Impact of Talent Management on HR: A Case Study of Sainsbury

This report evaluates the impact of talent management on the role of HR in context of Sainsbury organisation. It includes research objectives, research questions, literature review, project management plan, methodology, data analysis, findings, and recommendations.

TALENT MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Overview of the company............................................................................................................3
Research Objectives:...................................................................................................................3
Research Question:......................................................................................................................4
Literature Review........................................................................................................................4
Project Management Plan............................................................................................................5
Work breakdown structure..........................................................................................................6
Gantt chart...................................................................................................................................6
Methodology................................................................................................................................7
Data analysis and Interpretations.................................................................................................9
Findings.....................................................................................................................................10
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................16
Reflection...................................................................................................................................17
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................18
Books and Journal......................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Talent management is the procedure which helps the organisation to hire more talented
people in the organisation in order to achieve their goals and objectives and get more
opportunities in order to become more successful in the Marketplace. It is very important for the
human resources department to consider the talent management strategies in the organisation in
order to improve the productivity and efficiency of the organisation. For this current report the
researcher is going to consider Sainsbury organisation which is situated in United Kingdom . in
addition to this there will be description about the impact of talent management on the rule of a
chart (Salunkhe, 2018). Furthermore this report going to evaluate the aims and objectives of the
investigation and also going to evaluate the project management plan where note breakdown
structure and Gantt chart will be discussed. After that there will be some data which are
considered by the investigator about the qualitative and quantitative method in order to complete
the project on collect the data in an appropriate manner (Rai and Thakur, 2020).
MAIN BODY
Overview of the company
Sainsbury is the second largest chain of the supermarket in the United Kingdom and
founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury . The headquarter of the organisation is situated in
London United Kingdom and the organisation is providing variety of the products in the market
place in order to become more successful and get more opportunities. This report will going to
evaluate the impact of talent management on the role of HR in context of Sainsbury organisation.
Research Aims: “The impact of talent management on the role of HR” A case study of Sainsbury
Research Objectives:
o To identify the concept of talent management in the company.
o To determine the impact of talent management on human resources management.

o To identify the significance of talent management.
Research Question:
o Explain the concept talent management in the company.
o What is the impact of talent management on human resources management?
o Explain the significance of talent management in the company?
Literature Review
Explain the concept talent management in the company.
According to the “Chan, and Xu, 2016”, Talent management is very important for the
organisation in order to hire more skilled and effective employees in the organisation and
improve the efficiency and productivity of the company in an appropriate manner. Effective
talent management strategies help the organisation to get more opportunities and overcome the
Threads which are facing by the organisation (Meghlaoui, 2016) . It is the responsibility of the
human resources management department to adopt the talent management strategies so that they
can select in hire more talented people in the organisation and maintain the attention rate of the
employees in order to improve their effectiveness and get success.
What is the impact of talent management on human resources management?
On the basis, “Liu, Wang and He, 2019”,Talent management is a very effective
strategies that support the company to get more competitive advantages and maintained the
talented employees in the organisation so that they can improve the efficiency of the organisation
and maintained the positive environment at the workplace. Concentrating on the talent
management is a critical component for the organisation and for the broader workforce
management strategy because in context of human resources management recruiting promoting
detaining and training the appropriate individuals are very important steps for the department in
order to achieve their goals in objectives (Abdul Hamid and Yahya, 2016). The talent
management strategy creates huge impact on the human resources management and it creates a

