Strategic Priority in Marks & Spencer of Talent Management

UNIT 11– RESEARCH
PROJECT
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Research Proposal Form..............................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................8
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Research Proposal Form
Title, objectives, responsibilities
Title:
Strategic priority in Marks & Spencer of talent management.
Research aim:
“To evaluate the impact of talent management in raising performance level: Case study on
Marks and Spenser.”
Research objectives:
1. To understand the importance of talent management within an organization.
2. To analyse the effect within a firm of talent management and its use.
3. To implement strategies so that there is effective balance that is present related to talent
management.
4. To recommend measures and techniques to be able to have effective talent management.
Research Questions:
1. Analyse the importance and key factor of talent management which is present in an
organization?
2. Discuss the effect and influence which talent management is having in a workplace?
3. How can talent management develop and improve the performance and strategic
processes to achieve them?
Reason for choosing this research project
Understanding the importance of talent management is important so that there are going to be
effective decisions which are going to be taken. It is important to understand the working and
strategies which are present so that there are going to be higher operations and performances
which a business can have. This is a very interesting topic since on this bases there is
recruitment and training which can be provided to the employees which is going to make the
organization be able to have a better stability in the market. There are a lot of limitations which
come in the organization which can be solved by using this theory effectively and efficiently
which is going to get in competitive advantage which is good for a long run.
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Literature Review
As per the view of (Savanevičienė and Vilčiauskaitė, 2017), it is very important to understand
the importance of talent management so that the organizations would be able to use them
effectively which is going to be a great factor for a long run. Right workforce is going to make
sure that the organization is being able to achieve the objectives and targets they are having for
themselves in the market so that the company will be able to gain competitive advantage for a
long run. In according to (Salau and et.al., 2018), the important of talent management is huge
because of the changes and development which is coming in the organization and has to be
maintained which is going to be a great factor for a long run. Different skills are present in each
individual and they must be analysed and developed accordingly so that there are higher
functioning and working which is going to be present.
In opinion of (Abeuova and Muratbekova‐Touron, 2019), retention and recruitment can be done
on this bases within an organization which is going to be a great factor for the overall
development of the organization so that the company will be able to develop themselves in the
market. Performance and stability in the working has to be present so that the company will be
able to operate effectively in the market and also gain competitive advantage (Edwards, 2017).
Marks and Spencer is being able to get the right attention of the customer base because they are
having good talent management of the employees which are existing in the company. Planning
and decision making is also going to be done accordingly which is good and according to the
employees of the company so that the retention level and the satisfaction of the employees is
going to increase for a longer operation (Schreuder and Noorman, 2019). Quality of
productivity and operations is also going to be higher and that is going to impact the working
and functioning so that the organization will be able to have higher sales, profitability and
standard in the market for the brand image and value.
Activities
Activities to be carried out during the research project
1. Topic Total project to be
completed in: 92. Discussion
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