Impact of Talent Management on Productivity and Engagement of Workforce: A Case Study on Tesco

This research proposal aims to analyze the impact of talent management practices on productivity and engagement of workforce at Tesco. It includes a literature review on talent management, its impact on productivity and engagement of workforce, and the challenges faced by TESCO. The proposed methodology includes a deductive approach, survey research strategy, quantitative methodology, and probability sampling. The expected research outcomes include a better understanding of talent management and its impact on workforce productivity and engagement.

Research proposal

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Background of the research.....................................................................................................................3
Research Aim:.........................................................................................................................................3
Research Objectives................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review........................................................................................................................................3
Conceptual framework............................................................................................................................5
Methodology...............................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................8
Limitation of proposed research work.....................................................................................................8
Expected research outcomes....................................................................................................................8
References...................................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
Background of the research
Talent management refers to an effective function to hire, select, train as well as motivate
the employees to attain the pre-defined goals. The main aim of talent management is to manage
the workforce of the company profoundly. It helps in hiring the potential of workforce who can
contribute in the future success of the organization in an efficient manner. Apart from this, the
talent management approaches are useful in terms of motivating the workforce so that they get
inspired to contribute in the organizational growth. By adopting significant talent management
practices, a company can easily improve the engagement and productivity of workforce (Pandita
and Ray, 2018). In the present study, TESCO is taken into consideration. It is a renowned
organization of renowned industry that offers groceries and general merchandise including
clothing, mobile, home appliances, accessories and more. The main aim of the present study is to
evaluate the impact of talent management practices on productivity and engagement of
workforce. In addition, it will also analyze the challenges faced by the company while
maintaining the productivity and engagement of workforce.
Research Aim:
“To analyze the impact of talent management on productivity and engagement of workforce”. A
case study on Tesco.
Research Objectives
 To understand the concept of talent management within organization.
 To analyze the impact of talent management on productivity and engagement of
workforce at Tesco.
 To identify the challenges faced by TESCO while enhancing the productivity and
engagement of workforce.
Literature Review
Concept of talent management within organization
According to (Hasanpour and et. al., (2019), it is analyzed that talent management is the
attraction, retention of the employees for the betterment of the business entity. It includes

workforce planning, learning and development, performance management, recruitment,
onboarding, retention and more. Apart from this, talent management is one of the emerging
concepts in current period of time. It provides the full scope to the business managers to attract,
select, train as well as motivate the workforce effectively. It is monitored that the major purpose
of talent management is to improve the performance of workforce. In addition to this, it aims to
keep the employees motivated & engaged to make the employees perform better. In this regard,
it is highly imperative to adopt various strategies of talent management. Basically, the talent
management touches each and every key aspect of HR management from hiring the employees
to retain them for longer duration.
Impact of talent management on productivity and engagement of workforce at Tesco
According to Tafti, Mahmoudsalehi and Amiri, (2017), it is monitored that talent
management put a significant impact on the productivity and engagement of workforce. Here,
the recruitment strategies help in onboarding of potential employees who can perform the
assigned work profoundly. Further, training is also significant to improve the capabilities of
workforce. In context of TESCO, training is highly important to increase the skills and abilities
of the employees in significant manner.
Challenges faced by TESCO while enhancing the productivity and engagement of workforce
According to Narayanan, Rajithakumar and Menon, (2019), it is analyzed that there are
various challenges faced by the companies while increasing the productivity & engagement of
workforce. Here, they face issue related to lack of communication that might create issue in
facilitating proper flow of information within the company . Further, they also face the issue
related to willingness of workforce. In reference of TESCO, the business managers face
challenges in terms of lack of communication and willingness of the employees. It puts direct
impact on the productivity and engagement of workforce significantly.

Conceptual framework
Figure: Talent management model Source: Valamis, 2022
From the above-talent management model, it is analyzed the following steps are followed while
managing the talent at workplace:
 Planning: It is the first element of talent management wherein the activities are planned
in line with the pre-defined organizational goals (Crane and Hartwell, 2019).
 Attracting: After planning, the next step is attracting more and more new people to
perform the different organizational activities.
 Developing: In development part of the respective mode, necessary steps are taken for
the growth of the workforce within the organization.
 Retaining: The another main purpose of talent management is to keep the employees
within the company for longer duration (Vaiman and et. al., 2018).
 Transitioning: After hiring and developing the skills, the next step is to plan the
employee transition. Here, the business managers need to promote the employees for
future growth.

