Research Report: Talent Management and Employee Productivity at ASDA

This research report investigates the impact of talent management practices on employee productivity within ASDA Stores, a British supermarket chain. The report begins with an introduction outlining the aims and objectives, followed by a literature review exploring existing research on talent management, employee retention, and organizational efficiency. The research methodology employs a quantitative approach, utilizing a questionnaire distributed to 30 participants selected through random sampling. The data analysis section details the findings from the questionnaire, assessing the respondents' understanding and experience of talent management within the company. The findings highlight the effectiveness of talent management strategies in improving employee productivity, with recommendations for further enhancements. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and suggests areas for future research, offering insights for improving talent management within the organization.

Research Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Research Aim..............................................................................................................................1
Research objectives.....................................................................................................................1
Research Question ......................................................................................................................2
Rational Of Research:.................................................................................................................2
Literature review..............................................................................................................................2
Research methodology: ...................................................................................................................4
Data Analysis ..................................................................................................................................6
Questionnaire...................................................................................................................................7
Findings............................................................................................................................................9
Recommendation :.........................................................................................................................16
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
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REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Talent management is define about constant process in which manager utilise to
promoting, attracting, hiring or recruiting potential candidates or employees. The objective is
having to motivate and making their skills and knowledge improvised towards better
performance within organisation (Anlesinya, Dartey-Baah and Amponsah-Tawiah., 2019). The
focus on talent management on creating and developing enhanced towards workforce which not
promote discriminate as well as refers to eliminates biasses factor from workplace. The
development of skills as well as motivate overall workforce that aims to an organisation for
better perform their work on long run aspect. In this following research report, organisation is
consider about Asda Stores is a British supermarket chain which is situated in Leeds, England,
United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged within
their retail business that associate in Yorkshire. The topic which elaborates the aims and
objectives along with includes literature review, research methodology, data analysis and
conclusion along with us reflection. The objective to conduct this research report to collecting
information related with information within positive outcomes.
MAIN BODY.
Topic:
“To Study the impact of Talent Management in employee productivity.”
Research Aim
“To understand the role of talent-management for improving efficiency and effectiveness within
organisation.” A Study on ASDA.
Research objectives
 To identify the methods of improving talent and potential of workforce in ASDA.
 To understand and analyse role of manager within organisation for improving talent
management.
 To evaluate all sources that aids management for improving talent-management in
organisation.
Research objectives (e.g what is the question you want to answer? What do you want to learn
how to do? What do you want to find out?):
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Research Question
 How to manage talent workforce within organisation?
 Which methods are most effective for improving and retaining talent workforce at
workplace?
 How effective talent-management strategies improve efficiency of organisation?
Rational Of Research:
The main reason for conducting this research for carrying through current research
investigation is to analysis and explore on different factor on having talent management within
organisation. The information which scrutinise to making the literature review, research
methodology and data analysis for making facts and findings about to demonstrate for Asda
Stores (Atrizka and et. al., 2020). The employee productivity is getting improved through the
presence of better talent management practice which is majorly conduct or monitored by human
resource department. Similarly, in Asda Stores their manager is mapping about the roles and
responsibilities of staffs who are currently working to make sure that each of them improve their
efficiency through better practise of talent management practise.
Literature review
How to manage talent workforce within organisation
According to the viewpoint of the author Gunter k. sthal 2021 , the talent workforce
refers to the another term of the human resources management. Talent management is an
organisational work to recruit, hire, retain, and help in the progress of the most talented
employee within the organisation (Collings, Mellahi and Cascio, 2019). This contains all the
works that process the systems and also this includes the retaining and developing the most
superior workforce. This is same as the employee involvement and employee recognition, this is
stated in every business. The talent workforce helps the organisation to identify to get the
employees who have the talent for solving any problem related to their job. This workforce have
the opportunity to develop their personal and professional skills and also plays an important role
of the motivator for the employees of the organisation.
Which methods are most effective for improving and retaining talent workforce at
workplace.
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According to viewpoint of the author sharon florentine 2021 ,employee retention in talent
management faces the critical issues as the companies handles the talent in a right economy. This
cost of increasing the turnover of the employees are increasing in a very large number.
