‘Talent management’ has been high on the agenda of HR professionals in the UK over the past few years. This high level of interest is reflected in a number of recent case study based research reports. They describe a wide range of organisational practice and surface some of the tensions and dilemmas in getting to grips with the idea of ‘talent management’ in the UK. Some of the most useful summ...

measuring individual talent is a prerequisite of talent management. in order to do so, there are methods which have been established such as intelligence tests, general and individual tests, ratings scale and the literature of educational performance. applying these methods are effective, if measurement error is low and validity is high. all current available methods are faced with issues relat...

ALMOST EVERYONE AGREES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TALENT AS A CRUCIAL ASSET TO BE managed in today’s globally competitive business environment, but effectively managing talent has become a more strategic, less intuitive pursuit than in the past. A successful talent strategy needs to be multifaceted, aligned with business goals, prompted not by “gut” managerial attitudes and decision making but by fac...

Talent finding in sports can not only lead to winning teams but also ensure individuals continue to participate, improve their talents, and take preventive measures against injuries. Athletic talent often develops as the result of morphological, physiological, or psychological characteristics. Many of these characteristics are inherited, and genetics have important implications for talent. Tale...

Due to the continued reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China, SOE leaders face many challenges competing in a rapidly changing global marketplace. Not only are leaders tasked to manage change, but they must also deliver results and increase revenue through human capital. The need for stronger human capital and human resources (HR) must play a stronger role in SOEs by adopting new stra...

The phenomenal success of Free/Open Source Software during the recent years has led researchers in all related fields to re-think and re-evaluate the studies and concepts, especially those which the open source violates. Talent management and talent acquisition is no exception to this. The sudden rise in open source projects and their success is a cause of motivation for all of us to evaluate t...

self-management has been a point of discussion among number of researchers. the teacher can manage discipline in the class by employing self-management strategies. furthermore, it can also help students in managing their behaviors for long periods of time. organizations need people who are more willing to work and adhere to the requirements on their own. they must understand how they can make b...

Most firms have no formal programs for anticipating and fulfilling talent needs, relying on an increasingly expensive pool of outside candidates that has been shrinking since it was created from the white-collar layoffs of the 1980s. But the advice these companies are getting to solve the problem--institute large-scale internal development programs--is equally ineffective. Internal development ...