The key challenges and obstacles facing different business sectors in terms of talent management

This report focuses on the key challenges and obstacles faced by different business sectors in terms of talent management. It includes project aims and objectives, project management plan, work breakdown structure, small scale research, findings, and recommendations. The case study is based on Morrisons, a multinational retailer headquartered in Bradford, England.

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Table of Contents
Title:-................................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Project aims and objectives with respect to organisation......................................................4
To define the concept of talent-management within an organisation.........................................4
To examine challenges business sector face during talent-management....................................5
To access different strategies used by organisation in determining challenges during talent-
management. ..............................................................................................................................5
P2 Project management plan.......................................................................................................5
P3 Work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart .......................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Small scale research through primary and secondary methods.............................................9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
P5 Findings and data.................................................................................................................11
P6 Communicate appropriate recommendation........................................................................16
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................16
P7 Reflect the value of undertaking a project ..........................................................................16
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18

Title:-
The key challenges and obstacles facing different business sectors in terms of talent
management.
INTRODUCTION
To achieve success it is important to manage all business activities by implementing
different policies and methods so that productive amount of all necessary changes are indulged
into business. It is crucial for business to fulfil both short term as well as long term goals in
effective manner. In context with this talent management plays the most important role in which
different modifications are done by attracting each employee who are talented(Ullah, Khan and
Kuang, 2021). Talent management is a continuous procedure which involves all quality workers
skills get developed and they are been encouraged. The below report involves project aims and
objectives, time frame, small scale research, findings, recommendations and reflection. The
report is based on Morrisons. It is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets which is
headquartered in Bradford, England. The company was founded by William Morrison in 1899.
TASK 1
P1 Project aims and objectives with respect to organisation
Overview of the research:- The below research is based on the concept of talent
management. It is very much essential for a company in order to achieve all goals and objectives.
In terms of Morrisons , they also worked on talent management in order to determine all
challenges as well as obstacles that they may face(Yuwono, 2021). As the company is a
multinational retailer which operates their business around the globe. It is necessary for them to
identify all challenges with the help of different business strategies. So, a research is been
conducted to form best strategies in context with all challenges.
Aim:- To determine key challenges and obstacles facing different business sectors in
terms of talent management. A case study on Morrisons (Zubizarreta and et.al, 2021).
Objectives:-
 To define the concept of talent management within the organisation
 To examine challenges business sector face during talent-management To access different strategies used by organisation in determining challenges during
talent-management.

Literature review:-
To define the concept of talent-management within an organisation
As per the view point of prarthana ghosh, 2021, Talent-management is defined as a
process of getting right talent and grow in their sector with respect to follow all objectives. It is a
process which is very important to be considered and leads to fill all gaps which are there within
the organisation and achieve growth in context with skills and traits. The process of talent
management involve many activities right from planning, attracting, selecting, developing,
retaining and transitioning. In accordance with the phase of talent-management different
strategies are needed like opportunities in order to have continuous improvement and many
more(Gemino, Horner Reich and Serrador, 2021).
To examine challenges business sector face during talent-management
As per the view point of Top Echelon, 2020, business sector face many type of
challenges and various obstacles get arise. Businesses face issues like inexperience with
technology, ineffective leadership, employee turnover and so on. In context with inexperience in
technology It is crucial for businesses to apply a good technology in their tracking system. They
should also use a accounting software as it will help business sectors in determining their
challenges. If there would be ineffective leadership then all workers within the organisation will
not be able to enhance their talent.
To access different strategies used by organisation in determining challenges during talent-
management.
As per the view point of Tammy Perkins, 2018, Organisation uses various strategies
through which they determine all challenges as well as issues in the organisation in context with
talent-management(Lee, 2021). Organisation uses the way of doing team assessment, individual
assessment, implementation of success and many more. It is important to review whole team
assessment which requires evaluation at each level.
P2 Project management plan
A project management plan is defined as a formal based document which provides
information of how a project will be carried out. It involve various elements like objectives,
timeline, budget and so on(Dijkstra, van Beukering and Brouwer, 2021). The main reason of
project management plan is to help in communicating overall information and the procedure

which will be used. It helps a researcher in assuring about the completion of whole project with
the help of performing different tasks. In context with all elements it is further been explained as
below:-
 Cost:- It refers to a specific amount which is needed in implementing a research in the
efficient way. It includes research tools, legal compliance, equipments cost and many
more. So, it is the responsibility of organisation to set up a proper budget in order to
conduct whole research in timely manner(Khan and et.al, 2021).
 Time:- It is considered as a element which determine whole period of time that a
researcher uses in context with completing overall research in effective way. So, as per
the below report manager would take the time period of 3 months(Trevino and Nelson,
2021). Through this it will lead to doing research as per the time frame and all risks
associated with it gets decreased. Quality:- It refers to the concept in which researcher has to assure that each activity
within the organisation are completed in a timely manner. It involves the proper
collection of data so that right result can be achieved. Communication:- It is considered as a method in which all details are tackled within
various individuals through which a clear and accurate understanding of information is
collected. It also involves transparency while gathering data in order to assess overall
result(Fedushko and et.al, 2021). Risk:- It determines the possibility of happening bad in future which directly affects the
research been conducted. It is a risk which occurs at each activity and to ascertain a

