Analyzing Talent Management's Impact on HR Role at Sainsbury

This report investigates the impact of talent management on the role of the HR manager, using Sainsbury as a case study. It explores the need for talent management, analyzes best practices employed by HR managers, and identifies key challenges arising from a lack of effective talent management practices. The report includes a literature review, research methodology employing questionnaires, and presents research findings through thematic analysis. The findings reveal that talent management is crucial for HR functions such as recruitment, training, and performance management. The report concludes with recommendations for improving talent management strategies to enhance employee satisfaction, reduce turnover, and boost organizational productivity. The study emphasizes the importance of continuous training, employee security, and effective hiring practices as key components of successful talent management.

Talent Management- A Key
Component of HRM
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Title: The Impact of Talent Management on the role HR..............................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
“To Study the Impact of Talent Management on the job role of HR Manager”. A case study of
Sainsbury..........................................................................................................................................4
Literature Review.............................................................................................................................4
Research Methodology....................................................................................................................6
Research findings.............................................................................................................................8
Conclusion and recommendation...................................................................................................10
Conclusion............................................................................................................................10
Recommendation..................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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Title: The Impact of Talent Management on the role HR
INTRODUCTION
Talent management is a continuous process that includes some type of activities such as
attracting and retaining highly talented employees, providing them continuous motivation and
developing their skills with the help of various training sessions in order to improve their
performance. The main motive of talent management is to develop a motivated workforce for
organisational growth and profitability (Bratton and Gold, 2017). Talent management play key
essential role for an organisation through which company can successfully meet their workforce
requirement. It is a strategic employee planning that allows company to accomplish their goals
and strategic objectives in an effective manner. With the help of various types of career
development opportunities and succession planning organisation can maximize that workforce
strength. Present report has been conducted on the aim of impact of talent management on the
job role of HR manager of Sainsbury. This company is operating their business function as
leading retailer and provide wide range of products and services to customers. Report includes
research objectives, questions, literature review, research methodology, research findings and
conclusions and recommendations.
Research Aim
“To Study the Impact of Talent Management on the job role of HR Manager”. A case study
of Sainsbury.
Research Objectives
 To understand the need of Talent management for the job role of HR manager of
Sainsbury.
 To analyse the best practices of Talent Management Strategies which are utilized by the
HR manager in the organisation.
 To evaluate the key challenges which HR manager are experiencing due to lack of Talent
Management Practices.
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Research Questions
 What is need of Talent Management for the Job role of HR manager of Sainsbury?
 Which are the best practices of Talent Management Strategies that utilized by the HR
manager in the organization?
 What are the key challenges that are experiencing by the HR manager due to lack of
Talent Management Practices?
Literature Review
Need of Talent Management for the Job role of HR manager of Sainsbury
As per the view point of Brewster and et. al., 2016 talent management plays an essential role for
managing human capital within an organisation. Human resource manager is entitled with the
responsibility of hiring right individual and properly managing them in order to develop strong
management approaches and policies. In addition to this they are also engaged with the role of
designing integrated system in order to build and effective work force. While on the other hand if
it is talked about talent management it is associated to enhance employee’s performance on daily
basis. Talent management is effectively needed for the job role of HR manager of Sainsbury as
in this HR manager is required to recruit right individual with the help of managing workforce
interview process and interviewing applicants in order to select talented candidates. In addition
to this HR manager is also required to undertake efficient performance management in order to
enhance skill of candidates (Bruenig, 2016). Talent management is also essential for the job role
of HR manager of Sainsbury in terms of undertaking different responsibilities related to career
management, leadership, development of organisational strategy and more. Thus, according to
the above mentioned analysis it has been identified that talent management is critical component
of Human Resource workforce management strategy and it will allow them to undertake various
roles related to recruiting, training and promoting right individual which is essential to fulfil
staffing goals.
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Best practices of Talent Management Strategies that utilized by the HR manager in the
organization
As per the view point of Deepak and Jeyakumar, 2019 it is essential for an HR manager to
undertake advantage of different type of talent management strategies in order to enhance the
effectiveness of talent management process within an organisation. There are different types of
best practices of talent management strategies that help HR manager of Sainsbury to undertake
the process of talent management in effective manner. HR manager of company by setting clear
expectation and aligning organisational goals with clear understanding of expectations can
provide employees with a particular direction. It will help in removing any form of
misunderstanding and complexities. In addition to this by providing regular performance
appraisal and professional development opportunities HR manager can conduct talent
management in effective manner. Furthermore, by measuring and improving talent management
with analytics is also an effective talent management strategy that can be utilised by HR manager
with an organisation in order to enhance skills and talent of employees. Talent management is
highly effective process for an organisation as it will allow them to fulfil the current as well as
future business objectives in an effective manner (Jacoby, 2018). Thus, as per according to the
above mentioned analysis it has been evaluated that talent management strategies HR within an
organisation can not only enhance profitability of company but can also maximize future growth
opportunities for employees in an effective manner.
Key challenges that are experiencing by the HR manager due to lack of Talent Management
Practices
As per the view point of Shojaei, Bagheri and Ghiri, 2020 there are a number of challenges that
can be experienced by HR manager due to lack of talent management practices. In this
challenges related to lower level of employee satisfaction and dissatisfied employees are
essential challenge that can not only affect organisational productivity but also impact upon
future development opportunities of an organisation (Tung, 2016). In addition to this HR
manager can also face challenge related to employee turnover due to the lack of talent
management practices. Talent management aim towards enhancing employee skills and provide
them high level of job satisfaction. Due to the lack of talent management practices HR manager
of company can not only measure decrease in the level of job satisfaction among employees but
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can also measure low level of productivity. This will significantly affect company overall
productivity and profitability.
