Effective Talent Management Strategies in Travel and Tourism Organization

Research project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Activity 1.........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Project Title...........................................................................................................................1
1.2 Project aims and objectives...................................................................................................1
1.3 Project management plan......................................................................................................2
1.4 Work break down structure...................................................................................................3
1.5 Methods of material resourcing............................................................................................3
Activity 2.........................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Secondary research................................................................................................................4
2.2 Primary Empirical Research.................................................................................................5
2.3 Validity and reliability of Research Methods.......................................................................7
Activity 3.........................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Analyse research data using appropriate tools and techniques.............................................7
3.2 Valid and meaningful conclusion........................................................................................17
3.3 Appropriate recommendation..............................................................................................18
Activity 4.......................................................................................................................................18
4.1 Reflect on the value of undertaking the research................................................................18
4.2 Reflect on your own learning and performance..................................................................19
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................19
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................1
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INTRODUCTION
Talent management consider as a systematic process that help in determining the vacant
position, hiring best and suitable candidates, developing their skills and expertise in order to
effectively match the position. This will help in retaining employees to attaining all the long term
goals and objectives. One of the primary main of talent management is to determine the actual
requirement of human capital within the company that may assist in developing a strong
workforce (Collings, Scullion and Vaiman, 2015). By this, business improve their efficiency and
attain higher growth. Current research is based on Travelodge, is private and famous company
operate their business in the hotel and hospitality industry. The main focus of this organization is
to effectively manage talent as it amend overall performance of firm at market. This study is
going to discuss about research aims and objectives that help in meeting all the set variables.
Along with this, project management plan is included that assist in managing project activities in
effective way. Different research methods is also mentioned thorough which relevant data can be
easily gathered.
Activity 1
1.1 Project Title
Effective talent management strategies in a selected travel and tourism
organization.
Travelodge is private firm that operating in hospitality sector in United Kingdom, Spain
and Ireland. It is one of the largest independent hotel with more than 570 hotels across United
Kingdom. The main reason behind selecting Travelodge hotel is to determine the talent
management strategies of this hotel and in what way it contribute towards tourism sector. The
ambitious growth of Travelodge needs continuous hiring of the new team members when dealing
with the labour shortages and challenges related to candidate attraction.
1.2 Project aims and objectives
Research aim:
“To determine effective talent management strategies for maintaining efficiency of
overall travel and tourism organization.” A study on Travelodge.
Research objectives:
 To evaluate the influence of effective talent management strategies within the company.
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 To determine the appropriate talent management strategies for enhancing employees
productivity.
 To identify the challenges which faced by Travelodge while managing talent within their
functional activities.
Research Questions:
 What is the influence of effective talent management strategies within the company?
 What are the appropriate talent management strategies for enhancing employees
productivity?
 What are the challenges faced by Travelodge while managing talent within their
functional activities?
1.3 Project management plan
PMP is consider as an effective representation that utilized to provide guide to project
manager in executing as well as controlling entire activities. Mainly, it also define a
comprehensive baseline that includes how project activities can be done, who will be includes,
what time it take, what resources will be required and many more (Mackey and Gass, 2015). All
these are help in accomplishing whole research in effective manner to attain best possible
outcomes. It includes various elements which help manager in developing a successful project:
 Scope: The overall scope of this project is wider as it provide vast information to the
project manager towards the talent management and its effectiveness for organizational
efficiency level. By this, Travelodge can easily improve their skilled and talented
workforce. In context of researcher, this project provide the scope to undertake future
research on the basis of similar theme. Through which they can easily analyse the
accurate outcomes within the project.
 Risk: In context of company, major risk that faced by firm is lack of collaboration among
workers, lack of communication that put negative impact on the efficiency level of
organization. Whereas, project manager face issue related to allocating the required
resources among the team members. Other than this, Travelodge company can face the
risk related to technology, money and human resources. In order to overcome from the
risk, company will require to implement the advanced technology, develop money
management plan and also hire the talented staff which can able to perform the project
activities in a better manner.
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 Time: In PMP, it is crucial for researcher to clearly define the time scale in which project
activities will be conducted. Through this, project manager complete the project and at
the same time also improve its efficiency level. For completing project activities,
manager required around one month.
 Cost: It is crucial element in which investigator needs to maintain its overall quality and
cost as well to successfully done the whole project (McCusker and Gunaydin, 2015). For
undertaking this project, manager required approx £ 3000.
 Quality: It is significant aspect of project management in which research worker is
responsible for undertaking entire activities in reliable and authentic way. By this,
investigator make understandable figures that support in attaining positive and reliable
outcomes (Mackenzie and et. al., 2012). In this regards, manager of company is
responsible for offering best quality products to its customers in order to maintain
positive relation with them. This will directly contributes in improving the chances of
attaining reliable outcomes.
 Resources: This factor of PMP is crucial as it assist in completing the research in more
successful manner. For undertaking project activities, it is important for manager to
manage proper resources like advanced technology, human resource, finance, technical
knowledge, internet connection etc.
1.4 Work break down structure
WBS is consider as an effective activity that help in completing entire project activities in
well organised way. In this, it divided into small subdivision that will be effective in completing
research in most effective manner. By this, entire task can be done appropriately and more
successful way through which, researcher may reduce the possibilities or arising risk and
conflicts within the project. In this regards, when project activities is more complex then by
using work breakdown structure project manager can easily communicate and operate them
properly (Miller and et. al ., 2012). It may support in completing each and every project activities
in systematic way and along with more quality.
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Illustration 1: Work break down structure
(Source: Work break down structure)
Gantt chart- It also play a crucial role in managing project task activities in allotted time
frame. It includes various activities like introduction, identifying aims and objectives, literature
review and many more along with stipulated time duration. Mainly, It represent in pictorial
format wherein all the activities communicate in vertically form along with horizontally time
frame. With the assistance of this, whole project done in systematic manner and specified time
duration that may increase project reliability and make it more authentic.
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