QAB020X602A: Research Proposal on Talent Management Impact

This research proposal investigates the impact of talent management within organizations, focusing on its influence on productivity. The introduction outlines the research focus, theoretical background, aims, and objectives, including a case study on ASDA. The proposal explores the concepts, methods, and strategies related to talent management, such as attracting and retaining a skilled workforce. It examines the challenges organizations face in implementing talent management, including employee turnover and the need for competitive compensation. The justification section emphasizes the importance of research in identifying effective workforce management practices. The methodology section will detail the research approach, data collection methods, and potential limitations. The proposal aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of talent management's role in organizational success.

Research Proposal

Table of content
Contents
Research Proposal............................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Research focus and theoretical background.....................................................................................3
Aims and Objectives...............................................................................................................3
JUSTIFICATION............................................................................................................................6
METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

Topic: To investigate to impact of talent management in an organisation.
INTRODUCTION
The term talent management is explained as a constant process and this involve retaining
and attracting high-quality workforce through enhancing their skills and also by motivating them
to improve their performance. In simple terms, primary purpose of talent management is to
engage talented, potential and skilled workforce who perform their role in organisation for longer
period. The selected topic for this research is to investigate about impact of talent management
within an enterprise or organisation. Moreover, this research highlights on aims, objectives and
research question (Walseth, Engebretsen and Elvebakk, 2018). Also the importance of research
and the rational to identify specific research area will also include in this report. In the last,
methodology section will also focus in the report to understand methods, research strategy and
limitation section related with report. The main role of talent management is to identify vacant
position, hiring suitable employees and formulation of skill to match individual skill and retain
them for longer period to accomplish business objective within minimum time-period. Research
framework provides structure that support collective research efforts of an investigator and also
it aids to determine and understand all areas by inducing of different methods related with
particular situation of talent management. Further, through analyse and conducting research on
talent-management knowledge related with workforce will be improved that aids to retain
talented workforce for longer period in organisation. Also design and formulating research
activities aids to identify and implement systematic research process to generate meaningful
results from the research activities.
Research focus and theoretical background
Aims and Objectives
AIM- To measure the impact of talent management over productiveness of an organisation. A
case study on ASDA.
Objective
 To analyse the basic concept of talent management in business.
 To identify the strategies use by ASDA to manage the talented workforce within an
organisation.
 To examine the challenges faced by organisation in order to process talent management

Research Question
 What are the basic methods, ways and concept related with talent-management?
 Which strategies are more important for an organisation to manage and retain talented
workforce?
 What are the major issue and challenges faced by organisation at time of retaining talent-
management within workplace?
Key publications related with talent management
Concept, method and ways related with talent-management.
According to the perspective of Karim Ansari, 2020 the concept of talent-management
relates with an organisation dedication for retaining, attracting and most importantly generating
best workforce or employees within organisation. Originally, the concept of talent-management
was identified in the year 1997 and this encompass of formulation of effective organisation
strategies which is designed for increasing the productivity of organisation by enhancing skills
and potential of engaged workforce. Talent-management strategy perform an important role for
an organisation and according to this it define methods such as generating transparent strategy
for delegating right role and responsibilities to each individual or engaged employee. This
considers that one of the simplest ways for retaining talented workforce is to given them their
role according to their field or previous experience because it motivated them for performing
their task in an organised manner (Pandita and Ray, 2018). Along with this turnover of
workforce generate problems for business that reduce their productivity so it is important for a
business to adopt talent-management strategy for performing their role in an organised manner.
Also various areas relate with talent management and it focuses on an individual skill that
support person for becoming desirable employer. Moreover, with induce of appropriate talent
management strategy an organisation attract and retain capable as well as potential workforce
within organisation from different backgrounds. It also aids management to develop and
implement appropriate strategy for organisation to provide appropriate training to engaged
workforce. Thus, talent management concept and method enable an organisation to focus on all
those specific activities such as improve communication skills etc. in order to enhance overall
productivity of the organisation. Talent management enhance the overall workforce and it
considered all task is completed with more efficiency which increase or enhance profits for