Methodology
Research methodology is an important part of the overall research work. It includes various
steps to collect, analyze as well as interpret the data and information. To conduct the research
effectively, various steps are undertaken which are mentioned below:
Research Approach: It is the one of the significant element of the overall research
work. It refers to collecting the necessary amount of data and information to complete the project
efficiently. Deductive and inductive are the two major research approaches which are basically
implemented by the researcher while undertaking a particular project (Kumar, 2018). Deductive
approach is taken into consideration in current context as it is helpful in evaluating the data
within limited time and cost. Further, it also makes the researcher enable to make the valuable
inferences for future betterment.
Research strategy: Research strategies are the plans which are prepared by the
researcher to collect the adequate amount of data in significant manner. By structuring suitable
research strategies, it is possible to attain the pre-defined research goals efficiently (Säfsten and
Gustavsson, 2020). There are ample of research strategies such as case study, survey,
questionnaire and more can be adopted by the investigator to complete the project work
successfully. For the present research work, survey research strategy has been selected as it will
help in collection of detailed information from respondents.
Methodology and tools: In research work, there are two methodologies can be used such as
quantitative & qualitative. In the given context, quantitative methodology is taken into
consideration as it based on use of numerical and statistical tools to make meaningful inferences
efficiently. This will help in analyzing the data in an appropriate way. In terms of research tools,
the major tools are focus group, survey, case studies and more. In the given context,
questionnaire has been used as the significant tool to collect the necessary information from the
respondents.
Sampling approach: It is one of the most important elements of the overall research
methodology wherein certain units are included in the overall sample. Here, probability and non-
probability are the two major approaches of sampling (Humphries, 2017). In the given context,
probability sampling is used as it helps in making true and fair selection of the units to include in

the sample. Further, it helps in getting effective results so that the pre-defined aim of the project
work can be attained significantly.
Ethical consideration: While conducting the research, it is crucial to follow the necessary
ethical considerations. For this purpose, various ethical principles are followed by the researcher.
In the present context, the researcher is following necessary ethical considerations in terms of
confidentiality, anonymity and more. Here, following such principles will help the researcher in
completing the research work appropriately.

Conclusion
Limitation of proposed research work
In the present research work, there is issue in terms of gathering necessary information from
the respondents. Here, the respondents are not likely to provide the required answers to conduct
the research work appropriately. Apart from this, there is only use of quantitative tool that will
restrict in terms of gathering the detailed and in-depth information.
Expected research outcomes
From the above-mentioned information, it is found that talent management refers to an
effective function to hire, select, train as well as motivate the employees to attain the pre-defined
goals. The main aim of talent management is to manage the workforce of the company
profoundly. It helps in hiring the potential of workforce who can contribute in the future success
of the organization in an efficient manner. Further, talent management is the attraction, retention
of the employees for the betterment of the business entity. The major purpose of talent
management is to improve the performance of workforce. In addition to this, it aims to keep the
employees motivated & engaged to make the employees perform better.

References
Books and journals
Crane, B. and Hartwell, C.J., 2019. Global talent management: A life cycle view of the
interaction between human and social capital. Journal of World Business, 54(2), pp.82-
92.
Hasanpour and et. al., 2019. Designing Talent Management Model in the Banking Industry
Using Grounded Theory. Management Studies in Development and Evolution, 28(93),
pp.93-129.
Humphries, B., 2017. Re-thinking social research: anti-discriminatory approaches in research
methodology. Taylor & Francis.
Kumar, R., 2018. Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Sage.
Narayanan, A., Rajithakumar, S. and Menon, M., 2019. Talent management and employee
retention: An integrative research framework. Human Resource Development
Review, 18(2), pp.228-247.
Pandita, D. and Ray, S., 2018. Talent management and employee engagement–a meta-analysis of
their impact on talent retention. Industrial and Commercial Training.
Säfsten, K. and Gustavsson, M., 2020. Research methodology: for engineers and other problem-
solvers.
Tafti, M.M., Mahmoudsalehi, M. and Amiri, M., 2017. Critical success factors, challenges and
obstacles in talent management. Industrial and Commercial Training.
Vaiman, V., Sparrow, P., Schuler, R. and Collings, D.G. eds., 2018. Macro talent management:
A global perspective on managing talent in developed markets. Routledge.