Research: Impact of Talent Management on the Role of Human Resource

This research report, focusing on the impact of talent management on the role of Human Resources, begins with a research proposal outlining the objectives, research questions, and rationale for the study. The introduction provides background information, problem review, and sets the aims and objectives, along with the research questions and limitations. The literature review explores the concept of talent management, its impact on HR, and strategies employed. The research methodology section details the chosen approach, the research onion, and the selection of pragmatism and interpretivism research philosophies, as well as a deductive approach. Activities, timescales, and a Gantt chart are included to visualize the research process. The report then moves into data analysis and discussion, including analysis of collected facts and interpretation of data, leading to conclusions, recommendations, and a reflection on alternative research methodologies. The appendices contain the questionnaire and PowerPoint presentation used in the research. The study investigates the impact of talent management practices on employee engagement, retention, and workforce planning within an organization, with the aim of understanding the impact of talent management on human resource activities.

Unit 11– Research
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Table of Content
PART 1 – RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND ETHICAL FORM......................................................3
PART 2 - QUESTIONNAIRE.......................................................................................................21
PART 3 – RESEARCH PROJECT...............................................................................................23
RESEARCH TITLE: THE IMPACT OF TALENT MANAGEMENT ON THE ROLE OF
HUMAN RESOURCE...................................................................................................................23
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................23
Background of the organisation............................................................................................23
Review of problem/issue......................................................................................................23
Aim and Objectives..............................................................................................................23
Rationale for selection of topic.............................................................................................24
Research Questions..............................................................................................................24
Limitations............................................................................................................................24
LITERATURE REVIEW..............................................................................................................26
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................33
DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION.....................................................................................36
Analysis of collected facts....................................................................................................36
Interpretation of data............................................................................................................38
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................46
REFLECTION & RECOMMENDATION OF ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY........................................................................................................................47
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................50
APPENDICES...............................................................................................................................52
Appendix 1 – Questionnaire.................................................................................................52
Appendix 2 – Power Point....................................................................................................54
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PART 1 – RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND ETHICAL FORM
Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date: ___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: The impact of talent management on the role of HR.
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question, objective or
hypothesis)
Research aim
“To understand the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an
organization”. A Study on Sainsbury's.
Research Objectives
 To develop understanding about the talent management.
 To determine the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an
organization.
To identify the different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company.
Research Questions
 What is the talent management?
 What are the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an
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organization?
 What are the different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying, personal
interest, future plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic is important):
The topic selected for carrying research is about the impact of talent management on human
resource activities of an organisation. The main reason behind the selection of this topic is that
help in fulfilment of dual perspective i.e. personal and professional. In respect of the personal,
this help in determination of the activities which are effective in nature towards development of
talent in candidates. This simultaneously aid me in application of similar techniques, so I can
develop similar nature of characteristics in own personality. The another personal benefit
associated with this research that aid in ascertainment of impact of talent management activity on
functioning of HR activities so, in future able to use the characteristics towards effective
providence of HR functions in which having both personal and professional interest. In respect to
the professional perspective, the benefit of this research is about easy access of HR jobs in
different large organisations along with handling of activities in effective manner from the very
first day by understanding of the ground requirements.In future, this must help me in
development of sound professional career along with building of effective personality that will
assist organisational personnel’s in future to get rid of employee related issues easily.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or hypothesis:
What is talent management?
According to Painter‐Morland and et. al.,(2019), talent management is a continuous process that
retaining, managing and motivating employees for longer period of time. It is a strategic process
which helps in selecting and hiring the right candidate according to requirements of the business.
Talent management plays essential role in growth and development of business organisation, as
it allows company to strengthen its workforce. With the help of talent management practices
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business organisation can enhance skills and capabilities of employees. It will simultaneously
enhance overall productivity and profitability of business at great extent. In addition to this, for
conducting appropriate talent management a company management need to adopt an effective
strategies or plans so that they conduct work properly. Along with this, talent management also
have huge impact on the role of human resource because through talent management they able to
conduct work properly as employees feel motivated as well as encouraged.
What are the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an organization?
As per the article given byBibi(2019), the talent management activities have positive impact on
the role of human resources as through effective talent management employees feel motivated
and encourage. By this human resource can develop effective plans for adopting new strategies
as well as innovation as employees conduct work in proper manner for attaining desire goal.
Along with this effective talent management also decrease the work load of human resource as
when employees feel motivated then they perform in best manner which leads to attainment of
desire goal and objectives successfully. In addition to this proper talent management enhance
employees as well as manager engagement which help company human resource to develop and
maintain effective working environment at workplace. This show that talent management have
positive as well as effective impact on the performance or role of human resource of a company.
