Research Proposal: Effective Talent Management Strategies for Success

This report is a research proposal focusing on effective talent management strategies for organizational success, specifically examining the case of H&M. The research aims to explore various talent management strategies, assess their impact on employee performance, and identify challenges faced due to ineffective talent management. The proposal outlines the research objectives, questions, and the rationale for selecting this topic, highlighting its relevance to both personal and professional development. The report includes a literature review, detailing key strategies such as job description clarity, candidate assessment, and employee development. The methodology section describes the research approach, including the use of positivism philosophy, deductive approach, survey strategy, quantitative research choice, questionnaire instruments, cross-sectional time horizon, and probability sampling. The report also addresses research limitations, data collection methods, and ethical considerations, including participant consent and data storage. The project includes a Gantt chart and ethical approval form.

Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date: ___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: _Effective talent management strategies for successful
organisations
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question, objective or
hypothesis)
Research Aim
The purpose of this research is to examine effective talent management strategies
along with their importance in improving business performance. A study on H&M
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?):
Objectives
 To examine various strategies of talent management used within an organisation
 To identify the impact of talent management on performance of employees within
H&M
 To determine the challenges faced by H&M because of ineffective talent management
Research questions
 What are the various strategies of talent management used within an
organisation?
 What is the impact of talent management on performance of employees within
H&M?
 What are the challenges faced by H&M because of ineffective talent
management?
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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):
This research is chosen to bring out information and understand about effective talent
management strategies for the improvement of overall performance of an organisation.
This research is conducted because H&M is facing challenge of high employment
turnover due to lack of talent management. These are considered as major reasons for
selecting this project as it would help in enhancing knowledge and information. The
another cause to choose this study is that it assists in fulfilling two perspectives:
professional and personal. In personal approach different strategies of talent
management are used to adopt these in my personality. The next advantage with this
research is that to understand the impact of talent management in performance of
employees and learn about these impact for future use in my professional career that
would help me to get success. It has improved my understanding and learning skills
that would help me in my future work.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question,
objective or hypothesis:
Various strategies of talent management used within an
organisation
According to Sparrow, (2019), talent management is that part of an organisation and
firm that are totally dedicated to working, all they do is attracting, retaining and
developing the best workforce, employees and persons in the market. It helps firms to
increase the potential of their workforce. Some of the strategies of talent management
include understanding the job descriptions, organisation should clearly outline the
description what they want from candidates. It should specify title of the job, duties
they have to perform, relationships of work, salary and perks and so on. Assessing
candidates that would into the culture of a company by screening potential employees
by their language, ambitions, voice tone, values and so on. Talent management is a full
time job mainly in large sized firms because in these companies employees are from
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different place with different skills. Management of this resource is quite difficult so
there arises the requirement of strategies to retain best one from different alternatives.
The various strategies are job description power, recruiting top talent, development of
employees by training programs, giving rewards and recognition.
Impact of talent management on performance of employees within
H&M
According to Anlesinya and Amponsah-Tawiah, (2020), talent management plays a vital
role in a strategy of an organisations because it helps in managing very important asset
that is human workforce. Talent management has positive impact on performance of
employees within H&M because it attracts top talent and skilled workforce. It also
creates brand of employer that attracts talent and helps in improving performance of
the business. It allows organisation to develop their staff and it also provides guarantee
to the workforce for development. Investment in talent management has great impact
on a company because it fulfils the requirement from potential customers. Talent
management concentrates on motivating employees so that they can focus on achieving
goals that are already predefined. It also helps in engaging employees in organisation
in different decision making. H&M employees are given roles according to their
expertise because of efficient talent management.
Challenges faced by H&M because of ineffective talent
management
According to Saddozai and et. Al, (2017), talent management is basically retaining and
developing existing and potential employees. But sometimes ineffective talent
management creates challenges for H&M, some of them are reducing business
performance, lower revenue generation, high employment turnover, no profits,
increment in hiring costs, chaos and confusion. When H&M faces these challenges it
creates negative impact on effectiveness and efficiency of an organisation. Ineffective
talent management increases turnover of employees in a large number because they
failed to assign jobs according to their specialisation. Ineffective talent management
decreases productivity as employees do not work according to their potential as they
feel demotivated. It also impacts negative image on organisation and company as
employees leave the company and share their bad experience. So people would have
negative view about the brand.