more consistent consumer experience and long-term connections among the organisation and
among the consumers. Talented and better trained workers create and deliver effective goods and
services in the Marketplace so it creates more opportunities for the Sainsbury organisation. In
context of Sainsbury organisation talent management support the organisation to you as well as
support the workers to feel more engaged motivated and skilled in the organisation and also
permit them to operate in the direction of the organisational goals and objectives.
Explain the significance of talent management in the company?
According to the, “Kaminskaya, 2016”, Talent management is very important for the
organisation in order to hire more skilled and well trained employees in the organisation. Well
trained and talented employees give several benefits to the organisation in order to improve the
productivity and get more opportunities (Parizadi, 2018). Talent management is the kind of
continuous process that include attracting and retaining well-trained workers and high-quality
workers and developing their skills and constantly inspired them in order to improve and
enhance performance for the organisation of the major is of the talent management is to develop
a motivated force in the organisation that operate their business for the long-term and maintain
the retention rate of the employees (Mohiuddin and Afrin, 2016).
Project Management Plan
Project management plan is the kind of activity that is inbuilt of different kind of
activities that is adopted by the organisation in order to implement the action plan in the
management in context of talent management. Every task and activities are oriented for the
activities in order to achieve it is in an appropriate . for the current scenario the project
management plan is going to emphasize on different kind of activities and some of these are
below mentioned:
Cost: Cost is the term which described as the amount that the organisation are required to
implement by the organisation in order to accomplish the desired outcomes and managing a
successful business activities. In this current scenario the entire cost which are assumed by the
researcher is around 50000 pounds and this is the total cost that is implemented by the
researchers so that they can accomplish their desired results and gain more positive outcomes for
the research.

Scope: Scope is the particular activities in project management plan that is used by the
organisation in order to describe the area of the research where the research is working. In
context of the Sainsbury organisation it can be described as the organisation has used scope in
order to conduct a research at the last level for achieving their desired outcomes.
Time: Time can be described as the particular maximum productive time which is going to
consume in the entire project. In context of the current project the entire time which are used by
the investigator is about five months and in which the maximum efforts which are provided by
the investigator in order to achieve their objectives in an particular time frame.
Communication: Effective communication is very important part of the investigation in order to
build connections among the team members and be more positive outcomes. In order to maintain
proper communication the investigated is different types of methods so that they can maintain
appropriate communication as well as environment.
Quality: Quality is the kind of project which is liability of every investigator in order to maintain
the quality of the project so that they can achieve their desired outcomes. For the current project
the aim of the investigator is to achieve appropriate quality by conducting effective and
productive research.
Work breakdown structure
It is the concept that is adopted by the researchers so that they can separate the overall
project in the small task where they can perform different types of activities in order to achieve
their goals and make the work more easier for the particular project . this activity will going to
support the investigator to manage the work appropriately and achieve the desired results by
managing the work and gaining maximum benefits by bringing specialisation in the work so that
they can perform every task in a small format according to the responsibilities and interest of the
individuals.
Gantt chart
That is the kind of method that engage separation of the particular activities in an
graphical representation in which the different types of activities and task can be separated into
particular units and activities which are required by the investigator to perform on the basis of

the graphical representation. This will going to support the company to achieve a different type
of activities and this will describe the information and data on the basis of axis basis. There are
two types of axis and which are vertical and horizontal . this kind of activities support the
research to get more updated about the information which are going to collect by the
investigative for the particular research.
Methodology
It is very essential for the investigation to analyse different kinds of activities in the
investigation so that the organisation can achieve their goals and objectives by conducting
effective investigation. In order to conduct the investigation the researcher is going to use
qualitative and quantitative method that will support them to attain maximum productivity and

overcome the possibilities of the risk and error in the company. There are different types of
activities which support the organisation to achieve their aims and objective which is associated
to the particular is investigation.
Primary investigation: Engage those kind of Investigation that is associated to the performance
of the particular task in order to collect the information and data at the primary level . this which
support the company in identification and also support them to collect the data at the primary
level so that they can particularly depend on the data at the fuller level and adopt it with the
appropriate confidence. This will engage several kind of methods like interviews observations
surveys and many more and it is time consuming method as compared to the secondary research
in order to collect the data.
Secondary research: This is the method that helps investigated to collect the data on the
secondary level . this particular information and the data is evaluated by the company that
support the organisation to fulfil their requirements with their efficiency. There are different
types of common methods of data collection which are used in secondary Research and that are
journals magazines online sites and articles and many more.
For the current investigation which is relies on the data collection by adopting both the
secondary as well as primary data collection and there is a questionnaire that is rely on the data
collection from 30 responder.
Research instruments: the portion of the approach includes many instruments such as
observation, focus groups, observation, questionnaires, interviews, and so on. These are essential
study instruments, however the researcher prefers to utilise a questionnaire to collect data on
talent management. The main goal in choosing a questionnaire is to get numerical data on the
issue in the shortest amount of time possible.
Qualitative research: This is the method which is adopted by the investigator in order to
analyse the methodology in investigation so the they can used qualitative factors that will support
the company to achieve their goals and objectives.
Quantitative research: Quantitative research is a kind of method which side is the activity
where investigate has to adopt several kinds of numerical data in order to analyse about the
different factors in investigation and make the investigation more appropriate and effective . this

