Strategic Management Thought

Talent Management, Key Concepts and Basic Approaches

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Professor at the Faculty of Management and Head of Human Resource Department, Tehran University

2 Ph.D. Student of Human Resource Management, Tehran University

Abstract

The new era we are in is characterized by features such as innovation, knowledge development, globalization and competition increase. As a result, organizations use all their power - human capitals are the most important - to win the competition. Some well-known consulting groups in recent years have gained organizations and researchers' attention in terms of talent management as one of the most important issues and challenges in basic human resource management. The issue has, therefore, received considerable attention among researchers and managers. Despite this, a lot of authors have pointed out some ambiguities in the definitions, scope and objectives of the area as one of its weaknesses. To resolve this ambiguity, several analyses have been conducted by researchers, but recent surveys have proved it to be insufficient. The present study by adopting a similar approach is to introduce a strong theoretical basis for building up different definitions of talent management. Thus, through implementing a qualitative research on former researches and using thematic analysis method and theoretical sampling, it has gained an eightfold category in terms of looking to talent. Finally, eight groups of definition for talent management are presented, which are based on the proposed categories.

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Strategic Management Thought
Volume 11, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
June 2017
Pages 141-170
  • Receive Date: 27 February 2016
  • Revise Date: 02 July 2016
  • Accept Date: 20 August 2016