Talent Management Challenges and Obstacles: Sainsbury Marketing Sector

This report investigates the challenges and obstacles encountered in talent management within Sainsbury's business marketing sector. It aims to understand the concepts of talent management, analyze the specific challenges faced by Sainsbury's employees, and investigate the personal circumstances influencing workforce participation in talent management initiatives. The research employs a qualitative approach, utilizing both primary data collected through employee questionnaires and secondary data from books and journals. The report details the resource plan, research methodology including WBS and Gantt chart, ethical considerations, and data analysis methods. The findings lead to recommendations for improving talent management practices, such as employee motivation through rewards and training, fostering autonomy, and creating a positive work environment to enhance job satisfaction and company productivity. The reflection section acknowledges the challenges faced during the research process and the skills gained in communication, decision-making, and time management. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of effective talent management for achieving business marketing sector goals.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topic: the key challenges and obstacles facing with various business marketing sector interns of
talent management...........................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Aims.............................................................................................................................................3
Objective......................................................................................................................................3
Research question........................................................................................................................3
RESOURCE PLAN.........................................................................................................................3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................5
WBS.............................................................................................................................................7
Gantt chart...................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Topic: the key challenges and obstacles facing with various business marketing sector
interns of talent management
INTRODUCTION
Sainsbury is the largest chain of retailing supermarket and have become the leader in
market. The company works with high products and services that could kept the customer
attraction and make sure for competition and market authority for which over concerns about
increased the prices for consumer. Talent management is the process of selection, attraction,
retention of employees which could also involves combination of HR process across the
employee life cycle (Mitreva and Gjorshevski, 2021). It encompass employee planning, learning
and development, employee management, recruiting on-boarding, succession and retention,
performance management and so on. Talent management is must be important for the
organization that helps for employed for feel skills, engaged and motivated. This could also
allow for work and make their direction for working with client satisfaction and business
performance with better satisfaction.
Aims
"To understand the key challenges and obstacles facing with various business marketing
sector interns of talent management : A case study on Sainsbury"
Objective
 To identify the concepts of talent management in organization.
 To analyse the challenges and obstacles in relation with employee of Sainsbury.
 To investigate the personal circumstances of workforce that could work for participating
in talent management initiatives.
Research question
 What are the concepts of talent management in organization ?
 What are the challenges and obstacles in relation with employee of Sainsbury?
 What are the personal circumstances of workforce in participating talent management
initiatives?
RESOURCE PLAN
Project Title key challenges and obstacles facing with various
business marketing sector interns of talent

management
Project Plan
This project is about for planning how the employees are facing challenges and obstacles
which are facing by marketing sector interns of organization.
Company Name: Sainsbury
Cost Estimation budget £440
Career management software £150
Exit interview software £45
Recruiting software £60
Performance management software £89
Training and development place £96
Scope The scope of research for explain and exploring about
work and that how could led with evaluate with
parameters of given study. this could also cover the
talent management challenges and obstacles in
business marketing sector within organization (Maroto
Domingo, 2021). while this could also include high
investigation about various sources and that could also
help the business for developed and growth.

Time It will show more about time limit for completing
research. this research will take 17 weeks to be
completed.
Quality This state about the data have been taken with relevant
and valid data. those activities have been conducted
for the research (Luo and et.al., 2021). Research is
transparent and audit ability.
Communication While having the communication plan this could make
their identification about various things and that might
be important things for organization:
Audience- a strategic for communicate the plan while
for having the employee who can be directed
audience. along with this could be more typically
primary audience and concerns more about the
different levels and trust for the organization.
Context- employee will recognize more about
communication and identifying about the relationship
and make sure for having the recent experiences and
keeping reasonable expectation of future (Bist and
et.al., 2020).
Outcomes- this could have make sure for having the
decision about how the employee will make their
business developed in marketing with high purpose.
this could also keep relevant messages to the specific
audience that could be related to consider about
evidence.
Media- while in organization messages that could be

convey through having the Emails, notice board that
could be effectively for taking the major steps towards
solving the challenges and make sure for having their
employees with strategies of talent managements
Measurements- while this can be used for keeping the
critical communication and make sure about how the
messages that have been delivered or not (Tikhonov,
2020).
Risk’s of Data used for research The project manager has made every effort to comply
with UK GDPR rules and Data protection act 2018.
risk for taking the interview with employee about how
they will manage their things and participants risk
who have taken the part for completion the
questionnaire. the data that have been collected have
the high risk and protection for saving the data that
have been taken.
Resources Resources which are used in conducting research
through having the books and journal, while by also
looking out with internet and sampling 30 employee
questionnaire related to talent management (Mitosis,
Lamnisos and Talias, 2021).
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research strategy: There are 2 types of research that is being conducted by researcher and
selection of research strategy based on the type of research topic. Qualitative and quantitative re
2 research strategies. In the type of qualitative, researcher collects data in textual and feeling
form. There is no relation between qualitative research and numerical data. Whereas, in the type

