Talent Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Employees

Managing a Successful
Business Project
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Executive Summary
Hiring and retaining talented and skilled people within a company is critical for its long
term success. This report is aimed at assessing strategies that big companies use for talent
management and for the sake of ease of presentation, Google LLC is chosen as company which
has aimed to determine need of talent management and importance of retaining talent in the
company. Project management report for the above mentioned aims have been developed and
various determinants such as risk, time, cost and scope are identified. Necessary techniques and
tools have been used by researcher to data and information for the research methodology.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
TOPIC: “What talent strategies do the best companies use to attract and retain people?”.............4
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................4
P1 Project aims and objectives ...................................................................................................4
P2 Project Management plan......................................................................................................5
P3 Work breakdown structure and Gantt Chart..........................................................................6
P4 Small-scale research methodology for meeting project aims and objectives (650 words)....8
P5 Findings and data using appropriate tools and techniques (575 words)..............................10
P6 Appropriate recommendations (75 words)..........................................................................12
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................12
P7 Reflection (120 words)........................................................................................................12
Conclusion (120 words).................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................13
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TOPIC: “What talent strategies do the best companies use to attract and
retain people?”
Introduction
Human resource is most important resource for a company as it is responsible for
planning, procuring and implementing all other resources of a company in an orderly manner. It
is very important for a company to hire and retain skilled and talented people in order to be
successful in long run (Polonsky and Waller, 2018). Researching talent management in Google
LLC is chosen for this report. Google LLC is an American technology company that offers
specialised internet related services and products. This report aims to present project aims and
objectives, project management plan, work breakdown structure and Gantt Chart, research
methodology as well as reflection of the research and recommendations to company.
Main Body
P1 Project aims and objectives
Overview of the Organisation
Google LLC was founded in 1984 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Its headquarters is at
California, USA. It offers services like online advertising, search engine, cloud computing,
software, hardware, etc. In 2015, Google reorganised its various business concerns into a
conglomerate named as Alphabet Inc. with Google LLC as its subsidiary dealing in internet
related products and services (Rowden, 2017).
Research Aim
“To assess different talent strategies used by best companies for attracting and retaining
people.” - A study on Google LLC
Research Objectives
 To determine need of talent management in a company
 To evaluate importance of retaining employees in company ?
 To analyse different talent strategies adopted within Google
Research Questions
 What are need of talent management in a company ?
 What is the importance of retaining employees in company ?
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