Investigating Talent Management's Influence on Employee Motivation

This research proposal investigates the impact of talent management practices, specifically training and development sessions, on employee motivation and performance within the hospitality sector, using Hilton as a case study. The study aims to analyze how talent management strategies influence employee performance and motivation. It explores the concept of talent management, different strategies used (including training and development), and their impact on employee performance. The research will employ a qualitative approach, using an interpretivism philosophy, with data collected through questionnaires and secondary sources like journals and articles. The proposal outlines the research objectives, questions, literature review, methodologies, activities, and ethical considerations, providing a comprehensive plan for the research project.

RESEARCH PROJECT

Research Proposal Form
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Proposed Title
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Topic- To investigate the impact of talent management practices (training & development
sessions) on employee motivation and performance in the context of hospitality sector.
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?):
Aim
To analyse the influence which practices of talent management specifically training and
development has over the performance and motivation of employees. A study on Hilton.
Objectives
 To develop an understanding relating to talent management practices.
 To examine the various strategies which Hilton can use along with training and
development in order to increase motivation and performance of company.
 To examine the impact of these talent management strategies over the performance of
employees with respect to Hilton.
 To recommend some of the measures to Hilton in effectively using the talent

management practices to improve the performance of the company.
Research questions
1. What is the concept of talent management in the hospitality sector?
2. What are the different types of strategies used for talent management in order to motivate
and improve the performance of the employees?
3. What is the impact of using different talent management strategy over the performance
and level of motivation of the employees?
4. What are some of the recommendation to the company in order to increase the
performance of employees with help of different talent management practice?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying, personal interest, future
plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic is important):
In the current modern world there are many companies which are facing issues relating to
management of the employees within the company. The major reason for this is that there are
many different companies and they try to attract the employees of other companies and because
of this here is large requirement of the companies to effectively make the use of the talent
management strategies. Thus, when the research will be conducted over the talent management
strategies then this will assist the company in using these strategies and motivate the employees
in order to improve their performance. Further another major reason for using talent management
strategies as the research topic is the personal and academic interest of the researcher within the
topic of the research.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or hypothesis:
Theme 1- Developing understanding related to talent management practices.
In the views of Kaliannan, Abraham and Ponnusamy (2016) in this highly competitive
working environment there is a great requirement for company in order to attract the employees
and try to retain the employees within the company for a longer period of time. This is very

important because of the reason that when the company will make the effective use of the talent
management then this will motivate the employees in performing their task in effective and
efficient manner.
On the other side Mohammed, Hafeez-Baig and Gururajan (2018) argues that the talent
management practices involve the process through which company tries to attract the employees
to work within the company and help them in their personal growth. This is a good way of
attracting the employees within the company and this will motivate the employees to stay
connected with the company for a longer period of time. Thus, when the company employs
effective talent management strategies then this motivates the employees to work in much better
manner as they develop a feeling that company is working for betterment of the company.
Theme 2- Different strategies used for talent management with the intention of the motivating
employees to improve the performance of the company.
In the views of Rodriguez and Walters (2017) there a many different types of talent
management strategies which assist the company in getting a better employees and retaining
them for a longer period of time. The major strategy used for the talent management is the
providing or training and development sessions. This is the major strategy as when the company
will provide the facility of training then this will assist the company in increasing the
performance of the employees. The major reason for this is that with help of the providing time
to time training this will motivate the employees as company is taking care of the employees and
this will motivate then in doing work in more effective manner.
In contrast to this Maleka and et.al., (2020) argues that the another major strategy for
managing talent is the reward and recognition as this will assist the company in attracting and
retaining the employees for a longer period of time. This is particularly because of the reason
that when the company provides for effective rewards then this will motivate the employees and
they will perform in much better and effective manner. Further when the employees know that if
they will get more rewards if they will perform in much better way than this will motivate them
to work in more proper and organized manner.
Theme 3- Impact of using different types of talent management strategies over the
performance of the employees.
With the views of Yusoff and et.al., (2020) the major impact of using the different talent
management strategies is that this motivates the employees to work in much better and effective

manner. This is particularly because of the reason that when the employees will be provided with
the benefits then this will motivate the employees to work in much better and effective manner.
Thus, this creates a positive impact over the working and performance of the employees.
On the flip side van Zyl, Mathafena and Ras (2017) argues that many a time these talent
management strategies can be wrong because this creates an issues among the employees. The
major reason for this is that when the company provides reward and recognition on the basis of
capability of the employees and this creates issues among those employees who are not doing
good.
Section Four: Activities and timescales
Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g research,
development and analysis of ideas, writing, data collection, numerical analysis,
tutor meetings, production of final outcome, evaluation, writing the report):
Enclosed in end of proposal
How long this will
take:
Milestone one: _________________
Target date (set by tutor): _________________
Milestone two: _________________
Target date (set by tutor): __________________
Gantt Chart
Section Five: Research approach and methodologies
What type of research approach and methodologies are you likely to use and why? What your areas of

