Critically assess the approach to ‘people management,’ both espoused and practiced, within your own organisation or one which you are familiar. Within your response you should compare your findings to relevant theories and models and justify your conclusions with relevant examples.
This essay will assess how Carole Nash Insurance approach people management activity by looking at both what is said they do and what is actually done. This has been tackled by firstly referring to the company’s HR strategy, which outlines the plan of what the company is trying to achieve. Secondly, by giving the background to the history of the company so it can be understood why some changes have taken place. And finally, by looking at examples of practice: issues surrounding people management, the specialist knowledge of the HR consultant and the legal implications of devolving responsibility to the line. Storey’s Twenty Seven points of difference (1995) has been used to assess the approach taken by Carole Nash in conjunction with various theories to understand why the company uses the practices it does.
Carole Nash Insurance was taken over in December 2006, introducing new directors to an already established personnel culture; many changes came with the transition. According to Storey the company appears to use more of an HRM than personnel approach. Some of the elements that make up these approaches will be looked at. Carole Nash was a family run business before the take over and used a personnel approach to people management. This was due to a lack of experience by top-level management as the majority of them had started on a non management level with the company and had been promoted from within. The promotions wer ...