Talent Management Practices at Google: A Case Study

Unit 6 – Managing a
Successful Business Project
(Talent management)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Project aims and objectives....................................................................................................3
P2 Project management plan.......................................................................................................4
P3 Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart............................................................................5
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................7
P4 Small scale research...............................................................................................................7
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................9
P5 Data Analysis and Findings....................................................................................................9
P6 Recommendations................................................................................................................14
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................15
P7 Value of undertaking project to meet objectives..................................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Talent management refers to the constant process of attraction and retention of talented
and high performing employees by developing their skills and competencies, and consistently
motivating them in improving their performance (McDonnell and et.al., 2017). The organisation
where the HRM consultant is working is taken to be Tesco and the talent management practices
of the blue-chip company Google will be analysed as it is believed to have the best practices in
retaining, recruiting and training its employees. Google is an American multinational company
which provides internet-based services, software and hardware to billions of customers and is
one of the biggest technology company in the world. The main purpose is creation of a motivated
workforce that will stay with the company for a longer period of time. This report will aim at
conducting a research on talent management performed in the organisation Google along with
project management and reflect on the value gained from doing the project in meeting the
objectives.
LO 1
P1 Project aims and objectives
The project will be based on the evaluation of practices of talent management that are
implemented by best companies in the world to deal with human resource management in
innovative and creative ways to achieve all organisational objectives effectively.
Aim: To determine the talent management policies and strategies adopted by Google
Objectives:
 To understand the talent management practices used by Google in order to conduct its
recruitment.
 To determine the approaches and tactics used by Google for training and development of its
employees.
 To identify the talent management practices employed by Google in order to retain its best
talent and employees.
 To benchmarking the talent management practices of Tesco and Google and identification of
needs of improvement at Tesco.
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P2 Project management plan
Project management can refer to the processes, methods, knowledge, skills and
experience that is deployed for achievement of the aim and objectives of this research project. It
constitutes of five phases initiation, planning, implementation, performance and closure. In the
initiation stage, the business case is justified and a feasibility study is conducted where the
project goals are evaluated (Radujković and Sjekavica, 2017).
 Aim: To evaluate the talent management practices that are practiced in Google in terms
of recruitment and selection, training and development and staff retention. The entire
project will take place through primary and secondary research on Google LLC to find
out the human resource policies and practices employed in the company by the HR
management.
 Deliverables: The deliverables of this projects will be non-tangible information and
knowledge regarding the best practices and strategies followed in Google which can be
incorporated in Tesco to improve its recruitment process, training and development
process and to reduce the employee turnover at Tesco.
 Time: The entire duration for this project will be 7 weeks and time management will be
taken care of by proper scheduling of the entire research project.
 Quality: The quality is aimed to be high for all the relevant stakeholder and will be
highly valid and reliable and can be effectively employed in Tesco. The research will be
done through the best primary methods of questionnaire and secondary research will
adopt the most recent and authentic journal articles, internet sources and books.
 Communication: In order to conduct communication, most appropriate channels like
emails and telephone will be adopted for the exchange of information to stakeholders and
to the respondents, email will be used to send the questionnaires. Weekly check-ins,
meetings, status reports, project dashboards and formal presentations will be used.
Opportunities for feedback will also be presented, transparency will be adopted, status
will be updated o stakeholders on time (Lauren and Schreiber, 2018).
 Resources: The major resources used for the project are project management tools and
software like MS projects, MS Word, Questionnaires distribution through email and
internet for research, Ms Excel for graphical representation. Various journals,
publications, electronic sources, books, business reports etc.
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