research will cover:
Research type- this is the most important to decide for which method the researcher will
undertake in order to complete the research either qualitative or quantitative. Thus, for
completing the research on different talent management strategies the research will make the use
of the qualitative research type as this will assist the researcher in developing better and deeper
knowledge relating to talent management strategies (Van de Ven and Poole, 2017).
Research approach- for the completion of the current research, scholar will make the use
of the inductive approach out of the two inductive and deductive. The major reason for the
selection of this method is that this approach is related with the formulation of aim and
objectives and then completes the whole study on basis of that.
Research philosophy- this involves the two different types of philosophies that is
interpretivism and positivism. Hence, for the successful completion of research over impact of
talent management strategies the researcher will make use of the interpretivism as the
philosophy. The major reason underlying this fact is that this is more suitable with the qualitative
type of research as this does not make use of factual data.
Data collection- this is the most essential thing for the completion of the research as if the
data will not be collected in effective manner then there will not be any base for the research.
Thus, for this the researcher will make the effective use of combination of the primary and
secondary sources of data. For the primary source the data will be collected with help of
questionnaire and for secondary source the use of different books and journal and article and
other published sources will be used in gathering the data (Park and Park, 2016).
Sampling- under this the researcher selects some of the sample to conduct the research as
it is not possible to do the research on whole of the population. Thus with help of the random
sampling method the researcher will collected data by providing questionnaire to 20 respondents
from Hilton.
Data analysis- after the collection of the data, the analysis of the data is the most
important thing as for successful completion of the research is to analyse the data in effective and
efficient manner. This is particularly because of the reason that when the data will not be
analysed in effective manner then there will not be any meaning attached to it. Thus, for this
research will make use of the thematic analysis wherein they will undertake the use of themes,

charts and tables for interpreting the collected data.
Ethical consideration- this is the most important thing for the researcher to effectively
undertake as if there will not be any ethical working then the research will not bring out the
intended outcome. Thus, for this the most important thing is to keep all the data of respondent
safe and secure so that it cannot be misused. Further the researcher must have a written ethical
approval from being signed by the respondent before taking their personal information.
Comments and agreement from tutor
Comments (optional):
I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for another qualification
and is appropriate.
Agreed: ________________ (name)_______________ Date ______________
Comments and agreement form project proposal checker( IV sampling)
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Kaliannan, M., Abraham, M. and Ponnusamy, V., 2016. Effective talent management in
Malaysian SMES: A proposed framework. The Journal of Developing Areas, 50(5),
pp.393-401.
Maleka, M.J., and et.al., 2020. Performance management, vigour, and training and development
as predictors of job satisfaction in low-income workers. SA Journal of Human Resource
Management, 18, p.10.
Mohammed, A.A., Hafeez-Baig, A. and Gururajan, R., 2018. Talent management as a core
source of innovation and social development in higher education [NYP 5/6/2019]. Talent
Management as a Core Source of Innovation and Social Development in Higher Education,
pp.1-31.
Park, J. and Park, M., 2016. Qualitative versus quantitative research methods: Discovery or
justification?. Journal of Marketing Thought, 3(1), pp.1-8.
Rodriguez, J. and Walters, K., 2017. The importance of training and development in employee
performance and evaluation. World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and
Development, 3(10), pp.206-212.
Van de Ven, A.H. and Poole, M.S., 2017. Field research methods. The Blackwell companion to
organizations, pp.867-888.
van Zyl, E.S., Mathafena, R.B. and Ras, J., 2017. The development of a talent management
framework for the private sector. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 15(1),
pp.1-19.
Yusoff, Y.M., Nejati, M., Kee, D.M.H. and Amran, A., 2020. Linking green human resource
management practices to environmental performance in hotel industry. Global Business
Review, 21(3), pp.663-680.
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ANNEXURE “B”:
Research Ethics approval form
All students conducting research activity that involves human participants or the use of data
collected form human participants are required to gain ethical approval before commencing
their research. Please answer all relevant questions and note that your form may be returned if
incomplete.
For further support and guidance please see your respective Unit Tutor:
Before completing this form, we advise that you discuss your proposed research fully with your
unit tutor. Please complete this form in good time before your research project is due to
commence.
Section 1: Basic details:
Project title:
Student name:
Student ID number:
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Section 2 Project summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as a part of your project:
 Interviews Yes No
 Questionnaires Yes No
 Observations Yes No
 Use of personal records Yes No
 Data Analysis Yes No
 Action Research Yes No
 Focus Groups Yes No
 Others (Please specify) :
Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.
Will your research involve human participants?
yes
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-16: Young people aged: 17-18 Adults:
How will participants be recruited (identified an approached)?
With help of email and direct communication
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
Direct communication and
How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be made clear
to participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any time?
By signing the ethical approval form
Studies involving questionnaires: will participants be given the option of omitting questions that