Research Methodology
Research methodology plays a central role that allow researcher to effectively conduct research
with effective approach and methods. In order to conduct present research positivism form of
research philosophy is being undertaken through which researchers conducted research in a
systematic and practical manner (Waring, 2016). In addition to this deductive form of research
approach is being undertaken by investigators in order to test and scan collected data.
Furthermore application of surgery strategy is being done in order to make sure that collection of
research data from large number of participants is being undertaken. In this questionnaire is
being applied by investigator. Furthermore use of quantitative research method is being done in
order to accomplish present research objective as to acquire data in numeric form in order to
accomplish research both secondary as well as primary data collection method is undertaken by
investigator in order to maintain the reliability and authenticity of data. In context sampling
method investigating acquire data from 30 respondents those who are employees of Sainsbury. In
this random sampling method is being used by researcher.
Questionnaire
Q1) Are you aware with the concept of talent management?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Do you this there is a need of Talent management for the job role of HR manager of
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Sainsbury?
a) Yes
b) No
Q3) According to you what are the best practices of Talent Management Strategies which
are utilized by the HR manager in the organisation?
a) Provide continuous training
b) Provide security to employees
c) Hiring the right people
Q4) As per your opinion what are the key challenges which HR manager are experiencing
due to lack of Talent Management Practices?
a) Increased employee turnover
b) Unsatisfied employees
Q5) As per your opinion, what overall impact would talent management strategies on the
job role of HR manager?
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Neutral impact
Research findings
Theme 1:
Q1) Are you aware with the concept of talent management? Frequency
a) Yes 25
b) No 5
Interpretation:
According to the above mentioned graph analysis it has been identified that 25 out of 5
respondents are aware with the concept of talent management. On the other hand if it is talked
out remaining 5respondents out of 30 they are not aware with the concept of talent management.
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Theme 2:
Q2) Do you this there is a need of Talent management for the job
role of HR manager of Sainsbury?
Frequency
a) Yes 20
b) No 10
Interpretation:
According to the above mentioned graph it has been identified that 20 respondents out of
30 think that there is a need of talent management for the job role of HR manager within
Sainsbury. While on the other hand remaining 10 respondents out of 30 did not think that talent
management is essential for the job role of HR manager.
Theme 3:
Q3) According to you what are the best practices of Talent
Management Strategies which are utilized by the HR manager in the
organisation?
Frequency
a) Provide continuous training 15
b) Provide security to employees 10
c) Hiring the right people 5
Interpretation:
According to the above graph analysis it has been identified that 15 out of 30 respondents
said that by providing continuous training is the best practice of talent management strategy
through which HR manager can enhance employee productivity. While on the other hand 10
respondents said that the best practice of talent management is providing security is to
employees. At last 5 respondents out of 30 said that having the right people is the best practice of
talent management strategies that can be utilised by HR manager.
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Theme 4:
Q4) As per your opinion what are the key challenges which HR
manager are experiencing due to lack of Talent Management
Practices?
Frequency
a) Increased employee turnover 20
b) Unsatisfied employees 10
Interpretation:
As per the above mentioned that has been identified that 20 out of 30 respondents said
that the major challenge it HR manager can experience due to lack of talent management is
increase in employee turnover. While on the other hand remaining 10 respondents said that
unsatisfied employees are the major challenge that HR manager can experience to the negligence
of talent management.
Theme 5:
Q5) As per your opinion, what overall impact would talent
management strategies on the job role of HR manager?
Frequency
a) Positive 20
b) Negative 5
c) Neutral impact 5
Interpretation:
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According to the above mentioned graph it has been identified that 20 of 30 respondents
said that there is positive impact of talent management practices on the job role of HR manager.
While on the other hand remaining 5 respondents it will have negative impact upon the job role
of HR. At last 5 respondents out of 30 go with the neutral impact.
Conclusion and recommendation
Conclusion
As per the above-mentioned report it has been concluded that talent management is an
ongoing process that revolves around attracting and retaining employees for longer period of
time. Main aim of talent management is to effectively motivate individuals in order to maximize
their performance for higher growth of organisations. With the help of taking different type of
talent management strategy HR manager of company can not only motivate employees to
organisational goals and objectives but can also enhance productivity of organisation on
simultaneous basis. Talent management play a central role for HR as it helps them to conduct the
HR goals and responsibilities in an effective manner. By taking advantage of talent management
HR manager can enhance skills and provide professional growth opportunities to employees. It
will significantly enhance job satisfaction level of workforce that will not only enhance
organisational productivity in an effective manner but also allow a HR manager to retain
employees for a longer period of time. It has been identified that there are a number of
challenges that can be faced by HR manager due to the negligence or lack of talent management
practices within an organisation. There are number of major factor or challenge at can affect
organisational growth. It is essential for company as it allows organisation to conduct their
operations with experienced and highly talented employees. Thus it is essential for HR manager
to have proper understanding of talent management practices and implement best practices of
talent management within organisations. It will help HR to enhance productivity and
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performance of employees in an effective manner that helps in supporting high productivity of
company.
Recommendation
Talent management play essential role for an organisation and employees as it allow them
to have more access to growth and development opportunity. In this has been recommended to
HR manager to create a healthy workplace environment and ensure staff is having healthy,
positive and safe working environment. In addition to this has been recommended to HR
manager to have successful talent management strategies according to the organisational
structure, culture and goals. It will allow HR manager to make balance between employees need
and organisational objectives. Talent management play essential role for the HR manager jobs,
Thus it is recommended to HR manager to have proper understanding of various talent
management approaches, policies and design integrated and management system in order to
accomplish their business objectives with more effectiveness.
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