Talent Management in Education Sector: A Case Study of Oxford Business School

This presentation provides analysis of research data and recommendations for Oxford business school on the basis of research outcomes. It includes reflection on the importance of project management and evaluation of usage of appropriate tools.

Unit 6: Managing a Successful
Business
Project

 INTRODUCTION
 Overview of the company
 Definition of talent management
 Research aims and Objectives
 Gantt chart & WBS
 Questionnaire
Table of Contents

 Data analysis
 Evaluation of research tools
 Critical evaluation of project management process
 Accuracy and Reliability
 Recommendations
 Reflection on undertaking the research
 CONCLUSION
 REFRENCES
Table of Contents

This presentation is provides analysis of research data and recommendations for
Oxford business school on the basis of research outcomes. In addition to this
reflection on the importance of project management is provided in this
presentations and evaluation of usage of appropriate tools is given in this
presentation.
INTRODUCTION

Oxford business collage is the
oldest independent business
school in UK and is the primary
choice to seek business
management education in the
country. Oxford business
collage was built in the year
1985 and has built a workforce
of 50 employees .
Overview of the company

Talent management is
defined as the systemized
and deliberate attests of
business firms to attract,
engage, develop and retain
skilled employees in the
company for a long period
of time.
Definition of talent management

 RESEARCH AIM:
 To determine barriers faced by education sector in ensuring effective
talent management. A case study of on Oxford Business collage.
 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:
 To understand the value of talent management in education sector.
 To analyse the impact of talent management in recruitment and retention of skilled
employees.
 To identify challenges faced by firms in education sector in relation to talent
management
 To determine solutions and measures to resolve talent management barriers
Research aim and Objectives

Gantt Chart & WBS

Questionnaire
Name :
Age:
Gender:
Q1) Do you believe that talent management is essential for development of education
sector firms?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) What in your opinion is the primary advantage of employing talent management
practises?
a) Retaining Key Personnel
b) Employee Development
c) Boost employee engagement
d) Expand Employee Experience

Primary Data analysis
Q1) Do you believe that
talent management is
essential for development
of education sector
firms?
Frequency
a) Yes 10
b) No 10

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Q2) What in your opinion is the
primary advantage of employing
talent management practises?
Frequency
a) Retaining Key Personnel 5
b) Employee Development 4
c) Boost employee engagement 6
d) Expand Employee Experience 5

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Q3) Do you believe
that talent
management
practises play
crucial role in
attracting and
retaining skilled
employees?
Frequency
a) Yes 15
b) No 5

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Q4) What are the main talent
management challenges faced by
education sector?
Frequency
a) Insufficient reward and
recognition
4
b) Insufficient funding 2
c) High training and development
costs
10
d) Inexperience with technology 4

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Q5) Which is the most
effective talent management
practice?
Frequency
a) Performance based rewards 8
b) Flexible training 2
c) Aligning organizational
strategy with talent
management strategy
3
d) Career development 7

 Research approach: The merit of
deductive research approach is that it
helps understand relation between
variables.
 The demerit of this research tool is
that it is based on assumptions which
may not always be correct.
 Research philosophy: The
merit of positivist research
philosophy is that it provides reliable
outcome.
Evaluation of research tools

 The advantage of project management process
is that it helps complete the project in a timely
manner and divides the objectives into smaller
easily manageable tasks.
 This helped in completion of the research
project focusing on talent management.
 The disadvantage of project management
process is that it leads to overlapping of
authority and responsibility which can cause
conflicts.
Evaluation of project management
process

 The research methodology used for
this investigation helps provide
accurate research because positivism
research philosophy which is used in
this investigation supports
quantitative analysis and reaching
generalizable conclusion.
Accuracy and Reliability

 Oxford business school needs to develop
reward and recognition programme for
employees which will help the company
develop an attractive employer brand image
and increase employee retention.
 This is justified recommendations it will
attract skilled candidate to get hired for
various job opening and encourage skilled
employees to stay in the organization for a
longer time.
Recommendations

Performance review
Reflection on undertaking the research
Student Name: Date:
Project title: What are the key challenges and obstacles facing
education sector in terms of talent management?
What was the project supposed to
accomplish?
The aim of the project was to
determine barriers faced by
education sector in ensuring
effective talent management.
Did the project succeed in its aims?
How do you know? Specifically,
please outline any evaluation and
assessment undertaken.
Yes I was able to attain project
aims by completing primary
research to gain data directly from
employees in education
institution.

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What things do you think worked well
and why? Evaluate all aspects of the
project (e.g. initial inception, project
activities and project outcomes) from a
range of perspectives.
The initiation phase did not work well
as my lack of organization skill created
confusion. The implementation of
project activities was orderly and I was
able to attain project aim in a timely
manner.
What problems emerged during the
project and how were they tackled?
Was there timely identification of issues
and resolution during the project
process?
The main barrier was to develop a
simple questionnaire. I was able to
identify this barrier in a timely manner
and resolved it by developing cohesive
questionnaire with multiple answers to
reduce confusion.

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What did you learn from
undertaking the project?
I leaned about best talent management
practices and talent management challenges
in education sector.
How would you rate your
performance as Project
Manager?
I would arte my performance as 8 as I was
able to resolve various barriers but my
weaknesses in organization and research skills
affected the research.
What strengths and
weaknesses of your
performance did you
identify?
Time management is my primary strength
while organization and research skills are
weak areas.

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How will this inform and
support your continuous
professional development?
I will take online courses to
improve my research skill
and use CRAPP tool to
quickly finds research
resources. This will assist in
my continuous professional
development.

 From the experience of completing a research on
the topic of talent management I have reflected
that this activity has helped me improve my
academic knowledge along with the ability to
develop and ethical and reliable piece of
academic research.
 The usage of various project management tools
such as Gantt chart and constructing project aims
in objectives have helped me understand the role
of project management process in successfully
completing a research project.
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From the above presentation it is determined that various tools needed to
conduct research have different advantages and disadvantages. Developing
reward and recognition program is helpful for educational institutions. The
practice of reflecting on research plays an important role in helping conduct
better research in the future.
Conclusion

 Ghaffari, H., Rafiei, M. and Sahranavard, S., 2018. Factors Affecting Talent Management
with a Focus on Internal Reward: A Case Study of Barfab Company. The Journal of
Productivity Management, 12(1 (44)), pp.97-121.
 Gong, B., Ramkissoon, A., Greenwood, R.A. and Hoyte, D.S., 2018. The Generation for
Change: Millennials, Their Career Orientation, and Role Innovation 1. Journal of managerial
issues, 30(1), pp.82-6.
 Graham, B.Z. and Cascio, W.F., 2018. The employer-branding journey. Management
Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management.
 Kane, T., 2017. Total volunteer force: Lessons from the US military on leadership culture and
talent management. Hoover Press.
References

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