Research Proposal: Talent Management for Productivity at JW Marriott

This research proposal investigates the effectiveness of talent management strategies within organizations, specifically focusing on JW Marriott as a case study. The introduction highlights the importance of talent management in hiring, retaining, and developing employees to meet company goals. The proposal outlines the aim to analyze the impact of talent management on productivity and business success, with objectives including understanding talent management as a strategic approach, investigating its relationship with operational efficiency, and analyzing the role of leaders and managers. The research will employ a qualitative approach using questionnaires and an inductive approach for in-depth analysis, with random sampling of 30 employees. The literature review references key studies emphasizing the importance of talent management in improving job performance, productivity, and employee engagement. The proposal concludes with recommendations for implementing talent management practices and integrating reward management to improve employee skills and retention. The research aims to answer key questions about defining talent management and its relationship with operational efficiency.

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Table of Contents
RESEARCH PROPOSAL...............................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
P1. Research proposal with Literature review.............................................................................3
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................5
RECOMMENDATION...............................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

RESEARCH PROPOSAL
INTRODUCTION
Talent management within organization is not attracting right people it is known as the
continuous process that includes hiring, sourcing, retaining, developing, promoting while
meeting the requirements of the firm. This concept provides the career development and
promotional opportunities for the staff members that involve succession, career paths as well as
job opportunities.
P1. Research proposal with Literature review
Background of Research: Talent management is one of the most effective approach
which needs to be implemented by organization, as this helps them in enhancing skills and talent
of workers. It is process in which company is been engaged in hiring, recruiting and retaining
effective talent. This process supports organization in improving their operational efficiency.
Aim:
“To analyse effectiveness of talent management in order to raise productivity and
enhancing business organization success. - A case study on JW Marriott”
Objectives:
 To understand the conceptual framework of talent management as strategic approach.
 To investigate relationship between talent management and operational efficiency.
 To analyse benefits of managing talent in business to improve JW Marriott’s
productivity.
 To analyse role of leaders and managers in managing talent.
 To evaluate new and innovative ways of working to achieve a strategic approach to talent
management.
Rationale
This report will help in identifying effectiveness of talent management and how it
beneficial in achieving goals and objectives. Also it will help in finding out role of manager and
leader in managing talent.
Research Questions:
 How can you define talent management as strategic approach?
 What is the relationship between talent management and operational efficiency?
Research methodology:

Research type: There are two types of research that is Qualitative and Quantitative. For
present report qualitative report will be used. Qualitative data with questionnaire will be used for
research.
Research approach: There are two types of approaches that is inductive and deductive. In
order to conduct research, researchers will make use of inductive approach. It will assist
researcher in doing in depth research.
Data collection: There are two methods of data collection one is primary and other is
secondary. For present report primary approach will be used. Questionnaire will be made in
study.
Sampling: For present research, random sampling method will be used. It will be
conducted on 30 respondents which are employees.
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Literature review:
As per the view of Davis and et.al., (2016) talent management is the process of hiring,
recruiting, selecting, coordinating with the effective talent in organization. Managing talent can
assist firm in increasing job performance and productivity of organization. It helps hospitality
organization in reaching out their short term as well as long term goals and objectives. Talent can
be managed by providing employees with better training and learning so that their skills get
improves and they are able to meet out company’s vision and mission.
On the other hand, stated that Thunnissen, (2016) in order to manage talent hospitality
organization must be engaged in providing employees with better working conditions. So that
they can retain them. It will also help firm in creating employee’s engagement. They will
become more royal towards organization. Talent management means employer must be engaged
in placing right people with right resources on right job. This will help them in increasing
efficiency and productivity of firm. It will also help them in making effective utilization of
organizations most valuable asset that is human resource. Talent management can help firm in
growing.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that talent management is one of the most effective approach which
needs to be implemented by organization. This enables in retaining of employees and increasing
their productivity.
RECOMMENDATION
There are some recommendation which can be followed:
Here, company can follow several practices of talent management which will help in improving
skills and abilities of staff.
The can integrate reward management practice into it which will be useful in retaining of
employees.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Davis, T. and et.al., 2016. Talent assessment: A new strategy for talent management. Routledge.
Thunnissen, M., 2016. Talent management: For what, how and how well? An empirical
exploration of talent management in practice. Employee Relations.38(1). pp.57-72.

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