Analyzing Talent Management Strategies at Amazon: A Project Report

This report provides an overview of Amazon's talent management strategies, aiming to analyze workforce retention and management. It begins with an introduction to Amazon, outlining its market position and key competitors. The report details the project's aims and objectives, focusing on understanding talent management concepts, challenges, and strategies. It includes a project management plan with stages, research techniques, and tools like Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Gantt charts. The research methodology employs a quantitative approach using questionnaires to gather data on employee experiences. Frequency data analysis is presented, and the report concludes with recommendations for improvements in Amazon's talent management practices, emphasizing employee motivation and retention. The report is supported by references to relevant literature.

Managing a Successful
Business Project

Overview of Amazon
 Amazon is a leading technology organization
that was started in year 1994. they are serving
cross worldwide and focusing on artificial
intelligence, cloud computing and digital
streaming, they have a wide product portfolio
and a wide distribution are across globe with a
wide market share, they are part of big five
technology companies and its major competitor
includes google, apple, Facebook and Microsoft.
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Aims and Objectives
PROJECT AIM
 Aim of research is “Developing a overview of talent management strategies used
by organizations for the purpose of retaining and managing their workforce”.
Case study of Amazon
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
 To analyze the basic concept of talent-management used by organizations
 To determine the challenges faced in the process of managing and retaining
employees
 To evaluate the strategies formed by organizations for the purpose of managing
employees.

Project Management Plan
 A project management plan is divided in different
stages that requires some stages to complete a
particular activity, a project management plan is
defined as the procedure that includes research
techniques, process and different associated methods
of collecting data. All this function involves
different research techniques and methods to achieve
the aim of the report. Some of the aspects included
in project management plan is: Time, quality, cost,
scope, communication, resources and risk.

Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS)
It is a tool used to divide the project into small so that the projects are managed and
completed effectively. In other words, it means the work is divided into different
team members for better productivity and easy management of project.

Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS)

Gantt Chart
It is a tool used to plan and schedule project, they specify when and what to be done in
research work. It illustrate additional information regarding allocation of task and it also
show how activities are related to each other or how delay will impact other.

Gantt Chart

Research Methodology
 There are different tools and methods that are adopted for the purpose of collecting and
making analysis of the data. In case of present research work in case of Amazon case
study there is use of quantitative research method by application of tools. There are
different research methods that are based on application of tools and sections. These
research methodologies include research approach, research philosophy, research choice,
research strategy and data collection.

Questionnaire
Q1)What has been your duration of working with Amazon?
a) Less than a year
b) 1-4 years
c) 4-10 years
d) More than 10 years
Q2) What can be some of negative consequence that is associated with no proper
policies of talent management?
a) Dissatisfied workforce
b) Low motivation of employees
c) Negative working environment
c) Negative working environment

Frequency Data Analysis
Q1)What has been your duration
of working with Amazon? Frequen
cy
a) Less than a year 10
b) 1-4 years 6
c) 4-10 years 10
d) More than 10 years 14
10
6
10
14
a) Less than a year
b) 1-4 years
c) 4-10 years
d) More than 10 years

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Q2) What can be some of
negative consequence that is
associated with no proper policies
of talent management?
Freque
ncy
a) Dissatisfied workforce 10
b) Low motivation of employees 14
c) Negative working environment 10
d) any other such consequences 6
10
14
10
6
a) Dissatisfied workforce
b) Low motivation of
employees
c) Negative working
environment
d) any other such
consequences