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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2021/2022

Managing Talent

Type: Compulsory course (Business Administration)
Area of studies: Management
Delivered by: Department of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
Where: Graduate School of Business
When: 3 year, 3 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Olga Mondrus
Language: English
ECTS credits: 4
Contact hours: 40

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Talent management attracts, identify, develop, engage, retain and deploy individuals who are considered particularly valuable to an organization. Effective talent management process should be aligned with strategic business objectives. By managing talent strategically, organizations can build a high-performance workplace, foster a learning climate, add value to their employer brand, and improve diversity management. Talent management has evolved from being associated solely with recruitment into an essential management practice. One of the most important talent management issues is HR analytics and approaches to building models for defining talents in an organization, managing talent performance, using analytics in attracting, developing, deploying and maintaining talent management practices. At this course students will learn the importance of taking a strategic approach to workforce planning informed by data and evidence, how to define and evaluate talent management strategy and its connection of a company's strategy and find an appropriate way to develop a talent in the organization. The course is based on the case studies examples, market best practices that will be reviewed during the course.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The goal of the course is to help students to get a systemic view on talent management. This approach will allow the students of the course to: • build necessary skills and form competences, based on which students will have the opportunity to acquire a holistic approach in managing talents. • understand the talent management in organizations. • evaluate and built talent management strategy • develop practical skills to assess and develop talents in organization
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • • applies methods of personal development to defined talent
  • • develops talent management strategic plan for the specific organization
  • • describes main historical aspects of talent management
  • • Describes the key practices of integrated talent management and how these practices support each other when integrated
  • • develops talent management strategy for the specific organization
  • • understands the connections between factors identified, the strategy of the company and the talent management system
  • • transforms global talent practices into local practices
  • • capable to define the right approach for talent development
  • argues for connections between factors of global, country, sectoral, organisational and individual context and the talent management system of an organisation.
  • identifies the discrepancies in positioning and perception of the talent management components in the organization
  • recognizes trends in global talent management
  • reveals the main components of talent management system
  • describes different tools for talent selection
  • creates individual development plan using all possible tools and practices
  • defends the talent management strategic plan for the organisation chosen
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • The historical development of talent management
  • Definition of talent in business. Talent management system
  • Factors shaping the talent management system, the talent management system configuration
  • Talent management practices in organisations
  • Global talent management
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Cases and Quizzes
  • non-blocking Team project
  • non-blocking Individual Project
  • blocking Exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 3rd module
    0.2 * Team project + 0.25 * Individual Project + 0.3 * Exam + 0.25 * Cases and Quizzes
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Karin A. King, & Vlad Vaiman. (2019). Enabling effective talent management through a macro-contingent approach: A framework for research and practice. Business Research Quarterly, (3), 194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brq.2019.04.005

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Björkman, I., Ehrnrooth, M., Mäkelä, K., Smale, A., & Sumelius, J. (2013). Talent or Not? Employee Reactions to Talent Identification. Human Resource Management, 52(2), 195–214. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21525
  • De Boeck, G., Meyers, M. C., & Dries, N. (2018). Employee reactions to talent management: Assumptions versus evidence. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39(2), 199–213. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2254
  • Latukha, M. (2015). Talent management in Russian companies: domestic challenges and international experience. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(8), 1051–1075. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.922598
  • Nijs, S., Gallardo-Gallardo, E., Dries, N., & Sels, L. (2014). A multidisciplinary review into the definition, operationalization, and measurement of talent. Journal of World Business, (2), 180. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.worbus.v49y2014i2p180.191