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
How long this
will take:
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outcome, evaluation, writing the report):
Milestone one: _____________Literature review ____
Target date (set by tutor): _______26-11-2020_____________
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Milestone two: ______Data collection
Target date (set by tutor): ____________1-04-2021__________
Gantt Chart
Gantt chart is very popular and useful manner of showcasing tasks and activities with
displaying time. It is basically used for tracking projects to see what all tasks have to
do and within what time period. Gantt chart clearly shows what are the activities, what
has to be done, beginning and ending time of each task and activity, how much time
will be taken to complete the scheduled task, starting and finishing date of full project.
It gives out graphical presentation of tasks that need to be performed with the duration
of time. Time is denoted on horizontal line that is known as X axis and various
activities or tasks on vertical line known as Y axis. It also has the information of
additional assets that are required for the completion of the report on time.
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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 philosophy: Research philosophy has two types: positivism and
interpritivism. For the current research positivism philosophy will be taken because it
helps in collection of information in quantitative terms. Interpretivism is not suitable
according to the current research as it provides data in a qualitative manner and takes
much time.
Research approach: There are two approaches; deductive and inductive. According to
this research deductive is right because it would help in analysing data and information
in quantitative way. Inductive method is not useful because it shares data in qualitative
styles with much time.
Research strategy: There are different strategies which include surveys, research of
case study, research of actions, experimental research etc. For the current study survey
would be selected because it does not take more time and provide quantitative
information.
Research choice: It has two choices qualitative and quantitative. For the present topic
quantitative research is valid because it provides data in numerical manner within
lesser time. Quantitative are useful for those research which needs data in a
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quantitative way.
Research instruments: There are different instruments present for the research like
questionnaire, observations, interviews, focus group and many more. These are vital
for conducting research but for this project questionnaire would be taken because it
helps in collecting relevant and reliable data.
Time horizon: It has two approaches: longitudinal and cross-sectional. These are very
important but for this research cross sectional is right and valuable because it helps in
completing research in allotted time period.
Sampling: There are probability and non probability. For present research probability
sampling would be selected because it helps in taking large sample size without taking
much time. 30 employees of H&M would be taken.
Research limitations: There are many limitations of the research that might be faced
by the investigator like less time, management of time, less resources and many more.
Data collection:
Advantages and disadvantages of primary and secondary research
Primary and secondary
research
Advantages Disadvantages
Primary Research Primary research helps
researcher in collecting of
numerical information
within less period of time.
Primary research takes
maximum time as
compare to secondary
research.
Secondary Research Secondary research will
facilitate investigator in
gathering of in-depth
information from books,
articles and many other
sources.
One of the main
disadvantage of secondary
research is sometimes data
may be out of dated.
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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
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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: Effective talent management strategies for successful organisations
Student name:
Student ID number:
Programme:
College Name:
Intended research start date:23 Nov, 2020
Intended research end date:3May,2021
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
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Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.
Will your research involve human participants?
Yes, this research includes human participants who will answer the questionnaire.
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-16: Young people aged: 17-18 Adults: more than 20 years’ old
How will participants be recruited (identified an approached)?
For recruiting respondents simple random sampling is adopted.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
E mail, meeting and notice board will use to inform participant about the research.
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?
Information are in written and in guideline all the information is included in respect of how
participants may withdraw consent to participate at any time
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)?
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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?
The access will be with researcher and senior authority.
During the research:
Where will the data be stored?
In personal computer data are 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?
Data related to research will be stored in personal computer.
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
Until the research will not compete information will be stored in soft copy.
Will data be kept for use by other researchers? Yes No
Section 5: Ethical Issues
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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.
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