Managing a Successful Business Project: Talent Management at Sainsbury

This report details a project focused on talent management within Sainsbury's, a major UK supermarket chain. The project begins with an introduction to talent management and its importance, followed by the formulation of aims, objectives, and research questions. It explores the conceptual framework of talent management, identifies challenges faced by Sainsbury's, and examines strategies for employee retention and management. The report includes a project management plan outlining costs, scope, timeframes, quality control, and resource allocation. A work breakdown structure and Gantt chart are used to visualize project timelines. The research methodology encompasses both primary and secondary research methods. The report presents research findings, analyzes data using appropriate tools, and offers recommendations based on the analysis. Finally, it reflects on the value of the project and its impact on the student's learning and performance. Appendices include a performance review template.

Managing a
Successful Business
Project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1. Devising aims and objectives of project of selected scenario...............................................3
P2 Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality and
resource........................................................................................................................................6
P3 A work breakdown structure and use of Gantt chart to providing time frames.....................7
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................................10
P4 Carrying small scale research applying primary and secondary methods ...........................10
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................13
P5: Present findings and data using appropriate tools and techniques......................................13
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................21
P6. Communicating appropriate recommendations as result of findings and data analysis valid
and meaning conclusion.............................................................................................................21
P7. Reflecting on values of undertaking the project to meet states objectives and own learning
as well as performance...............................................................................................................22
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................22
APPENDICES 2............................................................................................................................25
Performance Review Template..................................................................................................27

INTRODUCTION
All organization requires qualified and skilled employees who can understand their goals
and perform their roles and responsibilities clearly. This is important for each industry to focus
on have skilled and talented people that can accept the challenges and work effectively. Talent is
said to the ability of a person to perform particular activity or function in order to make
perfection. It can be inborn, develop, and learn with the time which can help to develop the
business performance and productivity (Vaiman and et.al., 2018). Talent management explained
as an activity in which industry attracts, retain, and manage the workforce for accomplishing the
goals and objectives. If there is no management of staff then it will be difficult for organisation
to complete the task timely and manage the good performance.
To understand about this Sainsbury has taken that is large size supermarket providing
range of products and services at retail prices with the help to talent management. This is the
largest chain of supermarket in UK that founded in 1869, by John James Sainsbury with a shop
in Dury Lane. The management of such organisation focuses on talent management and
managing the employees. The present report covers aims, objectives, and time frames, small
scale research by gathering information and data collection, communication and
recommendation. Moreover, it involves reflection on value gained from conducting the project.
TASK 1
P1. Devising aims and objectives of project of selected scenario
Overview- The topic is all about talent management which means to arranging and
managing the employees at the workplace which can help to increase the organisational
performance. In an industry different types of people are residing where culture and working
method is different that might be hampered the business activities. This is important for
management to understand the task and allocate the work between employees according to their
abilities and skills which helps to increase business productivity (Anlesinya and Amponsah-
Tawiah,m 2020).
Aims and objectives
Project topic
“To study of talent management and its impacts on organizational performance”.
Project aim

“A study of talent management and its impacts on organizational performance”.
Research objectives
 To identify the basic knowledge and concept of talent management in the organization.
 To identify the challenges faced by Sainsbury due to talent management.
 To determine the strategies which used by Sainsbury to retaining and managing
employees?
Research questions
 What is the conceptual framework of talent management at the workplace?
 What are the main challenges faced by Sainsbury due to talent management?
 What are the strategies that used by Sainsbury for the purpose of retaining and managing
employees?
Project Rationale
The main object of this project is to know the importance of talent management and how
it impacts on organizational performance. This project will help to increase the understanding
regarding managing human being at the workplace and developing the business performance by
placing skilled people at right place.
Literature Review
The conceptual framework of talent management at the workplace
According to Ambrosius (2018), talent management is the regular process of attracting
and retaining the high quality of staff who works in organization and accomplishing the task
properly. As employees are the assets of organization who understand the goals and give their
contribution in activities which can help to develop the business performance. Talent
management is the activity of recruiting and selecting the talented people who performs their
roles and responsibilities clearly by managing all functions effectively. This is important aspects
for each industry as it brings the changes in strategies and improve the business activities. In
industries nothing more crucial than placing right employees at the right position. In relation to
Sainsbury, talent management is important as management is playing the vital role to recruit and
select the right person in the organization who manages the all function of producing, selling,
marketing, financing, accounting, and others that can help to increase the complete the decided
goals and managing the good performance. If there is no talented people then difficulties may
arises in managing the business activities.

