Effective Talent Management Strategies: Debenhams Case Study Report

This report delves into talent management strategies, using Debenhams as a case study to analyze how the company attracts and retains employees. It outlines the project aims, objectives, and research questions, focusing on the importance of talent management within an organization. The report includes a project management plan covering cost, time, scope, quality, communication, risk, and resources. It also features a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart for project planning and scheduling. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of talent management strategies for business success, specifically the ability to attract and retain employees. The report provides a comprehensive overview of talent management principles and their practical application in a real-world business context, making it a valuable resource for understanding and implementing effective talent management practices.

Managing a successful
business project is talent
management

Table of Contents
Title..................................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1) Project aims and objectives..................................................................................................1
P2) A project management plan..................................................................................................2
P3) Produce work breakdown structure and Gantt chart............................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Title
“To identify the strategies that is implemented by an organisation to make appropriate
use of attraction and retention of employee's. A case study on Debenhams.
INTRODUCTION
The managing of a business is completely dependent over the inducement of different
strategies and policies through which working performance and its credibility is developed in
repetitive basis. In this talent-management always plays an essential role under which long term
sustainability and adequateness is implemented in constrained mode by which accomplishment
of both short and long term goal is achieved with perfection (Bell and Harrison, 2018). The
report below is based on Debenhams that is a multinational retailer and operate its business
through departmental stores. The report below include project aim, objectives and time-frame
about talent-management.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
P1) Project aims and objectives
Overview of the Research: The research is based on talent-management that is required
within the business to achieve and target standardised goals and target. In relation to Debenhams
they have implement various strategies and policies by which attraction and retention of
employees is processed so that long term success is achieved with perfection.
Aim: “To identify the strategies that is implemented by an organisation to make
appropriate use of attraction and retention of employee's. A case study on Debenhams.
Objectives:
 To analyse the importance of talent-management in an organisation.
 To measure the basic knowledge and importance of talent-management within business.
 To identify the principles that is implemented by the business to attract and retain
employee's. To determine the significant impact of talent-management within the working operations
of business.
Research questions:
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 Explain the importance of talent-management in an organisation.
 What is basic knowledge and importance of talent-management within business.
 Explain principles that is induce by business in order to perform talent-management.
 What are the principles that is implemented by the business to attract and retain
employee's.
 What are the significant impact of talent-management within the working operations of
business.
P2) A project management plan
It is a plan that is used to prerequisite the plan under which accomplishment of target and
objectives is processed with perfection. In this long term efficiency and effectiveness is
processed through which researcher get to know about various measures and it is as explained
below as:
 Cost: It is a aspect that reflect adequate amount which is assigned by the researcher in
order to complete the task and activities within stipulated period of instance of with
perfection (Berger, 2020). It assist researcher to assigned adequate cost to different
activities by which effective outcome is developed.
 Time: It provide adequate understanding about the research completion and for that
researcher complete the research within 3 months as it help to segment overall task in
timely basis so that objectives is attained with perfection. Scope: It offers better understanding about accomplishment of objectives through which
goal of research is completed in timely frame or with satisfactoriness.
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 Quality: It offer sustained outcome that is achieved by the researcher as after completion
of research within timely basis. In this respective data is collected and implemented so
that long term perfection within working standards is addressed. Communication: It is a prospect in which better interaction is developed in between the
researcher and respondents by which task is completed with perfection and better
suitability (Chen and Yang, 2019). In this authentic outcome is developed by which
desirable outcome is conceived. Risk: It is a factor under which various possibilities is analysed by which sustained focus,
concern and developed is attained by which all the complex situation is controlled. In this
researcher conduct adequate analysis so that long tern success is achieved.
 Resources: It include relevant utilisation of resources through which effective outcome is
achieved as per accomplishment of sustained objectives in flexible mode. In this
researcher need human resource, internet services, equipments, computers etc. so that
productive ending is resulted with adequateness.
P3) Produce work breakdown structure and Gantt chart
Gantt chart: It is a chart that is defined under bar chart through which project planning
and programming is implemented in clear mode. It is used to assist better planning and
scheduling of task by which complexity is reduced and managed in ordinate mode.
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Work Breakdown structure: It is a structure that is used to segment various task and
activities into different slots so that better understanding of goals and objectives is estimated with
systematic manner (De Boeck, Meyers and Dries, 2018). It is basically deliver oriented structure
in which organised outcome is conceived as by managing different sections successfully.
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that managing of a small business is always
be processed with support of various strategies that is implemented as per the suitability of time.
In this management make ensure that talent management is induced within the business so that
ability to attract and retain its potential working employee's.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bell, J. and Harrison, B.T. Eds., 2018. Vision and values in managing education: Successful
leadership principles and practice. Routledge.
Berger, L.A., 2020. Talent Management: Handbook. MGH.
Chen, C. H. and Yang, Y. C., 2019. Revisiting the effects of project-based learning on students’
academic achievement: A meta-analysis investigating moderators. Educational
Research Review. 26. pp.71-81.
De Boeck, G., Meyers, M.C. and Dries, N., 2018. Employee reactions to talent management:
Assumptions versus evidence. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 39(2). pp.199-213.
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