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Critical Review Of Talent Management At Landco

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1. Introduction
This paper consist a critical review of Talent Management at Landco. It is written as assignment for the course PGBS0154: Human Resource Management, which is part of the MBM.
Landco is an international company with operating offices in the UK, Holland and Germany. Currently, the biennial attitude survey indicates some dissatisfaction with some junior staff members. They feel frustrated about their limited opportunities to develop their selves in the current company structure. This can also be concluded according to the higher staff turnover rate amongst the junior management population.
This report will provide an advice for the Executive Board of Landco, whether a Talent Management approach in the company will be suitable for individual and organisational development. It will consider all main areas of HR practise, which will be critically reviewed, followed by a conclusion and recommendation.
2. Definition of Talent Management
When looking at the term ‘Talent Management’, one can interpret it in many ways. In fact, the term is so broad; no specific definition is shared yet. (Garrow & Hirsh, 2008) As Lewis & Heckman (2006) said, often, many assumptions are made when discussing the term Talent Management. When …show more content…

It is important to maintain a competitive workforce. To ensure effective retention, employees need to have a clear vision of what the organisation wants from them and deliver it. On the other side, the organisation needs to know exactly what their employees want and also deliver this. When employees do not deliver what is expected, the organisation seeks for someone else and when an organisation does not fulfil the expectations of employees, they are likely to move away. This can be translated in terms of psychological contracts. Keeping agreements will result in a strong psychological contract, what will increase the employees’ commitment and decrease staff

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