Managing Talent: Sainsbury's Strategies for Attracting Employees

This project report investigates talent management strategies within Sainsbury's, focusing on attracting and retaining employees. The research aims to identify effective strategies that organizations can use, with a specific case study of Sainsbury's. The report includes a literature review covering the concept of talent management, potential challenges faced by Sainsbury's in retaining employees, and potential talent strategies for attraction and retention. A project management plan, Gantt chart, work breakdown structure, and a questionnaire are used to gather and analyze data. The data analysis presents findings on various themes related to talent management, including awareness of the concept, the need for talent management strategies, key reasons for implementation, and challenges in retaining employees. The report concludes that talent management is crucial for organizational growth and development, supported by the data collected. The study also includes a personal reflection on the research process and challenges encountered.

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 Introduction
 Research Aim
 Literature Review
 Project management plan
 Gantt chart and Work break down structure
 Questionnaire
 Data Analysis
 Reflection
 Conclusion
 References
Table of content

 Talent management is a process of attracting, retaining, guiding and motivating
employees for longer period of time with the help of workforce planning,
performance management, training and development etc. Present report is
conducted on Sainsbury which is operating as leading organisation and retail
industrial sector with large number of employees.
Introduction

 Research Aim-
“To identify the strategies organisation can use to attract and retain
employees individuals”. A case study of Sainsbury.
Research Objectives-
 To investigate the concept of talent management
 To identify potential challenges that can be experienced by Sainsbury in the process
of retaining employees.
 To determine potential talent strategies that Sainsbury can implement attracts and
retain employees.
Research Aim& Research Objectives

 Concept of talent management
 Potential challenges that can be experienced by Sainsbury in the process of
retaining employees
 Potential talent strategies that Sainsbury can implement attracts and retain
employees
Literature Review

 Cost:
 It has been evaluated that cost that project manager attempts to satisfy project goals.
In wording with this research, researcher set effective budget plan to take care of
movements of every sort expense to direct process without confronting the issue of
over cost.
 Time:
 To satisfy objectives of present research, researcher need 2 months of time span to
execute all project exercises in legitimate time period.
Project management plan

 Gantt chart:
 Work breakdown structure: -
Gantt chart and Work Break down

Questionnaire
Q1)Are you aware with the concept of talent management?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) As per your opinion what is a need of talent management strategies for an organisation?
a) Enhancement business and employee’s performance
b) Positive brand image
c) Less employee turnover
Q3) According to you what is the key reason that had made implementation of talent management essential for Sainsbury?
a) Increase in consumer satisfaction
b) Loyal workforce
c) More growth and development opportunities
d) Lower labour turnover
Q4) As per your view point, which organisation is retaining employees in better ways?
a) TESCO
b) ASDA
c) Sainsbury
Q5) What are the challenges that Sainsbury can facie in retaining employees within organisation for longer period of time??
a) Lack of communication with employees
b) Lack of motivation
c) Compensation packages
Q6) What are the best strategies that Sainsbury can use to overcome the challenges of implementing talent management strategies to retain and attract employees?
a) Competitive recognition and rewards
b) Measuring employee’s performance
c) Offering career development opportunities
d) Training and development programs
Q7) Suggest the ways Sainsbury can retain and attract employees to gain more competitive advancements?
Questionnaire

 Theme 1: Concept of talent management
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 Theme 4: Which organisation is retaining employees in better ways
 Theme 5: Challenges that Sainsbury can facie in retaining employees within
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 Theme 6: Strategies that Sainsbury can use to overcome the challenges of
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 The present report has been conducted on talent management strategies through
which organization can attract and retain people for a longer period of time. To
execute this research I have created research aim, objectives, and questions
alongside the appropriate project management plan. I have embraced the utilization
of proper data collection method to secure data and information as needs be.
Notwithstanding, in this I confronted specific difficulties to get data from the
respondents as I have weak communication ability. During this research this ability
has been subsequently evolved by me.
Reflection

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Performance Review

As per the above report it has been concluded that talent management in
important for organisation growth and development as it helps them to attract and
retain employees. Research is conducted with the help of effective data collection
methods which states that talent management is crucial for organisation growth.
Conclusion

 Vosburgh, R.M., 2022. Closing the academic-practitioner gap: Research must answer the
“SO WHAT” question. Human Resource Management Review, 32(1), p.100633.
 Novitasari, D., Johan, M., Nadeak, M., Admiral, A. and Asbari, M., 2022. Stres Kerja dan
Turnover Intention di Era Revolusi Industri 4.0: Adakah Harapan pada Kepemimpinan
Transformasional?. EDUKATIF: JURNAL ILMU PENDIDIKAN, 4(1), pp.443-455.
 Osland, J.S., 2022. An Interview with Paula Caligiuri, Pioneer in Global Leadership
Effectiveness Research. In Advances in global leadership. Emerald Publishing Limited.
 El-Deeb, A., 2022. The Human Side of the Tech Industry: Key Drivers Behind the Tech
Talent Dilemma. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, 47(1), pp.10-11.
References

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