TALENT MANAGEMENT

School of Business Management, NMIMS University

MBA F.T. Course: 2015-16
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Instructor:
Sharon Pande, , Email:sharon.pande@nmims.edu
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Learning Goal
To develop an awareness about the nature and scope of the Talent Management function
within a business organization and to build skills to manage and develop talent by
designing and developing effective talent management systems.
Objectives
To impart knowledge in the area of Talent Management
To create Organisation Excellence by identifying quality talent
To create HR strategies for retaining quality talent
Evaluation Criteria (in %):
Case & Article Based Evaluation: 20 marks
Group Exercises: 30 marks
Group Presentation: 10 marks
End Term Exam: 40 marks
Session Details:
S.no Topic
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Talent Management
Introduction & Evolution of the term: Talent Management
Talent Management Models
Class Exercise : Talent Management Models
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Advantages and disadvantages of the creation of a Talent Management

System.
Talent Management: Benchmarks, Trends, & Best Practices

Class Exercise( contd.) : Talent Management Models

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Talent Management Process & Framework

 Talent Management and Business Strategy

Challenges & Limitations in Talent Management
Building Blocks of a Talent Management System.
Article Discussion : The Talent Management The Talent Life Cycle Process
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Evaluating Internal and External Recruitment Strategies.

Employer Branding

Class Exercise: Employer Branding What companies do to Brand themselves

Develop an understanding of Coaching, Mentoring
Training and Development of Talent as a strategy for Leadership
Development.
Class Exercise ( contd. ) : Employer Branding What companies do to Brand
themselves
Determine and justify Performance Management Systems in organizations
and their relationship between rewards to performance.
High Potential Employees
Class Exercise: Best Employer Surveys and How to conduct the surveys
Case Discussion :Are you High Potential , HBR
How to Hang on To Your High Potentials , HBR

Develop a Career Track Planning process

Class Exercise : Career Planning Exercise How to plan your career ?

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Develop a Career Track Planning process

Class Exercise : Hollands RAISEC Model

Strategic utilization of Outsourcing, Contingent, Contract, Temporary and Hourly
Workers as a Total Workforce Acquisition
Article Discussion Talent Management in the 21st Century ,by Peter Cappelli,
HBR
Succession Planning in Organizations
Class Exercise : Succession Planning for different roles

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Case Discussion : Succession Planning

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Culture, Leadership and Talent Management

Case Discussion : Talent Management : From Hire to Retire, by Michael Laff

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Case Discussion ( contd. ) : Talent Management : From Hire to Retire, by Michael

Laff
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Retaining Top Talent

Motivation and retention strategies
Employee Engagement
Group Presentation : Employee Engagement Activities/Talent Management
Retention Strategies
Group Presentation
( Contd) : Employee Engagement Activities/Talent
Management
Retention Strategies
Article Discussion : The Looming Global Talent Crisis How to counteract
workforce imbalances
Group Presentation (Contd) : Employee Engagement Activities/
Retention Strategies
Managing tomorrows people- The future of work - 2020

Prescribed Text
Retaining Top Employees , J Leslie McKeown, Publisher: McGraw-Hill;
Reference Text
Talent Management Systems : Best Practices in Technology Solutions for
Recruitment , Retention & Workforce Planning -2004, by Allan Schweyer
Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in the Age of Uncertainity by Peter Cappelli(
2008).
The New Deal at Work: Managining the Market Driven workforce by Peter
Cappelli( 1999)
Lessons of Experience : how Successful Executives Develop on the Job, by
Morgan McCall, Michael Lombardo, Ann Morrison( 1998)
Faculty Signature: Sharon Pande
Approved by:
Sharon Pande
Area Chairperson

Program Chairperson

Dean SBM