Talent Management: Cases and Commentary »

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.

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.

Introduction A Map of the Territory between HRM and Talent Management DEFINING TALENT Case Study of Accenture Human Performance Practice UK--M.Powell Case Study of Mills &--Reeve--M.Devine Case Study of Grant Thornton--E.Braiden Case Study of Anonymous Company Banco--A.Orbea DEVELOPING TALENT Case Study of MotorCo--Angelita Orbea Case Study of UnitedHealth Europe--M.Devine Case Study of B &--Q Retailers--E.Braiden Case Study of M&G--A.Poppleton SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT TALENT MANAGEMENT Case Study of Lloyds TSB--A.Knights Case Study of The Malmaison Hotel Group--M.Devine Case Study of Network Rail--M.Devine Case Study of Ipsen Pharmaceuticals--E.Braiden The Public Sector A Special Case? M.Devine and E.Blass Case Study of the Metropolitan Police--M.Devine Case Study of The National Probation Service--E.Braiden Case Study of the Public Sector Competitive Model Applying the Learning to SMEs Conclusions and Unresolved Issues References