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infoWhy this? Managing people is taught so students can understand how businesses recruit, develop, organise, and retain an effective workforce. This topic explores how staffing decisions, training, employee relations, and organisational structures can influence business performance, efficiency, and motivation. It helps students appreciate that people are a key resource and that effective management of employees is essential for business success.

scheduleWhy now? Managing People is delivered at this point in the course because students have already explored customers, markets, and marketing decisions, and can now examine the people needed to deliver business success. This topic builds on their understanding of how businesses operate by focusing on recruitment, training, motivation, and organisational structures. It provides an essential foundation for understanding how effective people management supports productivity, customer satisfaction, and achievement of business objectives.