Recognizing the retention is started with the recruiting strategies, this also starts to identifying
the culture of the organisation and strategy wanted in the organisation. This helps to adding the
most talented employees into the organisation. Retention of the employees from the organisation
is approximately 97 percent. '' investing in the employees' education can also help them to retain
the talent, this really needs the new traits and skills and getting involved in the increasing the
demand rate (Dayel, Debrah and Mulyata, 2020). This helps in putting the employees on a career
path, and this is the career limiting move for the employees, also a business increasing move for
the organisation. Although, benefits and perks also plays a very important role into the
organisation. This helps to keeping the employees , happy, engaged and healthy and it helps In
doing the work more efficiently into the organisation. As everyone knows that the business is
changed more than a year, so this totally depends upon the company that how they are taking
action towards the employee feedbacks.
How effective talent-management strategies improve efficiency of organisation?
According to the view point of the Jay tankersley 2018, as the talent management,
handles every key Human resources areas. In order to hiring the employees to their on boarding
and from the performance management to the retention of the employees (Wehrle and et.al,
2020). These are the main motive of the talent management to enhance the performance of the
employees. Because this have aim to motivate and getting involved their employees to make
them perform better into the organisation. This is the reason talent management is so important
in the organisation. When this talent management is aligned properly, the sustainable competitive
advantage and the employees can perform effectively in any competition. For surviving in the
competition the talent management helps to practice in a very difficult way (Gupta., 2019).
Although, in the other words talent management involve the process that has aimed to enhance
the performance through the insight people management within the organisation.
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Research methodology:
This is the specific procedure or technique which has been utilised in to make better level
of analysis through collecting and gathering valuable information that is related to the particular
topic. In this investigator has been take the usage of research onion which is explained below as:
Research philosophy: This is associated with the certain believe as under this adequate
information is collected in a systematic manner (Harun, Mahmood and Othman., 2020). This is
also define as the epistemology in which tu concepts are recognised. This consist of two
philosophies that are positivism and interpretivism in which positive philosophy going to be used
as which this authentic outcome is attain in a successful manner.
Research approach: This is define as the approach which is used to make adequate level
of interpretation with support of suitable information that is collected as per the data
segmentation. In this different type of method is utilised such as quantitative, qualitative and mix
which has been depend on the deductive, inductive and adductive approach (King and Vaiman,
2019). In this process investigator has been take the adequate usage of deductive approach in
order interpret numerical data through which it is easy to attain standardized goals in clear
manner. In this quantitative research approach in order to attain profitable ending which will be
more accurate (Kravariti and Johnston, 2020). With help of this balanced level of changes and
modification is induced according to the requirements. This has been assist in to gain adequate
outcomes through getting adequate information.
Research strategy: This is the strategy which is utilised for making the effectual analysis
about the research with support of this planning, execution and monitoring of the information is
done with adequateness. This is basically get produced through offering sufficient guidance with
support of case study, interview, quantitative survey and quantitative interview. For completing
this research in adequate manner, questionnaire has been developed so that authentic outcome
can be achieved (Makarem, Metcalfe and Afiouni., 2019). The quantitative data has been
providing support to collect authentic ending as through which working capabilities and
attractiveness is advance on regular basis. This has the ability to achieve standardized outcome
for generating higher profit and welfare of business.
Choices of method: For this research, investigator has been take the adequate usage of
quantitative method for attaining the sustained outcome as with support of this, accomplishment
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of goals and objectives become easier. This method has been used so that accurate and precise
outcome can be processed.
Data collection and analysis: For the data collection both primary as well as search
method is utilised for primary questionnaire is made and for secondary data literature review has
been conducted in suitable mode
Sample: This is define as the methodology in which sample has been taken from the
large population (Narayanan, Rajithakumar and Menon., 2019). For this research has been take
sample under which overall research is processed and for this sample is 30 participants that are
selected on random sampling method through which information is collected in balanced mode.
Instrument Used: The tool which used to conduct primary research is Questionnaire for
collecting respondent information.
Gantt Chart:
This framework is used to analyse by graphical representation of specific project or
research assignment (O’Connor and Crowley-Henry., 2019). It mainly provide information in for
of time schedule and bar chart that represents that start and finish about several elements of
project which involves resources, mile stone and dependences. In following there is time
schedule of project conduct as per time process (Schreuder and Noorman, 2019).