of quantitative research, data are being gathered that are related to numbers or in other words it
can be said that numerical data are being collected (Basias and Pollalis, 2018). As in this study,
researcher wants to know about effectiveness of talent management strategies for performance of
manufacturing companies and scope of talent management is wide so, qualitative research has
conducted. It can help researcher in knowing detailed insight of talent management.
Research approach: A plan with steps of broad assumptions to detailed method is known
as research approach. In inductive research approach, researcher generates abrand new theory
and decisions are being developed accordingly. In deductive approach, researcher tests an
existing theory and results are being developed hypothetically. For this study, inductive research
approach has selected as it is suitable with qualitative strategy.
Data collection: After selecting the type of research, it is important to select appropriate
sources and selection of source relies on the type of data collection. When researcher collects
primary or brand new data then questionnaire, survey and interview are conducted. Such sources
give accurate and reliable information (Karnoe,Kayserand Skovgaard, 2019). On the other hand,
in secondary type of data collection, books and journals, articles and published data are being
collected. For making this study effective and knowing all about talent management, both
primary and secondary data has been collected.
Sampling:For gathering primary data and conducting questionnaire, interviews,
researcher requires selecting target people and target people are known as sample. The main
decision that researcher needs to take is process of selecting people. Convenience and non-
convenience are 2 process of sampling. In convenience or non-probability, sample are being
selected on the basis of easy access or contact. In non-convenience or probability, target people
are being selected from a larger population and it is called random sampling. In this type,
researcher does not set selection criteria and for making target people feel valued, this random
sampling has selected.
Time-horizon: Cross-sectional studies are those that can be conducted for short period of
time or results can be gathered quickly. It is conducted at a given point of time and as compared
to longitudinal, it is easier (Mackenzie,Karaoylasand Starzyk, 2018). Whereas, longitudinal
studies are those that may vary from years to decade or take too much of time in completing.
Aws there is specific time of completion so, for this study, cross-sectional interview has selected.

Data analysis: A process of making collected data accurate and effective is known as
data analysis. In qualitative data analysis, thematic analysis tools are being selected when
researcher has collected data in the form of text and feelings. Quantitative data analysis is being
selected when research study is quantitative and all data are numerical. This study is qualitative
so, thematic analysis under qualitative data analysis has selected (Jackson and Bazeley,2019).
Ethical consideration: Ethics and moral principles also play a vital role in research
study as it makes study successful and effective. Some ethics that has considered in this study
include:
 Maintaining confidentiality by not sharing personal and professional data of research
with others.
 Promoting diversity by proving equal chance to sample or selecting sample with random
sampling method.
 to maintain loyalty by providing accurate data to readers.
WBS
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project reflection
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Data collection
Data analysis
Risk’s of Data
Resources

The above diagram explain about how the work of research have been completed and that
could be effective for helping in dividing the work. Along with this also help for knowing about
how the research will complete and how the scholar will manage the work.
Gantt chart
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Recommendation
This could be suggested that, in organization talent management must be important for
increasing achieving segments of goals and objective. The employee should keep motivated
while by using rewards, promotion and so on. This could keep them for working with high
effective and make sure for having the targeted goals and objective. While by giving the proper
training and development and more identifying about short and long terms goals in organization.
Giving staff autonomy and flexibility for their work which might be important for them and also
feel their value in organization. Along with this keeping respect and try to improving the job
satisfaction that could also help for increasing the company productivity. When hiring new staff
make that candidate should not be consider with talent, but also have some of the commitment to
constant improvements. This could be also happen while by creating the healthy work
environment, positive thinking that could be most important aspects of talent managements.
Reflection
While making the research I was thinking that how this report will complete and how I
will led for completing those work which have been given in report. This could also help me for
knowing about how to developed the communication and decision making skills for making the
research on any given topic. While having such things this could also help me for knowing about
how to manage the time and how usually this will help me for taking the future advantage. At
first I was feeling frustrated about how topic will complete and how I will conduct the interview
with many employee in MNC organization. This could also led me for knowing about while at
time of research how the work should be managed and how effectively work can be divided. As I
have also gain much knowledge about the WBS, Gantt chart and what type of resources are to be
required for the talent management growth in organization.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it had been concluded that, talent management needs to be work in
organization that could help the business marketing sector for knowing about how this could be
achieved. The aims and objective about talent management and resource planning that could be
helpful for the business. While for knowing about what type of resource that have been used in
organization and make sure for having the highly effective things. WBS and Gantt chart that

