BTEC HND Business Unit 11: Talent Management Impact on Morrison's HR

This report examines the impact of talent management on human resource (HR) activities within the supermarket chain Morrison. The research aims to assess the mutual effect of talent management and HR activities on Morrison's success, focusing on determining the roles of talent management and identifying its impact on HR. The study investigates the effects of talent management on HR practices, the specific roles of talent management within Morrison's HR department, challenges faced in managing talent (such as high employee turnover and lack of leadership), and strategies to overcome these challenges, including training and development. The methodology includes a pragmatism philosophy, a deductive research approach, and a survey strategy with a quantitative research choice. Primary data was collected through questionnaires, and secondary data from sources like articles and journals. The report includes data analysis using frequency distribution, interpreting findings on employee knowledge, HR roles, and the impacts of talent management, concluding with insights into challenges and solutions within Morrison's HR context.

Talent Management
Impact on Role HR
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INTRODUCTION
Overview of the research topic
Talent management is the process of identifying vacant post, recruiting suitable personal
and developing skills of an employee. This is an important part of business success and growth.
Talent management is the role of human resource manager that assist business organisation in
achieving of strategic objectives (Islam, 2021). Talent management has direct impact on the role
of HR by reducing high employee turnover, improving satisfaction etc. For this report, Morrison
is a given supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. Company was founded in 1899 by William
Morrison and headquartered in Bradford, England, United Kingdom. Along with this, main
purpose of this report is to identify the major impacts of talent management on human resource
activities of Morrison.
Research aim and objectives
Research aim:
Main aim of this research is “To assess the mutual effect of talent management and
human resources activities on Morrison success.
Research Objectives:
⮚ To determine the major roles played by talent management in Morrison.
⮚ To identify the impact of talent management on the HR role of Morrison.
Rationale of the research
Main reason regarding selection of existing topic is to identify the issues of ineffective
practices of talent management within an organisation. This research is important at personal and
professional level (HATTORI, IKEDA and YOON, 2020). At personal level this research helps
researcher by improving their research skills such as time management, data collection etc.
These skills help them in its personal as well as professional development.
Research questions
⮚ What are the effects of managing talent on the HR practice and practitioners?
⮚ What are the major roles of talent management in context of Morrison’s HR department?
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⮚ What kind of challenges HR faced while managing talent?
⮚ How challenges associated with the management of talent can be overcome by Morrison?
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LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature review introduces to the process of gathering data from secondary sources which
are articles, books, journals and many other sources. There are some research questions that are
used for achieving each objective. Research questions of the present study will be explained as
below:
What are the main effects of talent mangement on the HR practice and practitioners?
According to the Al-Dalahmeh and Héder-Rima (2021), management of talent has direct
effect on the human practice and practitioners of HR. There are some effects of talent
management on the role of HR, which are defined as below:
 Employee turnover: This is a major impact of talent management which is also a role of
human resource. Talent management at workplace helps business organisation in
reducing of high employee turnover within an organisation. This turn to help company in
achievement of competitive advantages within less period of time.
 Wellbeing of employees: As per the view point of Agarwal (2021), this is another main
impact of managing talent at workplace. improving wellbeing of employee is a role of
HR in the working environment of company. This prove that talent management and role
of HR has direct relationship with them.
What are the roles of talent management in context of Morrison’s HR department?
According to the Momtazian (2020), talent management introduces to the process of
systematic attraction, identification, development, retention, engagement and deployment of
those workers who are of specific value to an enterprise. There are some main roles of talent
management that will be explained as below:
 Attract top talent: Talent management helps Morrison in attracting of top talent at
workplace. This turn to impact on them by increasing innovation and creativity that result
in improved productivity.
 Increase employee performance: Management of talent in the workplace support
Morrison by increasing performance of their employees. As talented employee influences
other workers to complete each activity of business in allotted time period.
What kind of challenges HR faced while managing talent?
As per the opinion of Pasaribu and Maulana (2021), there are certain challenges faced by
HR because of ineffective talent management at workplace. Some will be described as below:
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 High employee turnover: This is a biggest issue faced by human resource due to
ineffective management of talent in the workplace. this issue has negative impact on
business performance of Morrison.
 Lack of leadership: This is another biggest challenge of ineffective talent management
faced by HR of Morrison. This issue has negative impact on the growth and success of
company at national as well as international level.
How challenges associated with the management of talent can be overcome by Morrison?
As per the view presented by Holwerda (2021), there are some essential and effective
ways for overcoming challenges associated with talent management. These will be explained as
below:
Training and development: This is an essential way for reducing the challenges linked
with talent management. For this human resource of Morrison have to provide training to their
employees. As it will help in increment of knowledge about business among workforce that
result in improved performance and productivity of employees.
Providing opportunities: Providing the charge of challenging projects to the workers
along with the responsibility and authority of the same, makes them more motivated and
confident.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Methodology is the essential process of collecting and evaluating data through research
instrument. There are various types of research methodologies which will be determined as
below:
Research philosophy: There are basically 2 types of research philosophies such as
pragmatism and interpretivisim. According to the present research, pragmatism philosophy is
used by researcher. Main purpose regarding selection of pragmatism philosophy is it helps in
collecting and evaluating of numerical or quantitative data in minimum period of time.
