Strategic Factors Affecting Talent Management due to COVID-19

Human resource
management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1. The strategic factors affecting Talent Management due to COVID-19..................................3
2. Re-skilling and up-skilling programmes to assist organisations in dealing with the
necessary transformation post COVID-19..................................................................................5
Talent management theories related to re-skilling and up-skilling.............................................6
3. New HR guideline on the re-skilling and up-skilling programmes for the staff in
organisation.................................................................................................................................8
4. Interview of various job applicants who have responded to job advertisement.....................9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................13
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................14
Books and Journal.....................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a practice that helps to effectively manage people in an
organisation. Talent management is a vital task that helps to understand the employees and
manage them. The main focus is to maximize the employee's performance to gain competitive
advantage. Talent Management is a part of Human Resource management that is an ongoing
practice which involves attracting and retaining quality and talented employees in the
organisation (Bratton and Watson, 2018). Due to COVID-19 the working of all the companies
was hampered and the employees were unable to work effectively. It not only affects the
working of companies but also put a negative impact on skills of employees. So in order to
manage the employees and focus on re-skilling and up-skilling of the employees, certain
strategies are formulated and utilised by the organisation. Along with that Malaysia Budget 2021
has allocated programmes to deal with transformation notice in post COVID-19. HR guidelines
related to up-skilling and re-skilling programmes for the staff in an organisation. In the end there
are questions that are asked from various candidates and the justification for asking such
questions.
MAIN BODY
1. The strategic factors affecting Talent Management due to COVID-19
Talent management is a process that helps to retain talented employees and make policies
to make them work comfortably in the organisation (Collings, Mellahi and Cascio, 2017). Due to
COVID-19 the working pattern of the organisation have changed and many organisations faced
challenges and opportunities due to the pandemic. Various organisations faced challenges due to
COVID-19 and formulated strategies to deal with those changes. In relation to hospitals all the
employees were scared because of the spread of virus. The employees faced various challenges
due to spread of disease. There are various challenges as well as opportunities that were faced
by hospital.
Job Satisfaction: Job Satisfaction means the extent to which employees feel motivated
and satisfied by the job. To retain the talented workforce, an organisation should take measures
to motivate them and increase the level of job satisfaction among employees. It is important for
an employee to work effectively and efficiently in an organisation. It is a challenge that is faced
by hospital at the time of COVID 19 (D’Annunzio-Green, 2018). All the workers were scared

and were not willing to work due to the pandemic. The pandemic has impact on the behaviour of
employees. To deal with the situation the hospitals used many strategies and took care of the
health and security of employees. Satisfaction is vital for an organisation as all the employees
that are satisfied will work for the benefit of the organisation and help to achieve the goals and
objectives. If the employees are satisfied with the job it automatically helps the organisation to
retain the work force. As this virus not only affect the person who is providing their service but
also to their families. Rapid increase in cases of COVID19 increase shifts of hospital employees
in hospital and also they were scared of going at their places because of spread of this virus
(Ford, 2017).
Proper Communication: Communication is the ability of a person to convey the
message effectively and efficiently. An individual can convey information to another person
through signs, symbols semiotic rules. It helps to build relations among employees and that
decreases the chances of conflict in the organisation. Good communication provides assistance to
retain employees for longer time period. As it leads to improved relations among employees and
employers. In the scenario of COVID-19 there were various challenges that were faced by
employees that were solved due to proper communication. Employees and patients all are scared
of this deadly virus and it affects not only their physical health but also their mental health. All
the decision were taken after considering the views of all the employees that are working in the
organisation. It is proper and effective communication which helps employees of hospital to deal
with these highly risky conditions. All these efforts of establishing a proper communication in an
organisation helps to create a good working environment which results in retaining talented
employees to the organisation. (Gallardo-Gallardo, Thunnissen and Scullion, 2017).
Leadership: A good leader is always required by a team as the person manages and leads
the team as per the situation. There are various uncertainties that are faced by organisations and a
good leader helps the team to cope up with all the challenges. COVID-19 causes various
challenges and there is a requirement of good leader to manage those problems. Leadership is the
ability of a person to influence the employees and help them to work effectively in different
situations. A leader has crucial role in managing the talented staff of the organisation. The person
gives direction and help the employees to work to achieve goals and objectives of the
organisation. The leader of hospital understood the problems and needs of all the employees and
suggested those ways in which they can deal with the problem. The leader in hospitals takes care