at Nissan Corporation

This report provides an analysis of people management practices at Nissan, a multinational automobile company headquartered in Japan. It covers key areas such as leadership and management styles, training and development methods, and talent management strategies employed by the organization. The report highlights the importance of effective leadership, emphasizing participative leadership as a suitable approach for Nissan. It also discusses various training methods, including case studies, internships, lectures, and monitoring, aimed at enhancing employee skills and knowledge. Furthermore, the report examines Nissan's talent management process, including planning, attracting, developing, retaining, and performance management. Recommendations are made for improving management activities, focusing on skills, knowledge, and behaviors needed for effective leadership and employee development. The report concludes that managing people effectively is crucial for organizational growth and success.

Introduction to People
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Research on the areas..................................................................................................................3
The process which is followed by Nissan in talent management are-.............................................6
Recommendation :......................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
People management refers to managing the employees and and whole organizational
activities systematically by top level management. Managing employees is a very challenging
task for any organization. Effective management helped to increase the work efficiency and
productivity of employees with in the organization for a long time. The company which is
chosen for understanding the people management effectively are Nissan. Nissan is a
multinational automobile company and is headquartered in Japan. The company was established
in 1933 and their performance of their vehicle are very good. It is one of the company who
provide best quality in their vehicle to all customer segment. This report is prepared on the basis
of secondary data which includes newspapers, magazines, journals and so on. In this report
various functions are covered which is highly essential for organization for increasing employee
productivity. It includes leadership and management, training and development and talent
management. In this organization quality standards are highly maintained by all employees at the
time of producing vehicle.
TASK
Research on the areas
The areas which are considered for analysing the people management in Nissan are -
Leadership and management
It refers to those skills and talents which is used by individual for managing the whole
organizational and employees systematically. Leadership is the essential element in organization
for solving the critical problems of the employees in daily basis. When employees have effective
leader then the trust are also maintained for long period within the organization (Sysling, 2020).
In context to Nissan, management must appoint highly educated employee as a leader in every
department for increasing the profit of the company.
The leadership styles which is used by the organization for managing employees effectively are -
 Authoritarian leadership – It this stage leader express their views in front of the lower
level employees in positive manner for receiving best output (Andreucci and Florio,
2021). It also refers to the qualified and knowledgable person who act as a leaders and

take decisions lonely. This type of leaders also have the ability to handle any type of
critical situations easily.
 Participative leadership - In this type of leadership leader take the opinion of other
employees also before taking any decision (Doern, Williams and Vorley, 2019). Because
leaders are considered lower level employees as a most important asset in organisation
and he worked with employees as a team. It helps to gaining the trust of other employees
for long time .
 Delegative leadership - It refers to share the powers with other employees for
managing work systematically. In this strategy work life balance of the employees are
easily maintained. Due to separation of roles and responsibility work load are easily
decreased and good relations are maintained between workers in long period.
After the analysis of above information it is understood that for Nissan company the most
effective leadership strategy is participative leadership. The motive of organization for using
this leadership style is engage the employees in various task or events (Garelli, Sciurba and
Tazzioli, 2018). This style also helped the organization to facilitate best quality products to
consumers with various specifications in their vehicle. Because Nissan is one of the
multinational company who highly focused on the employee workforce for maintaining quality
in their product for long time. In this style company highly focused on the opinions of other
employees which leads to increase the creativity and innovation highly in their product. And
these innovations are highly essential for maintaining the satisfaction level of customers for long
time. In this leadership friendly relations are easily increased between employee and leader. With
the help of friendly relations he lower level employee easily asked their droughts with leader
without any hesitation.
Training and development
It basically refers to train the new and existing employees effectively by the top level
management. It leads to increase their potentiality and ability to do their job in fast manner. It is
a very important process for employees for polish their internal skills and also for develop their
career in long term. In context to Nissan, management must facilitate effective training to the
employees for understanding their roles clearly in job.

The training and development method which is used by organization for develop the employees
are -
 Case study – It is basically refers to the particular case or assignment which is provided
by top level management to the employees (Gilson and Gordon, 2019). This case study is
highly helpful for employee's for increasing their intelligence level. Therefore effective
intelligence level are necessary for workers to analyse any type of critical situations
easily. With the help of analysing various cases problem solving abilities of employees
are highly increased. It is for organization to understand that how much time is taken by
the candidate for solving particular case. Then according to that performance of
employee are measured and the benefits are given to them.
 Internship - It is basically refers to temporary position in the organization. In this
position employees do the job for achieving the experience and knowledge. Internship
also employees to understand that in which way operational activities are run in business.
In context to Nissan it is necessary for management that they facilitate all types of
equipments and resources to employees for increasing growth easily.
 Lecture – It is also a effective way for employees to achieving the knowledge about
operational and departmental activities of company from top level management
(Gokhale, Bhat and Bhat, 2018). In lecture detailed information are given to employees
about their roles and responsibilities which is highly reliable and valuable for them. In
context to Nissan, management must use specific strategy such as use of conference
room and projectors for making lecture interesting between the employees.
 Monitoring and apprenticeship – It basically refers to observe the new and existing
employees in organization at the time of doing job. In this method misunderstanding and
mistakes are highly reduced by the employees. Because at the time of observation
instructions are effectively provided by seniors to the employees which leads to increase
their productivity on daily basis. When employee received proper guidance from
organization then loyalty of workers are easily maintained towards organization for long
duration.
Talent management
It refers to identify the special skills and talent of employees by top level management for
run their operational activities smoothly. Talent is a highly essential element for candidate to do