Research approach: This is the process of analysing data from inductive and deductive
approach. These are two main types of research approaches. Within a study, deductive approach
is more valuable because it supports in analysing of quantitative information. Main purpose
regarding the selection of deductive approach is it not require maximum time and helps in
getting of reliable outcomes (Advan, 2021).
Research strategy: This part of methodology facilitate investigator in collecting of data
through the effective approach of research strategy. There are various approaches of research
strategy, which are experimental, action research, survey, case study etc. These are essential but
according to the exiting topic, survey is a selected research strategy. Main purpose behind
selection of survey is it assist in collecting of numerical data from larger sample.
Quantitative and qualitative research: These are considering two main types of research
choices. In order to conduct present investigation, quantitative is a chosen research choice. As it
assists in collecting of quantitative type of information within allotted time period (Khdour,
2021).
Primary and secondary research: These are two methods of data collection that are used
in current investigation. For collecting primary information regarding the talent management,
questionnaire is used by investigator. In secondary study, there are certain sources including
articles, books, journals, magazines, publication research and many others. All these are selected
sources of secondary data. Therefore, within a study both primary and secondary methods of data
collection are used systematically.
Sampling method: Sampling is important part of methodology for researcher because it
will help them in selection of sample through sampling technique. There are two main
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approaches of sample selection i.e. probability and non-probability. According to the current
study, probability sampling is a selected technique. Main purpose about the choosing of
probability sampling is it supports in selection of larger sample in less period. By using
probability sampling, 20 employees of Morison are selected randomly.
Research instruments: This is essential section of the methodology that have different
instruments such as observation, focus group, observation, questionnaire, interview etc. These
are important instruments of the research but for collecting data regarding the talent
management, questionnaire is used by researcher (Mishra and Venkatesan, 2021). Main purpose
regarding the selection of questionnaire is it give numerical information about the topic in
minimum period of time.
Cost: This is a main factor of conducting both primary and secondary research in systematic
manner. In order to complete both types of research, there is requirement of £1400 (around).
Therefore, without insiffienct amount of capital, researcher not able in completing of full
dissertation successfully.
Access: It is important for researcher to have proper access of doing both primary and secondary
research in systematic manner. For conducting primary research, researcher must have full
access from employees of Morison. For secondary research, investigator must have full access of
using books, websites etc. sources. Therefore, access is also important for conducting both types
of researcher i.e. primary and secondary successfully (Özçelik and Uyargil, 2021).
Ethical issues: There are various considerations of the ethics that must be follow by
investigator by conducting this investigation. These are informed consent, conflict of interest,
integrity, respect for person etc. These are main principles that must be flowing within a research
with purpose of completing each activity ethically.
Timeline: Time is essential part of the report because it helps in completion of full project
within allotted time period. Gantt chart of the current project will be shown as below:
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DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS
This is the process of evaluating data gathered from research instrument. In accordance to
the current project, data was gathered from questionnaire and for analysing such type of data,
frequency distribution analysis is followed (Bizri, Wahbi and Al Jardali, 2021). This will be
shown as below:
Frequency distribution table
Q1 Do you have knowledge regarding the impact of talent management
within Morrison?
Frequency
a) Yes 15
b) No 5
Q2 What are the main roles played by human resource of Morrison? Frequency
a) Selection and recruitment 7
b) Training and development 7
c) Talent management 6
Q3 What are the impact of talent management on the role of HR? Frequency
a) Employee retention 7
b) Increase productivity of employee 6
c) Higher employee’s satisfaction 7
Q4 What are the importance of talent management for Morrison? Frequency
a) Improves business performance 7
b) Drives innovation 6
c) Motivates others to grow 7
Q5 What kind of challenges HR faced while managing talent? Frequency
a) Lack of participation among employees 7
b) High employee turnover 7
c) Reduced efficiency 6
Q6 What are the main ways of overcoming the issues associated with talent
mangement?
Frequency
a) Providence of training 8
b) Increasing satisfaction 6
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c) Increasing motivation 6
Question 1: Knowledge regarding the impact of talent management within Morrison
Q1 Do you have knowledge regarding the impact of talent management
within Morrison?
Frequency
a) Yes 15
b) No 5
Interpretation: It has been interpreted that most of the respondents had accurate
understanding regarding the impact of talent management within a workplace. For this statement
15 said yes, while 5 said no because they don’t have any idea regarding the same.
Question 2: Main roles played by human resource of Morrison
Q2 What are the main roles played by human resource of Morrison? Frequency
a) Selection and recruitment 7
b) Training and development 7
c) Talent management 6
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Interpretation: There are various roles played by human resource of Morrison. 7 out of
20 employees said as selection and recruitment is a main role. Other 7 had knowledge as
providence of training and development is a main role. Remaining 6 participants said as
management of talent in the workplace is a biggest role of HR.
Question 3: Impact of talent management on the role of HR
Q3 What are the impact of talent management on the role of HR? Frequency
a) Employee retention 7
b) Increase productivity of employee 6
c) Higher employee’s satisfaction 7
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