will support the research to identify and figures several numerical form in order to compute
different functions.
In order to conduct the investigation it is very essential for the organisation to analyse
their goals and objectives in order to accomplish them by using different kind of effective
method.
Data analysis and Interpretations
This is the concept of evaluating the information which are collected from the
investigation instrument. According to the current scenario the data which was collected from the
questionnaire and in order to analyse this kind of data frequency distribution analysis is followed
by the organisation so that they can identify the information accordingly and which are
mentioned below:
Q1 Do you have any understanding of how talent management affects
Sainsbury's?
Frequency
a) Yes 15
b) No 5
Q2 What are the major responsibilities of Sainsbury's human resources?? Frequency
a) Selection and recruitment 7
b) Talent management 7
c) Training and development 6
Q3 What influence does talent management have on HR's role (Barcan,
2019)?
Frequency
a) Employee retention 7
b) Increase productivity of employee 6

c) Higher employee’s satisfaction 7
Q4 What role does talent management play at Sainsbury's? Frequency
a) Improves business performance 7
b) Drives innovation 6
c) Motivates others to grow 7
Q5 What problems did HR confront when it came to managing talent? Frequency
a) Lack of participation among employees 7
b) High employee turnover 7
c) Reduced efficiency 6
Q6 What are the most effective methods for dealing with talent management
issues?
Frequency
a) Providence of training 8
b) Increasing satisfaction 6
c) Increasing motivation 6
Findings
Question 1: Inside Sainsbury's, the influence of talent management
Q1 Do you have any understanding of how talent management affects
Sainsbury's(El-Kot, Burke and Fiksenbaum, 2019)
Frequency
a) Yes 15
b) No 5

Frequency
a) Yes
b) No
Interpretation: From the above graph it has been interpreted that Where are most of the
respondents that had appropriate understanding about the impact of talent management within a
workplace . for this statement there are 15 participants that said yes while there are five
participants who said no because they do not understand and identify about the impact of talent
management.
Question 2: Sainsbury's human resources played a key role.
Q2 What are the major responsibilities of Sainsbury's human resources? Frequency
a) Selection and recruitment 7
b) Talent management 7
c) Training and development 6

Frequency
a) Selection and
recruitment
b) Talent management
c) Training and
development
Interpretation: There are different kind of activities and role which are played by the human
resources department of the Sainsbury organisation. According to the seven participants out of
20 workers said that selection and recruitment procedure is the main activities which are played
by the human resources management and according to another 7 participants providence of
training and development program is a major role for the HR department and according to the
remaining six participants management of the Talent in the organisation is major purpose and
role of the human resources management department.
Question 3: : How does talent management affect HR's role?
Q3 What influence does talent management have on HR's role? Frequency
a) Employee retention 7
b) Increase productivity of employee 6
c) Higher employee’s satisfaction 7

Frequency
a) Employee retention
b) Increase productivity of
employee
c) Higher employee’s
satisfaction
Interpretation: From the above mentioned graph it has been analysed that the talent
management create impact on the role of the human resources management and according to the
7 participants workers retention is a main impact which create impact and played by the human
resources management department. According to the six participants who had information about
the impact on the role of HR that enhancement of the productivity of the workers is the major
impact of talent management which are played by the human resources management team of the
Sainsbury.
Question 4: significance of talent management for Sainsbury
Q4 What role does talent management play at Sainsbury's? Frequency
a) Improves business performance 7
b) Drives innovation 6
c) Motivates others to grow 7

Frequency
a) Improves business
performance
b) Drives innovation
c) Motivates others to
grow
Interpretation: There are different kind of activities and importance of the talent management
for the Sainsbury organisation. From the above mentioned grab it has been analysed that
according to the seven applicants improvement and enhancement of the business performance is
the major importance of the talent management that support the organisation to achieve their
goals and objectives in an appropriate manner and according to the sixth applicants talent
management facility the organisation in driving mode Innovation and creativity in the
organisation. According to the remaining applicants talent management at the workplace
improve the efficiency and inspirations between the workers.
Question 5: What problems did HR confront when it came to managing talent?
Q5 What problems did HR confront when it came to managing talent? Frequency
a) Lack of participation among employees 7
b) High employee turnover 7
c) Reduced efficiency 6