According to the Pandita and Ray (2018), employee engagement is one of the main role of HR
and also having the positive impact of talent management exercise. Different practices of talent
management like training and development and performance appraisal not only help in
improvement of an employee skill and personality but also assist in improving their engagement
within organisational activities. Exercise of training and development help employees to learn
new skills and use same in performance of functions more effectively. This motivates them to
work hard along with higher level of engagement for an organisation so they able to ascertain
overall organisational objectives along with own professional goals. This clears out the activities
of talent management like training and development has direct relation with exercise of
improving employee engagement within an organisation.
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As per the view point of Narayanan(2016), employee retention is the important role of HR and
no organisation will able to gain success without fulfilment of this task. This is so because
employees are those asset of an organisation that never be imitated by any other competitive
organisation. It is also cleared by author that exercises of talent management has huge
contribution in fulfilment of this role i.e. employee retention. For example, practice like training
and development and higher responsibilities not only help in improving personality of an
employee but creates their trust towards management they cautious about their overall
professional growth. This motivates them stick within an organisation for longer period of time
and work hard towards the accomplishment of overall organisational objectives. This clears that
exercise of talent management like higher responsibilities has direct association with the
fulfilment of HR role about longer retention of employees within an organisation.
What are the different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company?
As per the perspective of Al-Hussaini, S.H. and et. al., (2019), talent management strategy is an
action plan that aim to optimize performance of employees. There are various forms of talent
management strategies such as succession planning, workforce planning, career-path planning
and more through which business organisation can maximise employee’s performance or
accomplishing different HR functions. Exercise of workforce planning includes the activities
related to training, performance appraisal and delegation of responsibilities for the purpose of
brining effective level of peace and satisfaction at workplace among employees. All these
activities not only work towards bringing consistency in working but simultaneously aid in
development of skills and knowledge among employees. For ex., exercise of performance
appraisal helps in identification of skill gap along with ascertainment of measure or technique
that might help in improvement of same. So, the end result of this will be ascertained by the
employees as improved level of personality and productivity that turns them from ordinary
worker to skilled or extraordinary who can perform in diverse situations.
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Al-Hussaini, S.H. and et. al., 2019. Impact of talent management strategies on employee
performance behaviour with the mediating role of talent management outputs. Archives of
Business Research. 7(3).
Bibi, M., 2019. Impact of talent management practices on employee performance: an empirical
study among healthcare employees. SEISENSE Journal of Management. 2(1). pp.22-
32.
Narayanan, A., 2016. Talent management and employee retention: Implications of job
embeddedness-a research agenda. Journal of Strategic Human Resource
Management. 5(2).
Painter‐Morland, M. and et. al., 2019. Talent management: The good, the bad, and the
possible. European Management Review 16(1). pp.135-146.
Pandita, D. and Ray, S., 2018. Talent management and employee engagement–a meta-analysis of
their impact on talent retention. Industrial and Commercial Training.
Section Four: Activities and timescales
Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g research,
development and analysis of ideas, writing, data collection, numerical
analysis, tutor meetings, production of final outcome, evaluation, writing
the report):
Aim and objectives
Literature review
Research Methodology
Data Collection
How long this
will take:
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Data analysis
Conclusion and recommendations
Submission of the final project
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Milestone one: ____Literature review ____________
Target date (set by tutor): _21/12/20___________________
Milestone two: ___Research methodology ____________________
Target date (set by tutor): ___14/01/21___________________
Gantt Chart
Gantt chart is determined as a type of bar which outline the activities as well as duration for
conducting research in effective and appropriate manner. With the help of Gantt chart researcher
can accomplish activities of researcher in proper time frame. Along with this, it will also help
investigator to reduce overlapping of activities. It was developed by Henry Gantt in year 1910 –
1915. The respective research Gantt Chart is mentioned below: -
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Section Five: Research approach and methodologies
What type of research approach and methodologies are you likely to use and why? What
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your areas of research will cover:
Research methodologies is determined as technique or tool that are adopted by a researcher for
gather authenticate as well as reliable data or information connected to topic. For an investigator,
it is essential to select most appropriate research methodologies so that they can gather
authenticate information related to the topic. In context of this research, an investigator is
selecting a framework named as research onion. The reason for choosing this research method is
as it provides effective progression in the process of research and is adaptable in variety of
contexts. It is introduced by Saunders et al in year 2007 and include numbers of different
methodologies like a layer of onion. The explanation of research onion is mentioned below in
respect of this research: -
 Research philosophies – It is viewed as conviction or marvel in which information is
assembled by the analyst to accomplish legitimate result of the exploration. It is
fundamental for a specialist to choose most fitting ways of thinking for their examination
fill as that will help in achieving the long objective and destinations effectively. There are
two sorts of examining methods of reasoning from the point of researcher that will
berequired to undertake i.e.pragmatismandinterpretivism. In regard of individual
exploration, investigator will take use of pragmatism research philosophy. It is on the
grounds that it is one of the effective and well organised method that help in effective
level of analysis in ease manner. In this research, pragmatism research philosophies have
been considered and the reason for choosing this method is that it a scientific method in
which results are basedon the actual problems of real life, making the overall conclusion
reliable. In addition to this interpretivism will be used in order to analyse the qualitative
aspects associated the research topic.