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Communicate the outcomes of research project to better identified stakeholder
The Stakeholder are the key organisation who have an interest in research project, it
includes certain factors for both supportive towards research as well as those which might have
less representative. As identification of stakeholder which help to analysis to be tricky areas of
navigate. This would be end of the day which are not appropriate stakeholder selected towards
better report deliver provided. Some of the outcomes through identification of stakeholder
analysis are:
 For maintain focus through on stakeholder’s needs for ensuring positive influence exists
between stakeholder.
 By reducing unnecessary risks
 To having relevant and key stakeholder involved through inception within closely
manner.
To identify right form of stakeholder is process of used involve all stakeholder who are lined
with company such as Employees, Customers, Government, Suppliers etc. It is important to
better understand that how all stakeholder will influence on project effect. There are many ways
to identify stakeholder project which is not omitted easily. The another way to identify
stakeholder is to better identify those who are directly impact by project and those may directly
affected. Those indirectly affected may include an adjacent organisation or member for local
community.
Different communication style are the wide range in which it guide to people about to
communicate within effective manner within each other. As there are four major communication
styles such as passive, aggressive and assertive. In this situation to convince and invite
stakeholder in research practise researcher need to use Assertive communication style. Because
this style is most effective and healthiest communication which create good impression on
others. By using Assertive communication style it will increase the researcher confidence level
as well as self esteem that will help to effective conversation with stakeholder effectively.
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Data Analysis
The data analysis refers about process of cleaning, customised and modelling data is to
discover for utilise information for business decision making. The objectives to formulate data
analysis that is exact useful information where the data taken from on the basis upon data
interpretation. In following there is framework of Questionnaire selected as the primary data is
considered for collecting information related with Asda company.
Questionnaire
1. Do you know about the concept of Talent Management?
a) Yes.
b) No.
2. Did your manager or superior provide talent management practise in Asda organisation?
a) Yes.
b) No.
3. Do you feel company process help in your work?
a) Yes.
b) No.
4. Does your manager support you for setting goals?
a) Yes.
b) No.
5. What kind of practises which conducted by manager of talent management in workplace?
a) Performance Appraisal.
b) Training and Development.
c) Employee Engagement.
6. According to you what are relevant strategies for implementing talent management?
a) Staffing
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b) Recruitment
c) Training and development
7. What is most faced challenge of talent management in Asda Stores?
a) Low productivity.
b) Ineffective leadership.
c) Poor strategy.
8. According to you do you agree that using of talent management is results in having higher
productivity at their workplace?
a) Yes.
b) No.
9. Is your productivity and skills are being affected by challenges and issues of talent
management?
a) Yes.
b) No.
10. What type of strategies which you recommended by you for employee productivity?
a) Training and Development
b) Performance Appraisals.
Findings
Interpretation
Sample Size= 30 Participants
1. Do you know about the concept of Talent Management? Frequency
Yes 25
No 5
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Evaluation
From above figure, it is been analysed that from 30 participants 25 are well aware of
talent management concept and rest 5 are not have any knowledge about it.
2. Did your manager or superior provide talent management practise in
Asda organisation?
Frequency
Yes 28
No 2
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Evaluation:
It is been analysed that above 28 are agree that their top level management or superiors
used to conduct talent management practises of talent management and rest 2 peoples are not
support on this statements.
3. Do you feel company process help in your work? Frequency
Yes 20
No 10
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Evaluation
As per the basis of above figure, 20 staffs are satisfy that Asda Stores company make
provide positive and coordination within workplace and rest 10 staffs are not agreed.
4. Does your manager support you for setting goals? Frequency
Yes 18
No 12
Evaluation
In above graph figure that allows to demonstrate that 18 peoples are agree that managers
tend to provide support to setting their goals but rest 12 peoples are unsatisfied.
5. What kind of practises which conducted by manager of talent
management in workplace?
