Research Proposal: Talent Management Impact on HR at Next Plc

This research proposal investigates the impact of talent management on the role of Human Resources, with a specific focus on enhancing employee performance and productivity within Next Plc. The study aims to define talent management concepts, assess its significance in improving employee outcomes, and identify its benefits for both employees and the company. The research employs a positivism philosophy and a deductive approach, utilizing a case study methodology and quantitative data analysis, including primary and secondary data collection methods. The proposal outlines the research objectives, questions, literature sources, activities, timescales, and ethical considerations, including participant recruitment and data collection methods. The proposal also details the use of a Gantt chart for time management and the application of research methodologies, such as research philosophy, approach, strategy, and data collection techniques, to ensure a comprehensive and rigorous investigation into the influence of talent management on HR practices and overall organizational success.

Research Project

Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date: ___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: ______________________________________________
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question,
objective or hypothesis)
Research title: The impact of talent management on the role of HR
Research aim:
The aim of this research is “to identify the importance of talent management in order to
enhance the performance and productivity of employees”. A case study on Next Plc.
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?):
Research objectives:
 To determine the concept of talent management within an organisation.
 To identify the significance of talent management to improve the performance of
employees.
 To determine the benefits of talent management for both employees and Next Plc.
Research questions:
 Describe the concept of talent management within an organisation?
 Explain the significance of talent management to improve the performance of
employees?
 What are the benefits of talent management for both employees and Next Plc?

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):
The main reason for conducting this research on the topic of the importance of talent
management improve the productivity and performance of employees in order to understand
and learn about the working manner of organisations and their strategies to manage the talent.
The retail sector is considered as the Rapid growing industry around the world and for this they
need best manpower in terms of continuously growing and achieving success. In this context
the managers need to opt best motivational strategies that positively impact the performance
and productivity of employees and company as well. Managers also need to provide and
conduct suitable training programs in order to provide proper guidance and instructions to their
employees by which they can perform with full potential. Retail sector is also being motivated
in order to make effective use of raw materials and resources which are available to them by
providing guidance to their employees regarding the optimum use of resources. With the help
of this research the main objective is fulfilled by exploring the various trends and methods of
talent management within the retail sector and also promote the motivational techniques in
their practices. Moving towards another reason for performing this research is to analyse the
benefits of talent management in order to improve the performance and productivity in regard
of performing their businesses and also prominently focus on giving the productivity and
performance high.

Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective
or hypothesis:
To determine the concept of talent management within an organisation
According to the perspective of Momtazian, (2020), Talent management is considered as the
constant process that involves the attraction and retention of high quality of workforce in terms
of developing their skills and prominently motivate them to improve their performance. The
basic objective of talent management is to create a motivated workforce who stay in the
organisation for the longer period of time. Talent management is the responsibility of Human
Resource Management why increasing the value of workforce as it helps in improving the
performance of business with the help of various components like Rapid talent allocation
strategic HR team and positive employee experience. Talent management lead to permit
organisations to stay competitive in order to become stronger and also prepared to face risk
and changes in the business environment.
To identify the significance of talent management to improve the performance of employees
According to the perspective of Momtazian, (2020),Talent management is important in order to
manage Their employees regarding the development of their skills and capabilities to retain
them for the longer period of time. It is also essential to attract top talent that offer suitable
opportunity to the organisation as it creates employer brand that attract potential Talent by
contributing towards improvement of business performance and organisations. Talent
management as important as it requires critical skills in order to plan and address the important
and specialised rose in the workforce. For this company need to continuously flow the
employees in order to fill the critical roles in terms of running their operations smoothly and
also provide extra workload for others. With the help of talent management company can

easily enhance the performance of employees and leads to manage and eliminate the issues
and grievances that occur within an organisation and also become barrier regarding their
success.
To determine the benefits of talent management for both employees and Next Plc
According to the perspective of Holliday, (2021), Talent management make sure that
organisations recruit best employees in the organisation by developing suitable challenges and
also compensate them effectively. Organisations with effective talent management strategies
tense to beat the competition in market. From the perspective of next PLC talent management
is beneficial for having the better recruitment as it is still competitive for the company to have
qualified talent. Moreover, effective process and Technology helps in Planning workforce
applicant tracking and Analytics which is important for having an effective recruiting process.
From the perspective of employee’s career advancement is suitable benefit for them as
organisations provide training and development opportunities in order to perform suitable
goals and engage employees into business decisions in order to stay longer with company.
Talent management system leads to make things easy to track objectives and match employees
towards right opportunities and help them regarding the progress in their careers.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals
What is Talent Management and Why is It Important?. 2020. [Online] Available through <
https://expert360.com/resources/articles/talent-management-important>./
What is Talent Management and Why is It Important?. 2020. [Online] Available through <
https://expert360.com/resources/articles/talent-management-important>./
10 Benefits of a Talent Management System. 2020. [Online] Available through <
https://www.netsuite.com/portal/resource/articles/human-resources/talent-management-
benefits.shtml>./
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):
How long this
will take:

Milestone one: _________________
Target date (set by tutor): ____________________
Milestone two: _______________________
Target date (set by tutor): ______________________
Gantt Chart
Gantt chart is considered as the effective time management technique which is useful for the
researcher in order to offer prominent information and details undertaking the beginning and
ending of data considering each and every activity.