 Research Approaches – This is considering as the process or plan which is adopted by
researcher in order to do research work in proper way. In order to conduct research work
in best manner, it is essential for researcher to select appropriate research approaches.
There are main two kinds of research approaches from which researcher need to select
i.e. inductive as well as deductive. In order to accomplish present research objectives
investigator will undertake the use of deductive approach as it effectively supports the
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objective nature of investigation and coordinate with pragmatism research philosophy. In
addition to this, another justification to select deductive approach is that is mainly based
upon fact that through it assist in better testing of numeric data and information’s. Some
other reasons behind the selection of deductive approach is that it helps in providing
appropriate explanation of the casual relationship among concepts and variables.
Moreover, also helps in generalizing the research findings in accurate manner. The
benefit of this will be ascertained in future where easy for the researcher to analyse data
and take appropriate decisions accordingly.
 Research strategies – It is decided as the strategies which are received by a researcher to
accumulate and verify solid datarelated with the topic. With the help of effective research
strategy, investigator can conduct research in a systematic manner in a qualitative way. In
regard of this exploration, researcher going to use the questionnaire method for
completion of research and collection of data. This is so because this will help in
calculation of most reliable information which is effective towards the direction of
getting accurate results. The main reason behind choosing questionnaire as research
method is that, first hand and appropriate information would be gathered from the
respondents. So, on the basisthose responses able to generate the views on research topic
and appropriate and authentic decision could be taken in future.
 Research Choice – It is determined as kind of data or information on which researcher
want to based their project so that they can attain the desire goal and objectives
successfully. For every researcher, it is essential to select best research choice for their
project as that will directly or indirectly help in attaining the desire goal effectively.
There are two types of choices in front of researcher i.e. quantitative as well as qualitative
research choice. In context of this research, an investigator is adopting quantitative
research choice as it will aid them in collecting authenticate and reliable information. It is
so because that are based on the numerical as well as statistics related to topic.With the
help of this undertaking about the use of quantitative research, investigator aim towards
accomplishing research objectives with more accurate results. Along with this, the
selected method will allow researcher to gather effective and reliable data within the
allocated timeframe.Further, utilisation of quantitative method is also justifiable from the
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point that help in better presentation of collected facts within more systematic and
attractive way within the aid of tables and charts. Some other major objectives behind
choosing of quantitative research is that in case of large sample size it provides more
generalized results and is cost in effective nature. Also, aid in collection of data in fast
and authentic manner that will be analysed more perfectly as compared to other existing
approaches.
 Time horizon – It is determined as time duration which is needed by a researcher in
order to do their work of research in effective manner. There are main two kinds of time
horizon i.e. longitudinal as well as cross-sectional time horizon. These help the
researchers to present themselves as the most appropriate for their project. In context of
this research, an investigator is adopting cross-sectional time horizon because that help in
accomplishing work in best manner as well as in given time duration. With the help of
taking use of cross-sectional time horizon, investigator aim to fulfil research in proper
time frame by fulfilling all the actions like collection and analysis of data within specific
period of time. So, it is clear from the above description that main reason behind the
selection of this technique is completion of research activities within allocated and
adequate time frame without any issues.
 Data collection – It is considered as strategy which is utilized by an analyst to assemble,
confirm and identification of appropriate data related to their topic. For an analyst, it is
vital to select most suitable information assortment technique or cycle because their result
is relying upon it. There are two sorts of information collection types i.e. primary as well
as secondary. For the purpose of completing this research, researcher is going to use both
type of methods i.e. primary and secondary. In regard primary data collectionmethod,
researcher is selecting the50 respondents(employees) out of total population i.e. whole
workforce at workplace. Along with this, in terms with secondary research method,
researcher decided to use all resources like journal articles, magazines and books. The
main reason behind the usage of both collection methods that most appropriate and
accurate results can be accomplished. Here, main purpose with the use of primary data
collection method is that able to gather first-hand information which is most effective in
nature towards ascertainment of unbiased, reliable and accurate data. Also, with the use
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