organisation. Also talented individuals shift their work from employee to employer by increasing
their skills and capabilities to complete task according to decided training methods.
Strategies use by ASDA to manage the talented workforce within an organisation
As per the point view of Sarah Cullen, 2018 Talent management strategy perform an
important role for engaging right individuals or people within business and then aids them to
flourish or add their own-value within business. This refers strategy perform a crucial role for
improving organisational work and productivity through developing methods that are appropriate
for business. Understand of job description power is simple but effective strategy and this define
who add in organisation and how they contribute in organisation success (Muratbekova‐Touron,
Kabalina and Festing, 2018). The main role of understanding job description power is to identify
and select candidate who perform crucial role for organisation to complete and manage their
work in proper manner specifically to identify employee value in increasing organisation
productivity. Another strategy is to identify concept and method that aids organisation to engage
all those aspect that helps for becoming a trainer or coach. Mentoring and employee coaching
perform an important role and this also keep an individual or engaged workforce effective to
complete their work properly by focusing on work methods that is performed by them on
constant basis. Moreover, formulation of trust culture or strategy between workforce and coach
aids to complete all task in an improved manner because coach motivate all engaged persons to
manage work balance properly. Also retail organisation such as ASDA is focused towards the
formulation of appropriate strategy such as reward system perform an important role and this
aids workforce to stay motivated for earn more monetary amounts. In context of management,
reward system strategy increase the potential of workforce through offering them more rewards
and it results that productivity of employee and organisation both is increased. Similarly, there
are various strategies exists and it aids towards formulation of results which increase and
improve the workforce aspect and also this consider that work is managed and performed with
decided policies specifically that complete task through analyse of current market conditions and
it result to complete work within appropriate manner in order to access better results through
analysing approaches and implement them to identify and find out accurate methods that
increase and enhance overall productivity of organisation. Moreover, research performs an
important role because this aid to adopt strategy by which work is managed in an efficient

manner specifically for accomplish better results through adopting strategy that work for long
term. Moreover, effective strategy also leads to complete all task
Major issue and challenges faced by organisation at time of retaining talent-management within
workplace
As per the perspective of Andre, 2015 when it comes towards the talent-management it is
identified that organisation face various issue for performing their work in an organised manner
because employees generate problems that impact on their objective and productivity. Talented
individuals face different issue when they have track record of performing their role in an
effective and systematic manner. Moreover, organisation face different challenges and this
include demand of total compensation that is appropriate for workforce but management or
higher authorities not increase their demand. This consider that employees turnover is complex
to control and when it relates with employee retention than number of workforce is reduced
because employee prefer those jobs that offer more pay (Daniel, Kumar and Omar, 2018). On the
other side, unemployment rate is increasing with rapid speed and this undertake some different
issue like, individuals are educated and also effective but there is a gap between market
requirement and person skills due to which both face challenging situation that generates
problems for them to cooperate in proper manner. Also there are different factors relates with
business and it considers about company culture that helps to complete task with decided project
related with organisation. Increase in employee turnover is one of the biggest challenges that aid
to define and manage task and it generate problems for organisation to complete their task
properly because of in proper training and other issue that impact on productivity of
organisation. Similarly, lack of leadership is one of the major problem due to which their task
and productivity is impacted and it consider that human resource management or talented
workforce is controlled and it support to design better strategy that reduce or overcome from
issue related with employees.
JUSTIFICATION
Importance of research
Research is important for the investigator because it helps for identify of new methods,
concept and ways for increasing knowledge related with specific topic. Also research aids to
identify the appropriate answer that helps to fill unknown gaps which generate issue for an
organisation. Talent-management performs an important role and also the existing organisation

face problems or challenges to control the workforce. Therefore, with study of research factor
this is easy to increase retain of talented individuals or employees within organisation. Also it is
identified that the study of the concept and method related with workforce helps to attract and
identify effective individuals who perform their task in an efficient manner. Moreover,
professional guidelines are engaged by the business through conducting research or delegating
responsibility to a person for performing research related with workforce (Collings, Scullion and
Caligiuri, 2018). The investigation concept related with workforce helps an organisation or
business to enhance their overall productivity by increasing overall skills.
In the context of this research the main purpose of an investigator is to complete task with
decided methodologies for attracting effective workforce. It also define that there are various
issue faced by organisation because it create problems for management to complete work
according to decided strategy as workforce is not focused to perform their role in an organised
manner. Moreover, human-resource is most important asset and resource that perform role and
aids an organisation at the top position through improving their productivity. But according to
present scenario, one of the major issue relate with workforce because talent and capable
candidates not retain in organisation for longer period. Due to this the number of turnover
workforce is high and it impact on their resources and results of organisation. This define it is
essential for an investigator to perform research related with analyse of workforce specifically to
retain and undertake capable as well as potential employees within business.
Existing knowledge
Secondary research performs an important role and it define that knowledge in brief
manner and through this possibility to attain beneficiary outcome is perceived with flexibility.
For this possibility to achieve better information about the talent management and its favours is
accomplished within beneficiary manner. To assess better knowledge it is required that domain
based learning is develop which comprise of consistency, precision, directness, limitation and
reporting bias. The better ending is resulted as per basis of sustained information that is gathered
and collected in timely constrained. For this possibility to achieve long term sustainability and
perfectness is perceived in balanced mode (Clarke and Visser, 2019). The secondary research
gets assist to attain moderate range of information about the varied range of data collection
possibility and with this possible range of outcome is perceived in satisfactory manner. In this
learning capability and implementation of appropriate knowledge and information collected by

