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