Dear colleague,
You need to reframe your question. ' Managing employees' smacks of ' controlling' them, driving , pushing them to do. Remember they are ' Human resources' and not non- descript clock numbers or a clog in the wheel. The top management and HR in particular need to make this paradigm shift in the way organizations people are traditionally looked at.
When you truly believe in people as resources/ parteners in the progress of an organization, all people policies, programs and processes will be directed towards making them active contributors, making them satisfied and remain all the time productive rather than wasting energies predominantly on conflict resolutions, instituting curbs in the name of behaviour controls through suppressive rules and regulations which we regard as ' managing employees' .
I shared my thoughts which I believe every forward looking organisation has been following for success and staying and growing exponentially in the business. The case in point is Tatas, who are in multiple businesses for over 150 years similar organizations in Mahindra group, Birlas etc.
Regards,
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR and Employee Relations Consultant