Research Proposal: Leaders and Managers in TESCO Talent Management

This report presents a research proposal focused on talent management within TESCO, a major retail organization. The proposal aims to assess the roles of leaders and managers in the development and retention of employees. It includes a literature review that examines existing research on talent management, leadership strategies, and employee development within the retail sector. The research questions explore the specific roles of leaders and managers in fostering employee growth, the strategies employed for talent administration, and the significance of leadership in retaining talented staff. The methodology section outlines a quantitative research design, data collection methods (surveys), and a sampling strategy. Ethical considerations and a project timeline, including a Gantt chart, are also detailed. The proposal seeks to contribute valuable insights into effective talent management practices within TESCO and the broader retail industry, highlighting the crucial link between leadership and employee success.

Proposal task 1
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Background/Rationale of the research....................................................................................3
Literature review....................................................................................................................3
Research questions.................................................................................................................4
Research design......................................................................................................................5
Data collection method...........................................................................................................5
Sampling strategy...................................................................................................................5
Sample size and type of participants......................................................................................5
Ethical considerations.............................................................................................................5
Project timeline.......................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Talent management is determined as a practice in which organisation focuses on retaining
competent subordinated. It is the procedure used for adopting strategic human resource planning
in order to increase value of organisation and it is possible for company to meet its workforce.
The primary purpose of talent administration is to expand performance of organisation by its
operation which makes subordinate more productivity. This report is based on the company
named as TESCO. It is a retailing organisation whose main focus is to provide different kind of
services to its customer in order to satisfy them (Almajali and Tarhini, 2016).
The primal objective of organising investigation is to assess role of leader as well as
manager in development of subordinate. In assistance of this both leader & management possess
appropriate role in order to enlarge value of individual person of organisation and provide
advantage to them for retaining top talent within working atmosphere that results in higher
improvement of Tesco in retailing sector. At personal extent, it is important to provide support
that help in improving capability of research in achieving whole project of research in timely
manner. At academic level, it is important to improve knowledge of student in respect of talent
administration. The research proposal is important for leader that helps in finding data regarding
talent administration and it is significant within retailing sector.
Background/Rationale of the research
The objective of organising research is that the researcher possesses person interest within
improvement and development of different investigation capability that assists in conducting
research in upcoming period of time. They also focus on knowledge regarding investigation on
specific topic related to execution of different kind of research in future time period.
Literature review
Literature review signifies that activity related to collecting & organising second
information by diverse sources such as books, articles and so on. It helps in finding background
and rationale of the study by assessing research gap. Therefore, there are different kinds of
question that is involved in literature review that is given below:
As per point of view of (Harrison, Burnard and Paul, 2018), the leader as well as manager
in retailing sector is very important in operation of diverse organisation, administrate thing and
also supervise subordinate on regular basis and act like linkage between top administration and
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worker. Therefore, the chosen organisation focuses on providing training to subordinates that
help in make sure regarding job rotation & minimise report coverage gap and so on.
According to the viewpoint of (Kim and Koo, 2017), there are diverse strategies which is
important to retain top talent within business organisation. They provide training session,
organised performance appraisal functions and provide reward and feedback to its staff members
during the period of time. In context of TESCO, the manager focuses on making appropriate
contribution within development of subordinate by providing appropriate support to subordinate
and provide motivational session so that they make appropriate involvement in growth of
organisation.
As per point of view of (Wesley, Jackson and Lee, 2017), the talent administration is
advantageous for retailing sector in context of conducting organisation activity and its functions
within retailing sector. There are various advantages that are gained by organisation in order to
retain subordinate within environment.
Research questions
Research topic: To assess the role of leaders as well as managers in improvement of staff
member in retailing sector
Research Aim: To assess the role of leaders as well as managers in improvement of staff
member in retailing sector A case study on TESCO”
Research objectives:
 To assess role leader as well as manager of TESCO for improving growth and
development of staff member in working atmosphere.
 To assess strategies adopted by leaders and managers in context of talent administration
at workplace of TESCO.
 To examine significance of leaders and manager of TESCO in retaining talented staff in
retailing sector
Research questions:
 Examine role leader as well as manager of TESCO for improving growth and
development of staff member in working atmosphere.
 Determine strategies adopted by leaders and managers in context of talent administration
at workplace of TESCO.
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 Explain significance of leaders and manager of TESCO in retaining talented staff in
retailing sector
Research design
It is an appropriate activity that is utilised by researcher for collecting and assessing
information in respect of topic. There is diverse method of research design which is quantitative,
qualitative as well as mixed method. All are important for carrying out the research over role of
leader as well as manager and subordinate improvement. Quantitative method is selected as it
helps in gathering relevant information in less time period. It provides support to researcher in
accomplishing outcomes during period of time. The primary objective in respect of selecting
quantitative research design thus it helps in collecting information from present research.
Data collection method
There are diverse method and tool for gathering for collecting primary information which
is interview, survey, observation and so on. It is determined as a method for collecting
information that is applied in research for collecting primary data in respect of talent
administration. It is important for present study, the growth and development of Human resource
in TESCO.
Sampling strategy
It signifies practices as well as procedure which are adopted by researcher to select
different types of individual person from population. Herein, according to report, the surveyor
focuses on adopting simple random sampling method that is strategy and probabilistic method
(Deprez, Leroy and Euwema, 2018).
Sample size and type of participants
There are 20 subordinate of Tesco will chosen for surveyor with use of non probability
sampling. The primary purpose of select worker for investigation as they possesses accurate
information regarding operations of organisation.
Ethical considerations
Ethics are determined as a beneficial for investigator in research as it provides support in
achieving task in an appropriate or ethical manner. There are various methods of research ethics
that is taken into consideration during executing existing research on talent administration. There
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are different principles of research ethics that is utilised to investigator as it results in attaining
aim of objective of research in ethical manner.
Project timeline
Gantt chart is a determined as a primal path of project timeline that is significant for
research in assessing beginning as well as closing time of every activity. The presentation related
to Gantt chart according to existing information is going to be mentioned below:
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REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Almajali, D.A. and Tarhini, A., 2016. Antecedents of ERP systems implementation success: a
study on Jordanian healthcare sector. Journal of Enterprise Information Management.
Deprez, J., Leroy, H. and Euwema, M., 2018. Three chronological steps toward encouraging
intrapreneurship: Lessons from the Wehkamp case. Business Horizons, 61(1), pp.135-145.
Harrison, C., Burnard, K. and Paul, S., 2018. Entrepreneurial leadership in a developing
economy: a skill-based analysis. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.
Kim, M.S. and Koo, D.W., 2017. Linking LMX, engagement, innovative behavior, and job
performance in hotel employees. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality
Management.
Wesley, S.C., Jackson, V.P. and Lee, M., 2017. The perceived importance of core soft skills
between retailing and tourism management students, faculty and businesses. Employee Relations.
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