Talent Management Cases and Commentary

by Blass, Eddie

• ISBN13: 9780230224193
• ISBN10: 0230224199
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Talent management is 'the hot topic' for HR managers and chief executives in organizations today. Since McKinsey announced 'The War on Talent', organizations have been struggling with the issues of defining talent, developing talent, and providing structures and systems to retain talent within their employment. This book offers new insights into these key areas by drawing on a range of in-depth case studies which are presented in full. Commentary is provided to help the reader draw the most relevant examples for them, and a guide to developing a talent management system is presented through the identification of a number of strategic perspectives, and operational dimensions that put this into practice. This book is 'a must' for anyone responsible for managing talented individuals in their organization.

Author Biography

EDDIE BLASS is Senior Lecturer in Professional Learning at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Eddie spent over three years at Ashridge prior to joining the School of Education at Hertfordshire, and it was at Ashridge that her research into Talent Management started. After completing her EdD on The Future University while lecturing at Durham University, she shifted to specialize in leadership development and professional learning.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. Vii
Notes on Contributors	p. Viii
Acknowledgements	p. X
Introduction	p. 1
A Map of the Territory between HRM and Talent Management	p. 8
Defining Talent	p. 24
Case study of Accenture Human performance practice UK	p. 37
Case study of Mills & Reeve	p. 51
Case study of Grant Thornton	p. 66
Case study of Anonymous Company 'Banco'	p. 78
Developing Talent	p. 90
Case study of Anonymous Company'MotorCo'
case study of UnitedHealth Europe	p. 110
Case study of B&Q Retailers	p. 125
Case Study of M&G	p. 139
systems and structures to support Talent Management	p. 154
Case study of Lloyds TSB	p. 163
Case study of the Malmaison Hotel Group	p. 184
Case study of Network Rail	p. 200
Case study of Ipsen Pharmaceuticals	p. 216
The public sector-A Special Case?	p. 227
Case study of the Metropolitan police	p. 237
Case study of the National Probation service	p. 255
case study of the public sector competitive Model	p. 268
Applying the Learning to SMEs	p. 279
Conclusions and unresolved Issues	p. 285
References	p. 296
Index	p. 301
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