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Talent Management: A Complete Guide to Strategies, Systems, and Issues

 

How to Attract, Hire, Reward, Motivate, and Train the Very Best People

Use talent management strategies and technology to build a great workforce

The term “talent management” refers to managing the entire employee lifecycle, from attracting and hiring to promoting and finding a successor upon retirement.

Talent management is increasingly a part of the corporate strategy for most organizations. You don’t have to look very far to see articles about attracting, developing, and retaining talent. Forecasts abound on retirements, labor shortages, quality of new hires, and lack of future leaders. All point to the need for organizations to act now or risk losing competitive advantage.

To maintain a competitive advantage and to meet the demands of business, organizations need to identify, select, and develop their employees in a way that both supports the company’s business goals and provides employees with a clear career path. In other words, organizations must become deliberate and strategic in their programs for managing their talent.

Talent Management: A Complete Guide to Strategies, Systems, and Issues” contains the answers organizations need to ensure that they find, develop, and retain the most skilled individuals. Co-written by industry experts Mark Albrecht and Janet Clarey, Senior Researcher and Writer at Brandon Hall Research, this 211-page report provides the most in-depth information available on the topic of talent management.

This report:

  • Presents the key terms, concepts, and practices related to talent management.
  • Examines in depth each stage in the talent management life cycle, from talent acquisition to retirement.
  • Describes the lagging practices hurting many organizations and driving the need for talent management.
  • Identifies the leading practices smart organizations have put in place when implementing effective talent management solutions.
  • Lists in-depth descriptions of the features found in enterprise talent management systems.
  • Includes profiles of 20 popular talent management systems.
  • Contains information and resources to help you select the right talent management solutions vendor.
  • Provides the contact information for dozens of talent management consultants, experts, analysts, and associations.
  • Includes a bibliography of more than 140 books, Web sites, and blogs related to talent management.
  • Includes charts and graphs to illustrate key concepts.

The future of talent management means having the right employees with the right skills at the right time — and technology will be integral to effectively managing the process of talent management.

"Talent Management: A Complete Guide to Strategies, Systems, and Issues" will provide the information you need to ensure that your workforce can tackle the challenges of tomorrow and build your organization's future success.

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 Talent Management: A Complete Guide to Strategies, Systems, and Issues

Talent Management: A Complete Guide to Strategies, Systems, and Issues

By Mark Albrecht, Janet Clarey,
and the staff of Brandon Hall Research

Published March 2007• Download file size: 1.7 MB • 213 pages • $695


Features
  • Key talent management terms, concepts, and practices defined
  • Analysis of the talent management life cycle
  • Profiles of 20 leading talent management systems
  • Key features found in talent management tools and systems
  • Hundreds of links and resources to experts, Web sites, and books about the subject
 
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