People Management

Abstract

People management is a really complex activity that is focused mainly on problem solving and team motivation. Problem solving is a typical daily activity of each manager that has responsibility over a group of people, since people often have problems that also can impact daily work activities. Often, the solution of a problem can solve a cascaded set of problems that are related to the solved one, increasing the quality of life and the chances of success of the project. Sometimes, problems are not real problems but are related to a person’s low level of satisfaction. These problems can be solved quite easily by motivating people. In this chapter, different manners of motivating people are presented. The success of people management is bounded also to the instrument you use to face work organization and task assignment. The last part of the chapter is dedicated to such instruments.