Frequency
a) Lack of participation
among employees
b) High employee turnover
c) Reduced efficiency
Interpretation: There are different kind of challenges and obstacles which are faced by the
human resources management department of the Sainsbury while managing the talent
management strategies at the organisation. According to the 7 participants deficiency of
participation between workers is the major challenge which is facing by the organisation and
according to the 7 applications High employees turnover is the major challenge which are facing
by the organisation. According to the remaining participants that is six major challenges faced by
the human resources management team because of talent management strategies
Question 6: Techniques for dealing with the difficulties that come with talent management
Q6 What are the most effective methods for dealing with talent management
issues?
Frequency
a) Providence of training 8
b) Increasing satisfaction 6
c) Increasing motivation 6

Frequency
a) Providence of training
b) Increasing satisfaction
c) Increasing motivation
Interpretation: From the above mentioned graphic has been analysed that there are different
kind of strategies that support the Sainsbury organisation to overcome their problems and
obstacles which are linked with talent management. According to the eighth applicants
providence of training and development is the major strategies that support the organisation to
overcome the issues and according to the 6 application improving and according to the fact that
will support the organisation to overcome the problems and challenges facing by the organisation
Recommendation
From the above mentioned report there is a few recommendations to the Sainsbury
organisation so that they can improve their efficiency and effectiveness by adopting different
Strategies and analyse the talent management impact on the role of HR.
 It is recommended to the organisation that they should adopt the effective talent
management strategies so that they can create more positive environment in the
organisation.
 It is also recommended to the investigated as well as organisation to use alternative
investigation methodologies so that they can't carry out their study about different topics
in order to collect more relevant data for the investigation.

 It is also advised to the organisation that they should motivate Their employees and
conduct some appraisal program so that they can inspire Their employees towards the
work and improve their capabilities in order to get more positive outcomes.
Reflection
After conducting an investigation I get an opportunity to analyse and identify about the
topic of talent management and by doing this investigation I adopted different types of
methodologies which are required by the organisation in order to collect more relevant data.
There are different kind of methodologies are used in the investigation and that is secondary
investigation primary investigation surveys and 20 all methods support me to achieve the project
aims and objectives in an appropriate manner for stuff after conducting an investigation I also
analyse that my communication as well as my time Management Research skills Data Collection
is skills has been improved and it helps me to enhance my capabilities improve my opportunities
for my professional development. After conducting the investigation I analyse that I face
different kind of challenges such as the efficiency of capital deficiency of time and these kind of
challenges support me to overcome the barriers and face them so that I can I improve my
capabilities in order to overcome the risk factors and achieve the goals in an appropriate manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it has been concluded that there are different kind of
participants that had information about the impact of talent management on the role of human
resources. There are different kinds of roles which are played by the human resources
management like training and development talent management recruiting and selection of the
employees and these all activities are very important for them in order to hire more talented
people in the organisation. Talent management is the concept which improves the performance
as well as the capabilities of the workers so that they can get more positive outcomes. Apart from
this there are different kind of challenges which are linked with the talent management in context
of Sainsbury organisation and that is higher employee turnover reduce efficiency deficiency and
participation between the workers. This kind of challenges creates negative impact on the

