The Value of Talent Promoting Talent Management across the Organization [Hardcover]

Talent management is a viewpoint: a different perspective on managing people and on managing organizations. It adopts the view that an organization is comprised of a set of skills and abilities that enable it to function to progress and to excel. Identifying those skills and developing them to their full potential is therefore fundamental to growing an organization. 

Janice Caplan examines talent management and its importance in contributing to success across the organization. Providing a clear explanation of what talent management is and how it benefits companies, Caplan also looks at the different methods for creating an environment which encourages and develops talent. She covers the key areas crucial to implementing effective talent management, including: succession planning, creating talent pools, working globally, and measuring and evaluating strategies.

1. This new world
2. This new world organization
3. Setting the strategic direction
4. Developing the strategy
5. Assessment: Capabilities as the cornerstone of talent management
6. Assessment: Performance management and management reward
7. Development
8. Deployment
9. Engagement
10.The role of HR: Gaining acceptance to talent management

Should talent management focus on just the individuals who appear to have the most potential? Or is it better to treat all employees as potential resources to be developed for organizational success? Caplan, an HR consultant with the Scala Group, comes down firmly on the side of the latter, and explores ways to do so within the overall context of business strategy. Each chapter includes case studies and learning points. --Book News Inc. 

From Amazon Reviewers:
Clear, definitive guide that integrates Talent Management with business strategy, HR & OD. -NYTyke