The main challenges faced by Sainsbury due to talent management
As per view point of Thomas (2020), talent management use by management for
recognising individual's inherent skills, personality, traits, and ability that matches with job and
developing the business performance. It is obvious that every person has unique talent that suits a
particular job profile and position at which they are performing. This productivity and
profitability of organization might be hampered due to talent management as poor hiring
strategies, and ineffective leadership that creates the problem in operation and running the
business properly. Sainsbury is large size supermarket that faced the problem of low productivity
and performance due to talent management. This organization is facing currently challenges of
retaining high performers, aligning of current and future talent needs, improving organizational
profitability, and increasing employees turnover. The management of selected company is not
able to retain highly skilled employees because employees feels demotivation and workload
which create the problem of keeping staff for long period. The another challenge is integration
between current and future needs as employees are unable to understand what they needs to do
and they works with traditional method that affected the productivity.
As per view point of Gupta (2019), The employees turnover rates is increasing day day
day in Sainsbury as employees feels dissatisfaction, low morale, negative behaviour and
absenteeism due to talent management. For each organization it is important to focus on
employee's needs and motivation then make efforts to provide them which can help to develop
the business performance and productivity efficiently.
The strategies that used by Sainsbury for the purpose of retaining and managing employees
According to Hughes (2018), managing and retaining employees is critical task for
organization as it compete for talent in a tight economy . This means employees are main
part of business industry who analysis the functions and give their contribution to manage the all
functions and activities. If there is proper alignment and connection between employer and
employees then it will be opportunity to develop the business performance. In relation to
Sainsbury, management is required to follow different strategies such as recognising retention,
start with recruiting, providing ongoing education, offer right benefits, motivating the employees
and using leverage technology that can help to arrange the all functions and activities. The
management should be identify the vacancy and fill them by placing the talented people at right
place. The management should know the needs and problems of employees which are pertaining

in organization and must provide the compensation and benefits that can help to motivate them
and supports to manage and retain the employees at the workplace. This helps to increase the
organizational productivity and profitability by managing staff and completing task properly.
P2 Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality and
resource
A project management plan is defined as main aspect of any project which are mainly
used to operate the all functions and activities. This is important for all organisation to have
specific plan or strategies which can be used to complete the project timely by managing all
functions. In relation to current project of talent management there is need to focus on various
aspects such as:
Cost of the project: The current research is small scale that is conduced by using cost
efficient manner. It is important for researcher to focus on project and analysis the cost which
arises while doing the project. The cost is defined below:
Activities Estimated costs
Project management fees £200
Analysing the specific participants for survey £250
Conducting interview and selecting best talent £300
Assessment of information and data £100
Using the instrument for survey £200
Transportation cost £400
Miscellaneous £100
Total £1550
Scope of the study: The scope of project is contacted by management of organization
who contributes in organizational activities and performance. The research in this study, tries to
understand the concept of talent management and its important at the workplace which helps to
increase the organizational performance. By focusing on particular topic researcher will enhance
own skills and abilities to study on more topics (Latukha and Veselova, 2019).
Time of project: This means a fixed period or time which is required to complete the
particular task or project. It is important for project manager to understand the goals and make
efforts to complete the project timely. In relation to current project of managing and retaining

employees will be complete within 7 weeks that will help to develop the organizational
productivity.
Quality: To perform any project or task quality is major aspect which needs to take care
the project specifically. The activities and functions should be completed within quality standard
which can be maintain by conducting research. With reference to current project qualitative
research will be use by researcher as it helps to collect reliable and relevant information time to
time.
Communication: For completing and managing any project there is need to have proper
communication and planning which can help to reduce the barriers or risk in relation to project.
The staff members and employers who indulge in current project being use open and effective
communication by using emails, meeting, messages and text that helps to accomplish the project
timely (Latukha, 2018).
Risk: While doing any task or project there is chance of risk which arises during the
working. This is important for project management to analysis the risk and get a proper solution
which helps to develop the activities. In relation to current project, financial risk, managing
human resource risk, and time management risk might be arise that affects the productivity
negatively.
Resources: To complete the study different resources such as books, journal, technology
system, internet and others are use to manage the all functions.
P3 A work breakdown structure and use of Gantt chart to providing time frames
Work breakdown structure: This refers as a chart which uses in managing project and
engineering system for the purpose of completing project. As many task arises in the
organization that needs to be accomplish timely by allocating the work between employees. A
WBS is a deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work that can be execute by
project team in order to accomplish the project (Maurya, and Agarwal, 2018). All the work is
required to be identify, estimated, scheduled and budgeted which can help to manage the all
functions and activities. A work break down structure is used by project management to allocate
the longer task in to small task so that it can be done properly. Such as management of Sainsbury
using WBS to divide the work in relation to talent management in to several task which supports
to compete the project timely. The WBS of Sainsbury is described below:

Gantt Chart: A Gantt chart is a diagram that shows the schedule or time period in which
different types of activities and functions can be arrange rightly. This states beginning date of
work to ending date that supports to complete the project properly. The project management of
Sainsbury improve the team work by managing software radically and handling the risk.

TASK 2
P4 Carrying small scale research applying primary and secondary methods
The current research is about talent management which is undertaken by research to
develop the knowledge and understanding in specific area. There are two basic methods which
used by researcher for accomplishing task properly. The two methods are as explained:
Qualitative method: This can be explained as research method which uses to collect data
and information through open ended communication. This involve first hand observation,
interview, questionnaire that supports to collect information. The project management is using
qualitative method to gather the information regarding talent management and managing
employees.
Quantitative method: This method is uses by researcher to quantifying the collection
and analysis of data. In the current research, quantitative data will help to develop the knowledge
and managing the all activities (Mensah, 2019).
There are different research tool which used to conduct the research such as:
Research philosophy: This means a technique which use to collect data for the purpose
of conducting research and managing the informations. There are two philosophies such as
positivism and interpretivism. The project management is using positivism approach to collect
information and accomplish project.
Research approach: The approach is defined as plan and procedure that helps to collect
data on the basis of assumptions. In relation to current project, deductive approach is being use to
increase understanding and reaching the conclusion.
Research Strategies: The research strategies is explained as planning which uses to
managing information. In relation to present research, researcher is focusing on interview, and
case study in order to conduct research.
Data collection: This refers as the process of gathering and managing the information
which use by researcher to collect data on the basis of primary and secondary. The two method
of data collection is primary and secondary that uses bases on the project. Primary data is driven
from first hand sources such as survey, questionnaire, experiments and others. Whereas,
secondary data are driven through already available resources which can help to develop the
project timely. In relation to current project, management has been used primary as well as

secondary data that can help to get actual information regarding talent management and its
important by using different sources.
Time horizon: This refers as time framework which uses to complete the particular
project timely. In relation to current project time horizon is 7 weeks that means task will be
completed in this period.
Research Instruments: This can be explained as tool which use to obtain, measure and
analysing the data in relation to particular topic which helps to develop the understanding and
reaching the targets. The researcher has use the questionnaire, survey and others for managing all
informations.
Data analysis: A process of inspecting, knowing, transforming and discovering the
useful information for the purpose of making decisions. The researcher used qualitative data
analysis method to analyse the data.
Ethical issues: According to this tool, all information should be based on ethics and
systematic which can help to get proper response. The researcher ensures that all information
which are collected by research followed ethical principle and relevancy that complete the
project timely (Muratbekova‐Touron, Kabalina and Festing, 2018).
Sampling: This is the process of selecting people for the purpose of getting proper
respond from the number of people. This states participants and candidates who indulge in
project activity and function. In relation to current research there are total of 40 respondent who
give their views and responds at different questions that can help to manage the all information
and getting the conclusion. The questions which asked to the respondent in Sainsbury that are as
defined:
Questionnaire
Q)Who are employee of organization that can contribute in business performance?
a.) Male
b.) Female
c.) Third gender
Q) What is the working environment of Sainsbury?
a.) Healthy workplace
b.) Creative and innovative

c.) Open communication environment
Q) How payment should be provides to employees?
a.) Basis of their performance and experience
b.) Equal payment
c.) Different remuneration to all
Q) Does training is important for employees with Sainsbury?
a.) Yes
b.) No
Q1) Do you know about talent management?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) What are the components of talent management?
a) Talent acquisition and retention
b) Learning and motivating
c) Strategic employees planning
d) Succession planning
Q3) Why Sainsbury needs talent management and managing the employees?
a) Making feel employees engaged
b) Developing employees skills and motivation
c) Increasing business performance
Q4) Does talent management is important for employer and employees to improve
organizational performance?
a) Yes
b) No
O5) What are the different basis of managing and retaining talent?
a) Identifying vacancy
b) Attracting and recruiting best employees
c) Compensation and benefits to staff