organisation and also creates impact on the productivity of the company. In order to reduce these
kind of challenges there are different kind of methods and strategies which are used by the
organisation so that they can achieve their goals and objectives in an appropriate manner.
REFRENCES
Books and Journal
Meghlaoui, C.E., 2016. Talent retention and development case study: US multinationals based in
Ireland (Doctoral dissertation, Dublin Business School).
Chan, D., Ye, T. and Xu, H., 2016. Localization of senior managers of international luxury hotels
in China: The current situation and influencing factors. Journal of China Tourism
Research, 12(1), pp.126-143.
Liu, J., Li, J., Wang, T. and He, R., 2019, April. Will Your Classmates and Colleagues Affect
Your Development in the Workplace: Predicting Employees' Growth Based on
Interpersonal Environment. In 2019 IEEE Fifth International Conference on Big Data
Computing Service and Applications (BigDataService) (pp. 71-78). IEEE.
Kaminskaya, E.A., 2016. Amateur Performances as One of the Factors of Traditional Folklore
Actualization. Culture and Art, (2), pp.195-204.
Abdul Hamid, S.N. and Yahya, K.K., 2016. Mediating role of work engagement on the
relationship between person-job fit and employees’ retention: Evidence from
semiconductor companies in northern region of Malaysia. International Review of
Management and Marketing, 6(S7), pp.187-194.
Barcan, L., 2019. Development of human resources management in health organizations. Journal
of Defense Resources Management (JoDRM), 10(2), pp.165-173.
El-Kot, G., Burke, R.J. and Fiksenbaum, L.M., 2019. Egyptian women supervisory
empowerment behaviors on well-being outcomes. Gender in Management: An
International Journal.
Parizadi, T., 2018. Analysis of factors affecting regional development in Iran. Journal of Applied
researches in Geographical Sciences, 18(50), pp.179-198.

Salunkhe, T.P., 2018. Improving employee retention by predicting employee attrition using
machine learning techniques (Doctoral dissertation, Dublin Business School).
Mohiuddin, M. and Afrin, F., 2016. Audit Committee Effectiveness & Earnings Quality: Review
of Literature & Future Research Direction. AIUB Journal of Business and
Economics, 13(1), pp.61-86.
Rai, A. and Thakur, S.J., 2020. All job demands are not equal: exploring the two sides of a
coin. International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 13(2), pp.99-112.

Appendix 1
Section 1: Basic Details
Project title The impact of talent management on the role of HR
Student name:
Student ID number:
Programme:
Center Name:
Intended research start date:
Intended research end date:
Section 2: Project Summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as part of your project:
Interviews:✅
Questionnaires:✅
Observations:✅
Use of PersonalRecords:✅
Data Analysis:✅
ActionResearch:
FocusGroups:✅
Other (please specify): ..............................................................................................
Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary. Will your research involve

human participants?
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply
Ages 12-16:
Young People aged 17–18:
Adults: ✅
How will participants be recruited (identified and approached)?
The Participants are approached on Random basis as they are selected from the group of employees
working in TESCO.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
The E- mail has been sent to all the participant for the process which contain all the required
information about the project
How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be made clear to
participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any time?
The consent has been obtained with the help of consent form in written format and contain the note In
bold that the participants have an opportunity to withdraw their consent any time.
Studies involving questionnaires: Will participants be given the option of omitting questions they do
not wish to answer?
Yes ✅No
If No please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from this.

Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their informed consent
to be observed.
Yes ✅No
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e. give them a brief explanation of the
study)?
Yes ✅No
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study?(This could be a brief summary
of your findings in general)
Yes ✅ No
Section 4: Data Storage and Security
ConfirmthatallpersonaldatawillbestoredandprocessedincompliancewiththeDataProtectionAct(1998)
Yes: ✅No:
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
The data has been accessed by the researcher only and is saved in protected format.
During the research:
Where will the data be stored?
WillmobiledevicessuchasUSBstorageandlaptopsbeused?
Yes: ✅ No:
If yes, please provide further details:
The data has been protected USB storage.

After the research:
Where will the data be stored?
The data is stored in a password protected in the computer and USB.
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
The data has been recorded and stored till 2 years from the delivery of the project in digital format.
Will data be kept for use by other researchers?
Yes: No:✅
If yes, please provide further details:
Section 5: Ethical Issues
Are there any particular features of your proposed work which may raise ethical concerns? If so, please
outline how you will deal with these:
It is important that you demonstrate your awareness of potential risks that may arise as a result of your
research.Pleaseconsider/addressallissuesthatmayapply.Ethicalconcernsmayinclude,butarenotlimited
tothefollowing:
Informedconsent.✅
Potentially vulnerableparticipants.
Sensitivetopics.
Risks to participants and/orresearchers.
Confidentiality/anonymity.✅
Disclosures/limits toconfidentiality.
Data storage and security, both during and after the research (including transfer, sharing,
encryption,protection).✅

Reporting.✅
Disseminationanduseofyourfindings.