Frequency
a) Performance Appraisal. 10
b) Training and Development. 15
c) Employee Engagement. 5
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Evaluation
On the basis of above graph there is detail demonstrate about that out of 30, 10 people
are consider for Performance Appraisals, 15 are for Training and Development and 5 people of
Employee Engagement practises that enhance by the manager of Asda Stores.
6. According to you what are relevant strategies for implementing talent
management?
Frequency
a)Staffing 5
b)Recruitment 15
c) Training and development 10
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a) Performance Appraisal.
b) Training and Development.
c) Employee Engagement.
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Evaluation
Through above data is elaborates for relevant strategies for implementing for
management perspective that 5 are approaching staffing, 15 are focuses on recruitment and 10
are training and development for better internal practises.
7. What are the challenges of talent management which mostly faced in
Asda Stores?
Frequency
a) Low productivity. 12
b) Ineffective leadership. 8
c) Poor strategy. 10
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Evaluation
On the basis of above challenges which is faces by Asda Stores as out of 30 participants,
12 are face lack of productivity, 8 are suffers from ineffective leadership and 10 are facing poor
strategy to conduct positive environment.
8. According to you, do you agree that using of talent management is
results in having higher productivity at their workplace?
Frequency
Yes 21
No 9
15
a) Low productivity. b) Ineffective leadership. c) Poor strategy.
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Evaluation
According to above graph is summarised about 21 peoples are agree on using of talent
management practises allows to productive outcomes as well as it increases the efficiency and
rest 9 are not satisfied.
9. Is your productivity and skills are being affected by challenges and
issues of talent management?
Frequency
Yes 22
No 8
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Frequency

Evaluation
On the basis of above graphical representation It has been analysed that 22 respondents
thinks that their efficiency are being enhanced using talent management while 8 respondents do
not thinks that their efficiency is being affected.
10. What type of strategies which you recommended by you for
employee productivity?
Frequency
a) Training and Development 25
b) Performance Appraisals. 5
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Yes No
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Evaluation
As per above graphical representation is allows about out of 30 respondent there is people
who are agree on 25 are training and development and 5 are support on performance appraisals
that counted as strategies to comprise for conduct better talent management.
Reflection:
During the research what I have used information in literature review and research
methodologies where I have explored and gain many knowledge as well as outcomes. At the
time of conducting literature review I opted secondary method for data collection in that I have
found different authors who are different perspective of research topic. And then research
methodologies where I determine that I need to focus on primary data where my research method
was quantitative method because I have to made survey questionnaire and scrutinise the
information from respondents. After getting optimum response I made findings in which
graphical representation helps to me gain expectancy outcomes. The research methodology I
applied is Positivism, Deductive, Quantitative for primary research method perspective. Thus, I
have also face challenges during conducting research that is convincing respondent about
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a) Training and Development b) Performance Appraisals.
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research objective and generating information. As I have use Assertive communication style
because it helps to increase my confidence level to conversation with stakeholder effectively.
Recommendation :
On the above overall discussion on Talent Management is demonstrate about to Asda
Company business where in order to retain attract skilled employees through which having
working efficiency towards better systematic and productive way. There are some
recommendation which are as follows:
 For Asda Stores their manager need to discuss to employees for their career path gaol in
terms of hiring, promoting and provide better opportunity in which they highly increased
to sustained for long time.
 In Company Asda Stores that provide various effective training and development where
skills and employees within order to build effectiveness for better performance analysed.
 To recommended Asda Stores which is use to implement through various tools and
techniques about recruitment in order to skilled employees.
 Training and development, performance appraisals and employee engagement activities
are the major practises which need to implement in Asda stores for improvise their
employee performance for long term aspects.
CONCLUSION
It is inferred from above report that summarised towards talent management which
improves efficiency and effectiveness towards organisation. This research report is about to
managing towards successful business project. On the basis of alternative discussion that has
been undertaken about project towards better literature review and research methodology. In
these tow three objectives are formed in proposal which is evaluated by different authors and
utilise secondary information utilised to get attained better positive outcomes generates. On the
other hand research methodology allows to comprise about different research philosophies,
approach, method and sampling method which is scrutinise for getting expectancy outcomes.
Thus, it is been measured about talent management which is having specific factor that
sometimes to creates different challenges and obstacles and having various strategies to
overcome from challenges better talent management are explained.
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