Lack Of Leadership In Companies

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Executive Summary
The main purpose of this research paper is to find out the lack of leadership in companies with
poor talent management programs to grow their people. A background of the topic will be
provided along with the research problem, research objectives and research questions. A brief
literature review will be conducted, which will help to know the meaning of leadership and talent
management programs as well as the importance of them on the performances of the employees
and the effect that will happen on the employees on the absence of these two factors. The need
for this study along with the execution of the research topic will also be discussed in this paper.
The discipline from where this study prevail swill be identified here, along with the research
approach which will include the data collection method. At last, format for mini-dissertation will
be provided which will end the discussion of this paper. Thus, this provides the base for this
research paper to understand the importance of leadership along with talent management
programs that helps the employees to grow and improve their positions in the companies where
they work.

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Table of Contents
Research Topic................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Background of the Research........................................................................................................3
Research Problem............................................................................................................................3
Research Objectives.........................................................................................................................4
Research Questions..........................................................................................................................4
Literature Review............................................................................................................................5
Leadership....................................................................................................................................5
Talent Management Program......................................................................................................5
Importance of Leadership and Talent Management Program.....................................................5
Effects of lack of Leadership and Talent Management Programs...............................................5
Substantiation of need for this Study...............................................................................................5
Execution of the Research Topic.....................................................................................................6
Discipline of Study..........................................................................................................................6
Research Approach..........................................................................................................................6
Mini-Dissertation Format and Rationale.........................................................................................7

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Research Topic
The topic that has been selected for this research proposal is to find out the lack of
leadership in companies with poor talent management programs to grow their people.
Introduction
Background of the Research
From the research topic, it can be stated that leadership will be the base of this research
proposal. It plays an integral part in the global business sector, which helps the organizations to
strategize their plan of actions accordingly to gain competitive advantage against the rival
business houses that prevails from the same sector or industry. But, poor talent management
programs along with poor leadership skills acts as the barrier to help the employees to grow in
their respective organizations. It has been seen that there are many companies across the world
which possess poor talent management programs along with lack of leadership skills and abilities
to the senior management of their companies (Ibrahim 2019). Employee turnover rate for these
organizations thus, increases and it can be stated that more employee turnover rate hampers the
flow of the business operations along with losing the power of competitiveness in the market
places where they perform. Thus, this provides the base for this research paper to understand the
importance of leadership along with talent management programs that helps the employees to
grow and improve their positions in the companies where they work (Elia, Ghazzawi and
Arnaout 2017).
Research Problem
The main problem in performing this research is to find out the exact importance of talent
management programs along with the leadership skills and abilities possessed by the higher

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management of the organizations. Performing of survey in various organizations might be
hampered, as people may not be interested to reveal the exact official data of the companies
along with discussing the type of talent management programs that are followed by them. This
may lead to lose the power of competitiveness that is required to sustain in this global
competitive business environment. These are the main research problems that may hamper to
find out the conclusion or findings for this research.
Research Objectives
From the above discussed research problem, following are the research objectives that
can be derived on order to address the research topic that has been discussed at the beginning of
this paper:
1. To know the meaning of leadership and talent management program from the
viewpoint of all the global business entities
2. To know the importance of leadership and talent management programs in the
companies
3. To know the effect of lack of leadership and talent management programs to the
employees of the people (Johennesse and Chou 2017)
Research Questions
From the above designed research objectives, the following research questions can be
designed that will help to come out to a solution at the end of this research:
1. What is the meaning of leadership and talent management programs in the global
business environment context?

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2. What is the importance of leadership and talent management program in the business
houses across the world?
3. What are the effects of lack of leadership and talent management programs on the
employees of the business entities globally?
Literature Review
Leadership
The process by which an administrator gets the guidance of directing and influencing the
work of his subordinates in a way by which desired goals are achieved in a given situation is
known as leadership. Leadership can be also termed as the capability of an executive to induce
the workers to work with determination and confidence. The behavior of others can be
influenced as well with the potential of leadership. It can be also defined as the capability of
persuading a group of individuals towards the realization of an objective. To become a good
leader, one has to develop future conceptions and inspire the members of the organization to
develop the desire of fulfilling those visions. In order to become a successful leader, an executive
must contain certain qualities and principles such as motivating power, foresight, initiative,
personal integrity and self-esteem and confidence. Leadership is a very vital element of directing
the operations of management. It is a personal trait and without followers leadership has no
meaning (Bush, Bell and Middlewood 2019). A leader is created when the people are willing to
follow him. It is also a continuous process of influence and motivation, where a leader must
influence the beliefs and attitudes of his fellow workers. The leader must be ready to accept
entire responsibility even in adverse circumstances. Leadership styles may vary according to the
nature of an organization and for different situations. The term should not be confused with
terms like bossism or dictatorship. Leadership is an essential part of the function of management

