MBAFT-7804: TALENT MANAGEMENT

Course Objectives:
Organizations are unlikely to remain competitive without high performing employees
to execute team and organizational strategy. The objective of this course is to facilitate students in
developing insights and understanding of effective management and development of talent in
teams and organizations. The syllabus is intended to help students identify best practices and
approaches for talent management. The course is designed for students and executives who will be
significantly involved in creating and managing talent.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Understanding Talent Management, Challenges and Dilemmas
2. Understanding best HR practices for talent management and managing talent for teams and
organizations
3. Gaining insight on talent management in different organizational contexts
4. Developing an understanding of how to identify talent and create development plans using data

Contents:
Unit I: Define Talent and Talent Management; historical context of talent management; Challenges
and Dilemmas; single-ladder pipeline versus multiple pipelines; aligning strategy and talent
management for competitive advantage.
Unit II: Best HRM Practices for managing talent/star employees (hiring, rewarding, retaining,
performance management and succession planning etc.); employer branding and talent management;
Role of social media in talent management
Unit III: Talent management in different organizational contexts: global context, disruptive
organizations, complex and uncertain scenarios etc.
Unit IV: Diversity and Talent; Talent management and future directions
Unit V: Talent Analytics; Preparing a talent development plan

Suggested Readings:
1. Collings, D.G., Mellahi, K. & Cascio, W.F. (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management:
Oxford University Press.
2. Wilcox, M. (2016). Effective Talent Management: Aligning Strategy, People and Performance.
Routledge.
3. Sparrow, P., Scullion, H. &Tarique, I. (eds) (2014) Strategic Talent Management: Contemporary
Issues in Global Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4. Sparrow, P., Hird, M., and Cooper, C.L. (2015). Do We Need HR? Repositioning People
Management for Success. Palgrave Macmillan
5. Born, M. and Heers, M. (2009) Talent Management: Alternatives to the single-ladder approach.
DEA, EHRM, Denmark (Faculty Report)
Facilitating the achievement of Course Learning Outcomes

Unit Course Learning Outcomes Teaching and Assessment Tasks

No. Learning Activity

1 Define Talent and Talent Define Talent and Pre-class group

Management; historical context of Talent Management; assignment and class
talent management; Challenges and historical context of presentations
Dilemmas; single-ladder pipeline talent cases
versus multiple pipelines; aligning
strategy and talent management.

Best HRM Practices for managing Case study, simulation, Class discussion, Quiz,
2 talent and star performers (hiring, analyses of real-life folder analysis
rewarding, retaining, performance examples; live case
management and succession planning study by practitioner
etc.); employer branding and talent
management; Role of social media in
talent management

3 Talent management in different Case studies and class In-class analysis of

organizational contexts: global discussion real-life cases; field
context, disruptive organizations, assignment
complex and uncertain scenarios etc.

4 Diversity and Talent; talent Small group Field assignment

management and future directions discussions in class

5 Talent Analytics; Preparing a talent Case study; group Field work and class
development plan exercise presentation