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Talent Management: A Bird’s Eye View View

Author Affiliations

  • 1Haryana School of Business, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 4, Issue (2), Pages 52-58, February,14 (2015)

Abstract

The concept of talent management has become an emerging issue in today’s business world. During the past ten years talent management has become one of the most debated topics among HR professionals and academicians. Human capital is considered as one of the most thoughtful component of competitive advantage, furthermost companies around the globe have realized the significance of talent management. Organizations are gradually appreciating that effective talent management is the key success factor to achieve organizational goals with high performance. This reality compels companies to approach talent as a precious resource that must be handled effectively and efficiently in order to achieve high performance. A number of organizations are implementing talent management but still there are abundant unknown areas that need to be explored. Present study is a descriptive study based on the detailed review of earlier relevant studies related to the various concepts of talent management that have been discussed during the time period ranging from 1998’s to 2013 to explore the conceptual boundaries of talent management. Findings reveal that the term talent management has become an extensively debated issue of 21st century which leads toward high performance with successful achievement of personnel and organizational ambitions.

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