Talent Management Strategies Used by Organizations to Attract and Retain Employees

This report explores the talent management strategies used by Marks and Spencer to attract and retain employees. It includes a literature review, project management plan, work breakdown structure, research methods, presentation of data and findings, communication of recommendations, reflection, conclusion, and references.

Managing a Successful Business Project

Table of Content
Introduction
Project aims and objectives
Literature Review
Project management plan
Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart
Research Methods
Presentation of the data and findings
Communication of the recommendations
Reflection
Conclusion
References

Introduction
Workforce transformation is having procedure to make effective
improvement of skills and abilities of employees that is required to
make strategy in order to accomplish laid aims and objectives. In this
report, the company is selected Marks and Spencer is one of
multinational retail premium business which makes provide high
quality of products and services.

Project Aim and Objectives
Aim: ““To analyze the talent management strategies used by organizations to attract
and retain employees”. A study on Amazon.
Objectives:
• To understand the concept and role of talent management within an organization.
• To determine the talent management strategies used by Amazon to attract and retain
employees at workplace.
• To examine the challenges faced by Amazon while implementing talent management
strategies within the organization.

Literature Review
To understand the basic concept of workplace transformation in Marks and
Spencer.
According to the Calgar., 2020. The business leaders have to work on certain
objectives which make realising can be ups killings of employees to may contribute
towards accomplishment of the specific business related objectives. There is also
redesigning the jobs an also provide positive base of environment. In perspective of
Marks and Spencer on which they tries to bring some workplace innovation such as
equipment’s which are digitalised operates to generate positive outcomes. Hiring and
selection of new employees by mapping innovative skills set of employees by using
towards variants. The workforce transformational to bringing new learning and work
opportunities which leads to effective improvement of skill sets

Project Management Plan
It is refers about it regards towards the formal documentation in which involves
information that is related to activities performed, associated, cost manpower and other
better associate within effective information. It assists researcher to identification of
significant factor of process execution in projects. There are some of elements which
mentioned below:
Scope: The implementation of talent management, training and development and
performance appraisal to gain process to accomplishing themselves. The scope of
Marks and Spencer can achieve their higher growth as per their perspectives.
Cost: It is important factor that helps to make researcher in implementation of research
activities. The managers of Marks and Spencer are making adequate to ensures all the
activities which taking place as per the requirement of cost effectiveness.

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Resources:It is a basic requirement that motivate researcher to implement the study in a proper
manner. It is analyzed that having sufficient resources that is funds, capital, members etc. motivate
researcher to implement activities.
Communication: This element determines the resources and tools that will be used for
communicating the data gathered from the investigation along with the activities conducted
through it.

Work Breakdown Structure and Gantt
Chart
It is regarded as project management tool that is mainly used for the purpose of
generating the activities as per requirements of various tasks of the present study.

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It is a bar chart that illustrates the
project schedule in effective
manner. It is regarded as the
graphical representation that
assist in the scheduling of project.
Horizontal axis represents the
project activities that is required for
completion of specific activities
that are mentioned on the vertical
axis

Research Methods
Qualitative Research method: It is referred is a method where data is available
about theoretical manner.
Quantitative research method: According to this data which is collected in the
form of numerical and athematic manner.
Primary method: It is defined about the method of collecting data and here in
researcher gather information which is original in nature.
Secondary Method: There is defined about researcher where they gather the
information which exist in books, internet, articles etc.

Presentation of the data and findings


Q1. Do you posses understanding of the concept of workplace
transformation in Marks and Spencer?
Frequency
a) Yes 22
b) No 8

Communication of the recommendations
Some of the recommendations highlighted in mentioned below:
• By using some managerial tools such as Employee Engagement, Training and
Development and Performance Appraisal helps to improvise their employees
work efficiency. It also develops keeping pace to constant change.

Reflection
It is analyzed by conducting the study that talent management plays vital role within an
organization as it assist in raising performance, productivity and profitability of an organisation.
During the study, the task of collecting data through questionnaire assist me in gaining knowledge
about research topic and to develop meaningful conclusion as well. In addition to this, I learned
about various skills that is data analysis, data interpretation, communication skills, time
management and so on

Conclusion
It is concluded from above mention aspects that workforce transformational is a
very important element that can help in the process of achievement of laid aims
and objectives. There are many challenges that are arsing in the organisation
related with workforce transformation that has to be dealt in order to manage its
long term impact on the overall organisation functioning.

References
Abdullah, N.A., 2018. Talent management impact towards employee retention.
Alferaih, A., 2017. Developing a conceptual model to measure talent’s turnover intention in
tourism organisations of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Organizational Analysis.
Anlesinya, A. and Amponsah-Tawiah, K., 2020. Towards a responsible talent management
model. European Journal of Training and Development.
Balcerzyk, R. and Balcerzyk, D., 2018. Talent management in the context of human capital.
European Journal of Service Management, 28, pp.35-46.
Cascio, W.F. and Aguinis, H., 2018. Applied psychology in talent management. SAGE
Publications.

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