Survey: Line managers' role in people management
HR policies are increasingly implemented by line managers, often independently of the HR function, and our survey explores the balance of responsibilities, along with HR practitioners' views of the way in which line managers discharge their people management duties.
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About our research
Line managers' involvement in people
management
Disciplinary and
grievances
HR's assessment of line
managers' performance
Line
managers' role in training
Maintaining/updating personnel records
Managing absence
Consistency and effectiveness
Support offered to improve consistency and
effectiveness
Training and
developing line managers
How
training is delivered
Knowledge and
skills
The future
Additional resources on XpertHR
Table 1: Level of responsibility for HR activities
Table 2: HR's assessment of line managers' ability to
handle people management activities
Table 3:
Line managers' attitude towards conducting HR activities
Table 4: Line managers' most important
skills and attributes
Table 5:
Named-practice table, with details of changes expected to line managers'
roles.
Key points
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