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 methodology is important process for the researcher as it is helpful for them in order
to conduct suitable research by considering suitable Tools and techniques in the best possible
manner in regard of supporting the conclusion with a strong outcome. In regard of following
the process the research onion Framework is useful by holding the different stages and
different methods in terms of determining the effectiveness of every stage for completing the
research in evident manner. There are several players of Mrs and Framework which are
discussed below:
Research philosophy: It is the first layer of the process in which the researcher takes to select
an effective philosophy in terms of evaluating and gathering the information for the prospective
topic of the study. There are two prominent types of philosophies including interpretivism and

positivism as both the research philosophy are beneficial for the investigator at the time of
conducting the research in in an effective manner but for the present research project
positivism research philosophy is considered as valuable.
Research approach: Research approach will be followed by conducting the research for
analysing and collecting the suitable information regarding the topic which is the importance of
talent management in organisation to enhance the performance and productivity of
employees. In this context there are two various types of research approaches including
deductive and inductive and for the present research study deductive approach is useful
because it is helpful in order to analyse and evaluate the quantitative data to conduct the
research in the less cost and given period of time. Furthermore, the research approaches
beneficial for conducting the best testing of the numerical information.
Research strategy: It is the next stage of research strategy as there are various types of
Saturday is including experiment interview case study survey and many more. In this context
the present study describes the strategies which are useful and enable the researcher to collect
both secondary and primary information from the most reliable and valid sources.
Research choice: It is the essential part of research methodology that from the focus on the
suitable type of data which is required to examine and collect information by the researcher.
The research choice exists among the qualitative and quantitative manner. In terms of the
present research quantitative research toys is useful in terms of collecting numerical data from
the reliable sources considering the cost-effective manner.
Time horizon: It is the effective research methodology while talking about the time which is
important source considered by the researcher at the time of conducting the research to finish
the work in successful manner and also the given period of time. The time Horizon is also of two
types including the cross sectional and longitudinal and in the present research cross sectional
approach is taken into consideration which is useful and terms of achieving objectives of the
research in the given period of time and completing all the activities in the suitable time period.
Data collection: There are various methods in which information can be corrected and it is also
divided under two methods including primary and secondary techniques. For the present
research primary and secondary both form of data Collection methods are useful for the

researcher.
Sampling: It is the suitable process of selecting a respective sample from the population either
by probability on non-probability sampling method. In terms of the present research probability
sampling is useful as there are 40 respondents selected from the workplace.
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)
Comments (Optional):
I confirm that the project is appropriate.
Agreed /Disagree: (Name of the IV)
Date

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:
“The impact of talent management on the role of HR”
Student name:
Student ID number:
Programme:
College Name:
Intended research start date:
Intended research end date:
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?
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)?
The two approaches of recruitment that is non-probability and probability. As per the report,
probability sampling will be applied for recruiting 40 staff of Next Plc.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
E-mail, written and oral presentation will be chosen.
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?
For obtaining consent from recruited respondents, all data about the investigation will be given
effectively which is in written form.
Studies involving questionnaires: will participants be given the option of omitting questions that do
not wish to answer?
Yes No
If no please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from this

Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their informed
consent to be observed.
Yes No
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e give them a brief explanation of the
study)?
Yes No
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study?(This could be a brief
summary of your findings in general)
Yes No
Section 4: Data Storage and Security
Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the Data Protection
Act (1998)
Yes No
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
During the research:

Where will the data be stored?
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used
Yes No
If Yes, please provide further details:
After the research:
Where will the data be stored?
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
Will data be kept for use by other researchers? Yes No
Section 5 : Ethical Issues
Are there any particular features of your proposed work, which may raise ethical concerns? If so,
please outline how you will deal with these:
It is important that you demonstrate your awareness of potential risks that may arise because of your
research. Please consider/address all issues that may apply. Ethical concerns may include, but are not
limited to the following :
 Informed consent.
 Potentially vulnerable participants.
 Sensitive topics
 Risk to participants and /or researchers
 Confidentiality/anonymity
 Disclosures/ limits to confidentiality
 Data storage and security, both during and after the research (including transfer, sharing,
encryption, protection).

 Reporting
 Dissemination and use of your findings.
Section 6: Declaration
I have read, understood and will abide by the institution’s Research and Ethics Policy: Yes
No
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Unit Tutor:
Yes No
I confirm that to the best of my knowledge:
The above information is correct, and this is a full description of the ethical issues that may
arise in the course of my research
Name: Date:
Please submit your completed form to your supervisor and also attach to the Research Proposal
when submitting to Turnitin.