The craft of people management
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 7 June 2011
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to look at the “core” ingredients of successful people management and the areas that are critical to success.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper argues that organizations can be stripped back to the essentials of “what” (the purpose), “how” (the understanding of how the goal will be accomplished) and “do” (carrying out the activity to deliver the goal).
Findings
The paper contends that making sure everyone knows and understands what is expected in order to deliver can be used as a means to help, guide, reward, recognize or redirect members of the team.
Practical implications
The paper urges managers to help employees to set their own goals. It considers the psychological contract between employer and employee – a usually unwritten and unspoken deal which, on the employee's side, is concerned with expectations about security, development, support and so on, and on the employer's side is about flexibility, loyalty, adherence to company norms and so on.
Social implications
The paper underlines the importance of work being challenging and stimulating.
Originality/value
The paper advances the view that clarity of purpose, engagement, reward and recognition are key elements in achieving success through people.
Keywords
Citation
Maloney, K. and Stanford, P. (2011), "The craft of people management", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670731111125844
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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