the job smartly and in fast manner. It is combination of those factors which is utilized by
organization for handle the employees easily. It includes implementing effective workforce in
workplace, employee engagement and so on. In context to Nissan for identifying right candidate
management used specific strategies which includes written test, face to face interview and
online assessment. It means these strategies are very essential for evaluating the knowledge and
skills of employees. For identify right candidate for right job human resource played the major
role in talent management process.
The process which is followed by Nissan in talent management are-
 Planning – It basically refers to create a effective plane for identified the the qualified
and eligible employee for their organization (KANEKO and SHIGETA, 2020). In this
stage top level management basically initiated their plans in two categories first one is for
fresher and other for experienced employees. For initiating the plan effectively company
only used reliable data which is highly essential for send accurate information to
candidates.
 Attracting – It is basically refers to those factors which is utilized by the company to
attract the candidates in large number. It includes wages like incentives, increments,
bonuses and so on. In context to Nissan, management must provide flexibility and fair
wages to employees in organization. It leads to enhance the trust and honesty towards
employees towards organization for long time.
 Developing – In this stage plans are finally developed by the top level management with
the help of research of whole organization. Various policies, procedures and agreement
informations are described in advertisement. In this research management identify that
how much positions are vacant in all departments and which type of candidate are
required for that post. Then according to that advertisement are prepared by organization
and displayed digitally to the employees.
 Retaining – It basically refers to in which way management made effective
communication with employees for a long time (Ker-Lindsay, and Berg, 2018). In
context to Nissan, it is necessary for authority that they must encourage the existing and
new employees with various strategies which includes recognition, rewards etc. When
company retain their employees effectively, organizations vision, mission and objectives
are easily achieved in long term.

 Performance management – After the final selection of the candidate company started
to facilitate various difficult challenges to employees (Kansa, and Kansa, 2018). The
purpose for providing difficult task to them is to increasing their productivity in
organization on daily basis. Because good work efficiency by employees is a very
important aspect for organization for increasing their economic growth in long term.
Effective performance helped the organization to maintain their brand image in market
between the consumers in long run.
Recommendation :
There are several types of skills, knowledge and behaviour needed in effective
management activities. The provided management activities that are given to be considered in
the recommendation are - Leadership and Management, Training and Development and Talent
Management underpinning Performance Management. The following points consists of the
needed skills, knowledge and behaviour in a effective manager :
Skills :
 Innovative - This skill tells about the ability of manager to find new and effective
innovative methods and techniques that can prove to effective for an organisation (Lin,
Castillo and Yin, 2019). The innovative skill of a manager enhance the performance
building, training and managing though the new and effective methods found.
 Communication – This is one of the basic skill needed in the management process and
proves to be one of the most effective too. The communication between the people of an
organisation need to be efficient as an efficient and open communication can solve
mostly all problems of a manager such as motivating the employee to increase
productivity and leading the organisation.
Knowledge :
 Management theories – There are some management / leadership theories provided by
some well known and expert researchers / marketers. The knowledge and study of these
theories can help greatly to a manger by giving the way of perception that is needed to be
taken when inside the surroundings of business entity or when performing a business
related activity. These also provides with different styles that can lead to benefit the
organisation.

 Structure and objectives – The knowledge of the structure of the corresponding
organisation with the related objectives or goals help in making the process of a business
efficient by forming a path that is needed to be followed and things that are needed to be
accomplished.
Behaviour :
 Motivating – This behaviour tells about the motivating behaviour of a manger (McGann
and Murphy, 2021). This is one of the most important element that helps in boosting the
productivity and performance of employees and organisation too.
 Keen net worker – This element tells about the behaviour of a manager to develop the
relationships with its employees (Riera, Pino and Melero, 2021). The forming of strong
network with the workforce promote the performance building, leadership and
development factors.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that, managing the people of an organisation is a
very important task as it leads to building smoothness s and enhance the growth process of an
business entity. The topic is involved of many small and different topic for clear understanding
and implementing. There are several types of skills, behaviour and knowledge that can enhance
the ability of managing the employees and some other related people of an business entity. Some
of the needed skills, knowledge and behaviour are motivation, innovation, effective
communication and some management related theories.

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