literature is utilised by management through which capability to attain long term sustainability
with perfection is achieved with beneficiary mode.
Is it timely? Does it respond to an existing need? What makes it so?
The adequate information is collected in timely frame as with this possible range of
information is collected and gathered with adequateness. The research is basically collected on
the basis of to achieve possible information about talent management and its requirement for the
business. Thus it gets respond to the existing need of the topic and from this selected information
get implemented in operational function of business by which capability to retain and attract
potential and skilled workforce is developed with perfection (Crane and Hartwell, 2019). It
makes attainment of better outcome through which ability to achieve standardised outcome as
from operational basis of organisation is processed. It make easier for business to reduce the
learning gap and induce the strategies under which possibility to enhance working credibility is
increases in timely constrained.
METHODOLOGY
Research performs an important role for an investigator or organisation and according to this
it define that various factors are identified that helps researcher for improving their knowledge
related with a particular topic. In order to accomplish research aim researcher utilise secondary
sources to complete the research in an accurate manner. Along with this it also identify that
secondary sources helps to achieve aim in minimum time-period. Moreover, research onion
framework is induced with in the research because this helps to utilise appropriate methodology
which aids researcher to generate meaningful results from research. Some of the effective steps
related with research are mention as follow:
 Philosophy- This refers to the set of principle that is used for completing the research in
an appropriate manner (Kumar, 2018). Usually, there are two philosophy factors exist
that include ontology and epistemology is included and for this research investigator
utilise ontology factor. This is because it helps to collect authentic information and also
demonstrate how an individual utilise the information.
 Approach- After the selection of methodology this is identified that appropriate research
approach is utilised and this consider individual is focused for selection of right approach.
Deductive approach is utilised by investigator and this is because it start with specific

hypothesis that is based on literature review. Moreover, it also consider that all task is
completed with use of approached that add better value in research.
 Strategy- Investigator is expected to formulate strategy that undertakes research action,
experiment, interview and survey. The main reason to consider is to perform literature
review in order to select all data which is required for performing research according to
decided purpose. Moreover, strategy aids to manage all data and information related with
particular topic.
 Choice of method- Research onion defines different method such as mono-method,
mixed method and multi-method and it is used by an investigator to conduct research in
proper manner (Narayanan, Rajithakumar and Menon, 2019). The mono-method define
about all task comprises factors and it consider about the areas through which task is
completed with decided selection method.
 Time-horizon- This define about the time-frame related with research and it consider
about observations that relates with cross-sectional and longitudinal factor. Moreover,
cross-sectional data aids to complete task with decided results that generate variable
which is used for longer period in organisation.
 Data-collection and analysis- This is final factor for research onion and it consist all
techniques and procedures that is used to explain the purpose of research. Along with this
investigator conduct quantitative and qualitative method for managing all work as per
research related factor.
Research Method
The term research method is explains as a specific procedure and this is used for
gathering and analysing all data in an appropriate manner. Primary and secondary are two
methods and it is used for completion of task as per decided policies of research. In the context
of this research both primary as well as secondary method is used and it helps to complete all
work in an appropriate manner. Moreover, to collect all data investigator consider that data-
collection method depend on knowledge through which work is completed as per decided
policies and information.
The target population for this research is the employee’s and other stakeholder that are
engaged in organisation operations. Also the selected target population for the research on the
topic of talent management is 30 and this aids to identify appropriate answer or response from

selected population or respondents. Moreover, for secondary research investigator is focused to
complete their task with decided articles and journals that helps for generating meaningful
findings from the research (Phillips and Ritala, 2019). On the other side, random sampling
method is used for completing the research with selected sample size. It defines investigator aids
to complete research with motive of managing work according to selected sample factor
specifically for managing task with analysis of the decided equipment and resources.
Ethics and Access
The term ethics plays an important role and it consists investigator perform the research
with analysis of decided task. Like, investigator is focused towards formulation of better results
through adopting resources such as Laptop and utilise them in an appropriate manner. This also
aids to collect or gather appropriate data by analysing all resources through which information is
gathered in effective manner for managing research as per decided aims. Moreover, ethics
perform an important role and it defines about all task by which work is managed in a logical
manner.
Limitation
While identifying and collecting information it is analysed that there are various problem
faced by investigator and it create problems for selecting appropriate data. So the major
limitation is related with results as with no knowledge it is complex for researcher for collect all
data that investigate about topic of talent management (Dodds and Hess, 2020). This also define
it is complex for researcher to gain actual results with decided data and it is because respondents
not review or provide appropriate answer to investigator. So to overcome from them research
onion framework is implemented and generated for generating accurate outcomes and right
conclusion from research factor.

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