perfect research it is necessary to decrease all risks. The researcher must assure that each
activity been performed is done with perfection and proper market analysis is done.
 Resources:- While doing a research there are various resources which are needed in
context with important facts and all necessary details that are required(Waterhouse and
Mann, 2021). There are various resources which are needed like Internet, equipments,
human resources and so on.
P3 Work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart
 Gantt chart:- It is defined as a software which is also named as project planning and
project establishment. They are used for scheduling all projects. It was implemented in
order to determine a the most difficult path of each activity. It involves all dates of whole
project right from the starting point till the end one(CHEAH and Yuen-Ping, 2021).

 Work breakdown structure:- It is defined as the concept of determining all techniques
which are needed in context with project representation administration. It involves
boundary of overall project and divide them into smaller parts which is considered as the
high controllable part(Vo and et.al, 2021). It also refers to a adjusted sequence
decomposition of overall work been done in relation with building up useful product.
Their main focus is on the real product and allows the estimation of all prices, obstacles,
time period because all research is conducted on the basis of small projects.

TASK 2
P4 Small scale research through primary and secondary methods
Small scale research is performed in order to conduct efficient knowledge about a
particular aspect so that the procedure of learning is done in a systematic manner(de Melo and
et.al, 2021). There are two types of method used by researcher in order to fulfil all tasks which is
further been explained as below:- Quantitative method:- It refers to a method in which a measurement is done with the
help of numerical, statistical analysis and data is gathered with the support of
questionnaire, surveys and many more(Klakegg, Pollack and Crawford, 2021).
 Qualitative method:- It is defined as a method in which whole data is gathered through
interviews, questionnaire, facts and so on. It also includes the collection of non-numerical
data and in accordance with this relative ideas are determined.
Sources of data collection:- Primary sources:- It is defined as a source which a researcher uses to collect accurate
information in a very simple manner. It involves the procedure of ending and desirable
outcomes in a particular way. Though it is a time consuming process but it provides
accurate data as it involves surveys, questionnaire and so on.
 Secondary resources:- It is considered as a method of data collection in which all details
are gathered from articles, magazines, books and many more. It is not a time consuming
method and provides a balanced level of efficiency.

According to this research both primary as well as secondary sources are used. In context
with primary source method of questionnaire is been used and in context with secondary source
literature review is conducted.
Sampling:- It is defined as a process which is used in order to do statistical analysis in which
predetermined observation is calculated and is determined from large population. It refers to a
methodology through which efficient understanding is followed with the help of receiving
solutions from all individuals. In the below research sample size is 30(Rennings, Wustmans and
Kupp, 2021).
Questionnaire
Quantitative questions
Q1) Do you know about the concept of talent-management within an organisation?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Do you think talent-management is needed in the organisation for determining key
challenges?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) Does Morrisons examines all challenges that their business sector faced?
a) Yes
b) No
Q4) What strategies Morrisons used to implement talent-management in their organisation?
a) Conduct a gap analysis
b) Identification of organisational goals
Q5) What was the impact of talent-management on Morrisons?
a) Enhancement of performance
b) Advanced human resource
Qualitative questions
Q6) What strategies Morrisons used to solve their obstacles and determine all challenges?
a) Usage of effective leadership
b) Proper company culture

Q7) Recommendation
TASK 3
P5 Findings and data
Q1) Do you know about the concept of talent-management within an
organisation?
Frequency
Yes 25
No 5
Interpretation:- From the above table it is determined that out of 30 respondents 25 are
aware about the concept of talent management and 5 of them are not aware. So, Morrisons have
a good talent management as almost all workers were happy with this concept.
Q2) Do you think talent-management is needed in the organisation for
determining key challenges?
Frequency
Yes 26
No 4
Yes No
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
25
5

Interpretation:- From the above information it is analysed that out of 30 respondents 26
of them were in favour that talent-management is needed while determining all challenges but 4
of them were against it. So, in context with Morrisons also majority of people were in favour of
talent-management.
Q3) Does Morrisons examines all challenges that their business sector
faced?
Frequency
Yes 21
No 9
Yes No
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
26
4

Interpretation:- From the above graph it is evaluated that from 30 respondents 21 of
them considers that Morrisons examined all challenges but 9 of them were against it.
Q4) What strategies Morrisons used to implement talent-management in
their organisation?
Frequency
Conduct a gap analysis 15
Identification of organisational goals 15
Yes No
0
5
10
15
20
25
21
9

Interpretation:- As per the above analysis it is concluded that out of 30 respondents 15
of them were in favour that Morrisons should conduct a gap analysis as their strategy but 15 of
them were in favour of identifying organisational goals.
Q5) What was the impact of talent-management on Morrisons? Frequency
Enhancement of performance 20
Advanced human resource 10
Conduct a gap analysis Identification of organisational goals
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16 15 15
Frequency