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that helps to boost efficiency and thus attain the organizational goals. It helps to create a bond
and improves coordination between the members of an organization. A leader can also help to
induce moral values and norms within his subordinates as well as improving their confidence and
working skills (Madanchian et al 2017).
Talent Management Program
The term talent management can be described as the full chanced of HR processes for
captivating, motivating, developing and retaining the employees with high levels of performance.
These processes related to HR are harmonized with each other, which means the activities
related to talent management are larger than the individual parts summed up together. It also
means that a strategy is needed to capitalize talent management on its full capability. The main
objective of talent management is to boost the performance of the high-performing individuals. If
a worker is properly motivated, engaged and retained, he naturally tends to perform better. That
is why this strategy is important to develop the competitive advantage of a company in a
sustainable manner. Moreover, with the help of an integrated talent management system,
organizations can outperform their rival companies with practices that are difficult to be imitated
or copied by the competitors. A talent management metrics, like a good turnover, is quite
important to keep track of the activities in a company. The goals will not be achieved if the start
employees are not retained. There are various areas to focus on in a talent management system.
One can become an advantageous employer that requires generous amount of investment
(Abdollahbeigi, Salehi and Jayashree 2017). However, all the organizations are competing while
searching for a top talent and to become more attractive and surpass a competitor, an
organization needs better selection, better retention and so on. Finally, a talent management
dashboard can be a good help to track the progress and ensure the further development of the

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processes. True success can be attained only when organizations are capable enough to foresee
and flexible enough to grab on new opportunities prior to the rest of the competitors, rather than
just adhering to long-term ideas and trends. The utmost talent management plan is closely linked
to the strategic plan of an organization and their overall business demands (Altindağ, Çirak and
Acar 2018).
Importance of Leadership and Talent Management Program
The significance of leadership lies in various aspects of management. In order to
acknowledge the goals of an organization, group works and team efforts are highly important.
Hence, leadership is necessary for executing such work where a leader can motivate a group of
employees towards the accomplishment of organizational goals. By working on human relations,
leadership can lift the group’s performance higher (Khan 2019). Leadership has the power to
bring desired changes in an organization which the authority alone is incapable of. Leadership is
able to achieve concrete and better outcomes of human efforts as it solely relies on influence. An
objective can be accomplished with the help of the social skill of leadership as it involves
utilizing and mobilizing people. In a managerial job, the key point is the high performance of the
workers and it can be assured with the supervisory management’s leadership. On the other hand,
talent management is an important aspect in which companies must invest in. By attracting
potential talents, an organization gets the advantage of creating an employer brand, which in turn
improves the business results and performances of the organization. It enhances the motivation
of employees and boosts their performances as well (Kamal and Lukman 2017). By using talent
management, the task of selecting the appropriate worker for a specific job becomes easier which
leads to lower cases of grievances and performance issues. The company is also benefitted with a
continuous employee flow for filling up critical roles in order to run the operations smoothly and

