Talent Management and Talent Development

Introduction

Talent management is designed to help companies leverage human capital for maximum gain. From strategic planning to acquiring talent to performance management and succession planning, this course teaches the elements of talent management within a framework of current application, to help students better understand talent management techniques and learn to use them in a profitable way. Management of talent in the workplace is critical for all levels of managers and not only to human resource professionals. Talent management is the understanding and anticipation of sufficient human capital, and the development and planning to fulfil those human capital needs. When a manager takes a talent management perspective, he or she understands that the talent management tasks such as recruiting, training, and paying employees are components in a single talent management process.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the building blocks of talent management
• Set up a talent management system
• Define the linkages between organization excellence and effective people management
• Identify, keep, develop, and promote the best people
• Coach, train and develop super keepers
• Integrate compensation with talent management so they can retain their top people
• Realize the role of Information Technology in supporting a talent management system