Interpretation:- From the above analysis it is been concluded that from 30 respondents
20 of them determined that talent management created an impact on Morrisons in terms of
enhancement of performance and other 10 respondents determined that it led to advanced human
resource.
Q6) What strategies Morrisons used to solve their obstacles and determine
all challenges?
Frequency
Usage of effective leadership 22
Proper company culture 8
Enhancement of performance Advanced human resource
0
5
10
15
20
25
20
10 Frequency

Interpretation:- From the above analysis it has been concluded that out of 30
respondents 22 of them were in favour that Morrisons should adopt the strategy of effective
leadership while 8 of them favoured that they should implement proper company culture.
P6 Communicate appropriate recommendation
From the above analysis it is determined that talent-management is very much required in
a business in order to determine all challenges as well as hurdles that occur at any point of time.
So, for this company has to implement many strategies in order to enhance their production.
There are certain recommendation which are been explained as below:-
 Morrisons should provide a path and implement strategy that would help each individual
working in the organisation in determining different challenges. With the help of this they
will be able to enhance their competitive advantage.
 In context with Morrisons they should also enhance their leadership level because
through this only proper challenges would be implemented and productivity would get
enhanced.
TASK 4
P7 Reflect the value of undertaking a project
The above research is conducted by me and through this research I have learned about
different aspects of talent management which are needed during the phase of determining all
Usage of effective leadership Proper company culture
0
5
10
15
20
25
22
8

challenges and obstacles. In context with the above research Morrisons made efficient usage of
developing their productivity level and achieving success. So, for this I have conducted a
questionnaire through which I have gathered all data and information in order to get efficient
level of knowledge with the help of all collected data. In the above research I have also used
work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart through which all necessary details are collected
within a time frame. It enhanced the productivity level of mine as I was indulged into the activity
of setting up everything as per the guidelines. During the research many challenges and obstacles
came in between so to tackle all challenges I used my soft skills through which I was able to
make better interpretation and in accordance with that I got all results in the efficient manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that talent-management helps in determining
key challenges as well as obstacles within a organisation. So, as per the above research various
strategies are implemented so that all challenges can be tackled well and in efficient way. It is
also concluded that as per the aspect of small scale research there are many changes that occurs
and to deal with those changes research gets implemented. Both primary as well as secondary
sources are used in which researcher conducted a questionnaire and literature review.

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Project log book for the chosen organisation
Name of the learner Name of the supervisor
Project title: The key challenges and obstacles
facing different business sectors in terms of
talent management. A case study on
Morrisons.
Date:-
Update of weekly research/ Tasks achieved
( Account for a minimum of six weeks with
date)
 What have you completed?
 Did you achieved all requirements of
the task?
 I completed my project on the topic “
The key challenges and obstacles
facing different business sectors in

 Are all tasks are completed within the
deadlines?
 Do any type of changes are required in
context with project management plan?
terms of talent management. A case
study on Morrisons.”
 Yes, all tasks are been achieved.
 All activities are been completed as per
the deadline been set.
 No changes are required.
Any risks or problems identified?
 Did you identified any issue and risk
due to lack of skills required for doing
all research all tasks?
 Did you identified any additional issues
that created an impact on the project
management plan?
No, all my skills were been utilised.
Yes, with respect to time management.
Problems encountered
What obstacles did you faced? The problem was in relation with
communication with all individuals.
How did you overcome them? I have solved it with the help of my soft skills.
New ideas and change of project direction
What did I learned about myself?
How did I felt when I had to deal with all
issues?
How effective I have performed? What did
I contribute?
What improvement I can do in next week?
How It may be applied in future?
I felt really comfortable and enabled clear
understanding.
I performed good and made effective use of all
my skills.
I made improvements with the help of liable
judgements.
It may be applied in future by implementing
similar type of research.
Tasks planned for next week

Which tasks are considered as a priority?
Have you set sufficient time for the project
completion?
The tasks which are the priority are data
collection as well as its interpretation.
Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart.
Status of project plan
Comments of supervisor need to address
Signature and date
Performance review template
What the project want to achieved?
This research project is implemented in order to determine the key challenges and obstacles
facing different business sectors in terms of talent management. A case study on Morrisons.
Did the project achieved its mission? Please outline its evaluation as well as the assessment
which is been used?
Yes, project achieved success in accordance with its mission and the evaluation was done with
the help of sampling method and questionnaire.
What things went well and why?
The concept of time management worked really well in relation with Gantt chart and work
breakdown structure.
What issues arise during the project and how it got solved?
The problem was in relation with different challenges and obstacles company faced in context
with talent management. It was solved with the help of using soft skills.
What did you learned from this research project?
I learned about the concept of talent management and how different strategies helped business
in determining all challenges.
What strengths and weaknesses did you identified?
Strengths:- Proper time management
Weakness :- Not being able to communicate efficiently.
How would you rate your performance?

I would rate myself 8 out of 10.