could help the division for the work and how this help the research for knowing about usually
keeping satisfaction in work.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Basias, N. and Pollalis, Y., 2018. Quantitative and qualitative research in business & technology:
Justifying a suitable research methodology. Review of Integrative Business and
Economics Research. 7. pp.91-105.
Bist, S.S. and et.al., 2020. Employers’ perception regarding employability skills of management
students undergoing internship. Employers’ perception regarding employability skills of
management students undergoing internship. International Journal of Work-Integrated
Learning, 21(2), pp.145-161.
Jackson, K. and Bazeley, P., 2019. Qualitative data analysis with NVivo. Sage.
Karnoe, A., Kayser, L. and Skovgaard, L., 2019. Identification of factors that motivate people
with multiple sclerosis to participate in digital data collection in research: sequential
mixed methods study. JMIR human factors. 6(4).p.e13295.
Luo, X. and et.al., 2021. Artificial Intelligence Coaches for Sales Agents: Caveats and
Solutions. Journal of Marketin. 85(2). pp.14-32.
Mackenzie, C.S., Karaoylas, E.C. and Starzyk, K.B., 2018. Lifespan differences in a self
determination theory model of eudaimonia: A cross-sectional survey of younger, middle-
aged, and older adults. Journal of Happiness Studies. 19(8). pp.2465-2487.
Maroto Domingo, M., 2021. Youth integration into the labour market: the importance of key
competencies.
Mitosis, K.D., Lamnisos, D. and Talias, M.A., 2021. Talent management in healthcare: A
systematic qualitative review. Sustainability. 13(8). p.4469.
Mitreva, E. and Gjorshevski, H., 2021. Improving the Performance of the Faculty of Tourism
and Business Logistics for the Needs of the Business Community. JELM–International
Journal of Educational Leadership and Management. 9(1). pp.2-27.
Tikhonov, A., 2020. Corporate Training Programs in Russian and Foreign Companies: Impact on
Staff and Time Challenges. International Journal of Higher Education. 9(3). pp.183-189.
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APPENDIX
Project Logbook Template
1

You may use the following template for your project logbook which needs to be added as an
appendix when you submit your assignment (LO1 – LO3).
Student Name: Date:
Project title: the key challenges and obstacles facing with various business
marketing sector interns of talent management
Update on weekly research/tasks achieved
Questions Answers Dates
What have you completed? Completed with full work about talent
management
22/08/2021
What task requirements did you
fulfil?
Introduction about organization and topic,
resource planning, research methodology,
WBS and Gantt chart
23/08/2021
What deadlines have you met? Months deadline
What deadlines have you missed
and what have you reset them to?
No, research haven't missed the deadlines
What changes did you need to
make to your project management
plan?
No changes are to be require for making the
project management
Any risks and/or issues identified?
Did you identify risks/issues with
a lack of skills required for
undertaking research/tasks?
With having the lack of communication, team working,
decision making, division of work.
Did you identify any additional
risks/issues that have an impact
on the project management plan?
Data protection act
2

Problems encountered
What barriers did you face? Yes, lack of collecting data due to having Covid-19
How did you overcome them? While by taking online interview with employee
Any new ideas and change of
project direction?
No
Performance Review Guidelines
What was the project supposed to
accomplish?
This could be related with having highly challenges for
talent management towards workforce.
Did the project succeed in its
aims? How do you know?
Specifically, outline any
evaluation and assessment
undertaken.
Yes, while by raking those effective concepts which might
be important for the research.
What things do you think worked
well and why? Evaluate all
aspects of the project (e.g. initial
inception, project activities and
project outcomes) from a range of
perspectives.
The work well because of having the proper collection of
data and various project activities have been followed for
making project and having the well-evaluate project
outcomes
What problems emerged during
the project and how were they
tackled? Was there timely
identification of issues and
resolution during the project
process?
Communication and decision making. while this was
tackled through using the online interview with employee
through which this have become easier for completing the
project.
What did you learn from
undertaking the project?
How to manage the work and how this will help for
knowing about various system that could work for having
talent management
3

Performance Review Template for Reflections
You may use the following template for your reflections on the project (LO4)
Student Name: Date:
Project title: the key challenges and obstacles facing with various business
marketing sector interns of talent management
What was the project supposed to
accomplish?
The project supposed to accomplished about talent
management that could led for having the challenges and
obstacles for employee.
Did the project succeed in its
aims? How do you know?
Specifically, please outline any
evaluation and assessment
undertaken.
Yes, the project was successes with aim while by having
some of the measure steps through which this could help
me for knowing about to interview through using online
estimation.
What things do you think worked
well and why? Evaluate all
aspects of the project (e.g. initial
inception, project activities and
project outcomes) from a range of
perspectives.
Yes, the project goes well and project activities which help
me for knowing about various effective things.
What problems emerged during
the project and how were they
tackled? Was there timely
identification of issues and
resolution during the project
process?
The problem was faced about the communication and
managing work. while this could be resolved with having
the proper proofreading about documentation.
What did you learn from
undertaking the project?
How the employee are for their organization and what
system being used for keeping employee motivate.
How would you rate your
performance as Project Manager?
Project manager have taken some of the measure steps
through which in having the project with better and high
rates who can easily prepared about what budget should
be made for completion in project.
What strengths and weaknesses of
your performance did you
identify?
Strength: collaboration and positive thinking, weaknesses:
communication skills, decision making and time
managements
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