Talent Management Strategies Research Proposal: Sainsbury's Study

This research proposal investigates the effectiveness of talent management strategies in improving worker efficiency, focusing on a case study of Sainsbury's. The proposal outlines the research aims, objectives, and questions, including the contribution of talent management, its impact on strategic performance, issues faced due to ineffective management, and the strategies employed by Sainsbury's. A comprehensive literature review supports the research, examining the definition of talent management, its role in organizational performance, and key issues such as poor hiring strategies. The research methodology includes a quantitative approach using questionnaires for data collection and a probabilistic sampling method. The anticipated outcomes suggest that effective talent management, including training and development, is crucial for achieving organizational goals and competitive success. The proposal concludes with a list of relevant references.

Research Proposal

Table of content
 Introduction
 Research aims and objectives
 Research questions
 Literature review
 Research methodology
 Anticipated outcomes
 Gantt Chart
 References

Introduction
Talent management is defined as a procedure of identify, recruit and retain workers who
drive success of company. Thus, it is one of the important priority of manager to
understand the organizational performance based over its employees. As it provides
assistance in managing talent at working area by giving them proper guidance and
motivation to perform well. Basically, it is strategic priority of company to manage their
talent by recruiting as well as develop candidates skilled as per vacant job position. This
can be beneficial in retaining talented workers at working area for long period of time.
If employees are effectively managed and properly managed, then they give their best
efforts for attaining their allotted targets.

Research aim
“To investigate the effectiveness of talent management strategies for
improving worker’s efficiency at workplace. A study on Sainsbury’s.

Research Objectives
 To understand the contribution of talent management within an organization.
 To identify the effectiveness of talent management in improvising strategic
performance of Sainsbury’s.
 To determine the different issues faced by Sainsbury’s due to ineffective talent
management.
 To explore the appropriate strategies, implement by Sainsbury’s to manage
their talent at workplace.

Research questions
 What is the contribution of talent management within an organization?
 What are the effectiveness of talent management in improvising strategic
performance of Sainsbury’s?
 What are the different issues faced by Sainsbury’s due to ineffective talent
management?
 What are the appropriate strategies implement by Sainsbury’s to manage their
talent at workplace?

Literature review
Contribution of talent management within an organization
According to Sadeli, (2015), talent management is based in finding right person in
order to fill a vacant job position. Basically, it is touches the overall life cycle of
employees within the business organization. Proper management of talent help
company in improvising their productivity level. Thus, it is significant for HR
professionals to effectively manage all the workers at working area. Managing
talent is not a simple task as it requires proper strategic thinking that make talent
management an irreplaceable part of company and at the same time also put
positive impact over the growth of company.

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Effectiveness of talent management in improvising strategic performance
of Sainsbury’s
According to King, (2015), management of talent is significant activity for
company to attain all the strategic objectives because overall success of company is
highly based over its employees. Along with this, the main purpose of talent
management is to keep existing works and also provide them support to higher
positions at working area. This may have led in reducing employee turnover and at
the same time also make overall image more competitive.

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Different issues faced by Sainsbury’s due to ineffective talent management
According to Mensah, (2015), Talent management mainly includes management series of
activities including hiring, training, managing along with retaining their employees. In
some situation it is difficult for the company to manage their talent. Some of the main
issues faced is illustrated below in detail:
Poor hiring strategies: The primary task of managing its talent is hiring the right
candidate that is most appropriate for the skills and qualifications required for the job. It
is inherent for them to face difficulties if they don't plan and implement a powerful
strategy for managing their talent.

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Appropriate strategies, implement by Sainsbury’s to manage their talent at
workplace
According to Ansar and Baloch, (2018), It is important for the company to carefully plan
and prepare powerful strategies that aids to implement it effectively through monitoring at
every stages and constantly improving the performance. Some of the strategies that are must
to plan and execute appropriately can in detailed below:
Detailed Job description: It is first and the most important strategy that helps authority as
well as candidate to have a better understanding of the requirements of the job and make a
better and informed decision. It is important to include essential information in it that mainly
includes job title, location, skills required, duties, Knowledge of tools required as well as
salary and benefits.

Research methodology
Choice of data: At the time of undertaking research activities, different choices are there
to collect reliable data on the basis of specified topic and area. Basically, it is divided into
two methods such as qualitative and quantitative research. For undertaking current
investigation, quantitative research method will be applied by researcher to acquire
measurable information as per particular research area.
Research philosophy: There are two type of philosophies including positivism and
interpretivism research philosophies. Both methods are effective but as per current
investigation, positivism research philosophy will be applied by researcher because it is
based on the factual aspects obtain through observation. By this, an investigator can easily
take right decision and also draw a valid conclusion at the end of the investigation.

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Data collection: It is procedure of collecting and analysing information with the aim of
taking meaningful outcomes. In this, various methods are there through which
investigator gather reliable and in-depth analysis towards the specified research issue. It is
classified into two methods such as primary and secondary. Both are effective for
gathering reliable information. In this context, questionnaire is prepared by researcher to
gather primary data and systematic literature is also carry out to acquire secondary data.
Sampling: Selecting right sample size from larger population with the aim of collecting
authentic data. It is classified into two methods such as probabilistic and non-probabilistic
sampling technique. As per current research, probabilistic sampling method will be used
to select right sample size. By using this, researcher select 50 respondents as a sample
size for collecting data.