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prevent excessive workload for other workers, which sometimes make them exhausted at work.
Talent management also helps in retaining top talents and saves the cost of performance
management and employment. An organization is well integrated and has a consistent approach
of management when it possesses a systematic talent management strategy (Mukwakungu,
Mabasa and Mbohwa 2018).
Effects of lack of Leadership and Talent Management Programs
The first and foremost thing that will happen due to lack of leadership abilities and skills
along with the talent management program is hampering the productivity level of the employees,
which will automatically hamper the flow of the business operations. It has been already
discussed that leadership plays an integral role in performance of business entities across the
world (Kaur and Fink 2017). Leadership has the power to bring desired changes in an
organization which the authority alone is incapable of. Leadership is able to achieve concrete and
better outcomes of human efforts as it solely relies on influence. An objective can be
accomplished with the help of the social skill of leadership as it involves utilizing and mobilizing
people. In a managerial job, the key point is the high performance of the workers and it can be
assured with the supervisory management’s leadership. On the other hand, talent management is
an important aspect in which companies must invest in. By attracting potential talents, an
organization gets the advantage of creating an employer brand, which in turn improves the
business results and performances of the organization. It enhances the motivation of employees
and boosts their performances as well. By using talent management, the task of selecting the
appropriate worker for a specific job becomes easier which leads to lower cases of grievances
and performance issues. The company is also benefitted with a continuous employee flow for
filling up critical roles in order to run the operations smoothly and prevent excessive workload

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for other workers, which sometimes make them exhausted at work. Talent management also
helps in retaining top talents and saves the cost of performance management and employment.
Substantiation of need for this Study
It has been already discussed that leadership plays an integral role in talent search and
talent nurturing in an organization. Leadership skills help to identify the talent in the companies
and help them to perform better, so that it will help to improve the performance of that
employee, which will, in turn, will improve the overall productivity of that business entity where
that employee works. Thus, all these lead to research about the solutions to solve the lack of
leadership in companies with poor talent management programs to grow their people.
Advancement in the field of technology has increased the rivalry between the business houses,
which has also increased the level of satisfaction of the performances of the employees from the
viewpoint of the leaders or the senior managers. So, it is required to know the amount of effect
that happens on the life of the employees due to absence of efficient leadership qualities and
skills along with talent management programs in various business houses across the world. Thus,
it can be noted that it is important for the management to provide effective solutions or answers
for the research questions that has been designed earlier in this paper, so that necessary changes
can be made by them in order to maintain the culture and ethics of the organizations (McDonnell
et al 2017).
Execution of the Research Topic
This part involves both conducting and monitoring of the proposed objectives that has
already been discussed in this paper. This will help to make necessary changes in the research
according to the requirement and any kind of alterations that happens in the global market place

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where the research will be conducted. Allocation of the tasks that will be required to carry on this
research in order to reach out to a conclusion is one of the major activities that falls under this
execution section. It can be noted in this context that identification of the sample size on whom
the research will be conducted is one of those areas where errors occur. Apart from this, errors
also occur in the sample frames, along with measuring the results that need to be derived under
research methodology section. The researchers need to take necessary actions so that they will be
able to overcome all these barriers and conduct the research efficiently and effectively.
Discipline of Study
The discipline of the study under which this topic will be classified is Business Ethics, as
lack of leadership and talent management programs fall under the ethics section of a company.
Research Approach
In this context, it can be said that mixed approach will be used in this research to reach to
a conclusion after completion of the research. This is one of the three types of research
methodology which involves collection, analyzing and integration of both the qualitative and
quantitative researches (Zaman 2017). Both qualitative and quantitative data are used in this
research method, and this will help to have a fair conclusion at the end of this research. Both
open and closed-ended data can be gathered under this research method. Surveys will be
conducted under the quantitative method and interviews will be conducted under qualitative
method. This will help to provide a better understanding of the research problem that has been
discussed earlier in this paper and possess more complete evidences, which will help to gain in-
depth knowledge about the overall research methodology process for the researchers. Skills can
also be developed by the researcher and the findings can be strengthened if mixed approach

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method is followed to find out the answer of the research questions that are discussed earlier in
this research paper (Kasa, Danbaki and Atte 2018).
Mini-Dissertation Format and Rationale
The format of the mini-dissertation that will be performed on the same research topic that
has been stated at the beginning of this paper are as follows (KHAN and HAFIZ 2019):
Dissertation Title
Research Objectives
Literature Review
Research Methodology
Potential Outcomes or Data Analysis
Timeframe
Conclusions and Recommendations
List of References
This will help to help to maintain the flow of the mini-dissertation on the topic that has
been already discussed. This format will help to analyze all the points that need to be identified
and discussed in order to reach out to a conclusion. It can be noted in this context that
maintenance of proper format will help to perform the research effectively and efficiently, and
the same theory is applicable for the researchers who will conduct the research on the selected
research title (Luning 2020).

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