subject: Talent Management A Leadership Imperative [print this page] In todays Global economy, there is a high intensity of competition for both physical resources and human capital. In a landmark research, McKinsey Co exposed the 'war for talent' as a critical business challenge and a fundamental driver of corporate performance. According to the report, the most important corporate resource over the next 20 years will be talent: smart, sophisticated businesspeople who are technologically literate, globally astute, and operationally agile. And even as the demand for talent goes up, the supply of it will be going down. With the global war for talent intensifying, it is imperative to invest in best in class talent management practices. The term 'talent Management was coined by David Watkins of Softscape in his article published in 1998. Since then it has become an important study in MBA in Singapore .
Rise of Talent Management
The concept of talent management has gained popularity since 1990s as the companies realized that the skill of the employees is the key factor for the success of a business. Talent management, therefore, deals with developing workers, retaining the present and profitable talents and also grooming future leaders through leadership succession planning.
Strategy-Driven Talent Management
Strategy-Driven Talent Management by Silzer & Dowell provides a thorough and very practical guide to building and managing talent based on the strategic needs of the organization. Business leaders will find this an excellent resource with many interesting examples and best practices from leading companies."
"Thanks to Strategy-Driven Talent Management, we can move from an attractive idea of talent management to practices that deliver. This book brings the work of practitioners the people who are inventing, crafting, and shaping the field of talent management to the forefront"
Herbert L. Henkel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ingersoll Rand
Their collective experiences and insights will certainly enrich your own research and practice." Cynthia McCauley, PhD, Senior Fellow, Center for Creative Leadership "It is exciting to see that Rob Silzer and Ben Dowell have given us the state of the art in 2010 of integrating human resource issues into strategic management. This volume is a must read for human resource and line leaders alike. The journey is far from over, but this volume of work will chart the course for further progress." Noel Tichy, Professor, Management and Organizations, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Professor Rob Silzer, IOP Faculty, City University of New York
Ph.D. in industrial / organizational psychology and counselling psychology
Rob Silzer is Managing Director of HR Assessment and Development Inc. For the past 30 years he has consulted with executives and managers in over 100 organizations focusing on executive leadership, selection, and development, succession planning and strategically driven HR practices and systems. Clients have included Merrill Lynch, Honeywell, BellSouth, AT&T, Capital One Financial, Hartford Insurance and PepsiCo. As the trend suggest, the coming decades would rely heavily on the study of talent management is, therefore, becoming increasingly popular amongst the HR professionals. To address the growing demand for talent management courses, Universities of Singapore offering MBA in Singapore and have introduced Graduate Diploma and Master Programs Singapore on talent management.
Master of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The EMSCIOP focuses on the scientific study of individual and group behavior in institutional settings, applications to related problems of organization and industry, and prepare individuals to apply such principles in industrial and organizational settings. This includes instruction in group behavior theory, organizational theory, reward/punishment structures, human-machine and human-computer interactions, motivation dynamics, human stress studies, environmental and organizational influences on behavior, alienation and satisfaction, and job testing and assessment
The program attracts a diverse group of students with varied academic and professional backgrounds to come together creating exciting opportunities for learning, growth, and effective networking. The majority of students in the Masters Program working full time and take courses on a part-time executive basis with classes conducted in weekday evenings or weekends. This program prepares students with the right qualification to pursue as practitioners or research careers focused on human behavior in the work place via PhD programs.
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
The program is closely aligned with industry practice and is recognized internationally by international Professional bodies including Academy of Management and Society for Human Resource Management, the worlds largest professional association devoted to human resource management represents more than 225,000 individual members in over 125 countries
Graduate Diploma in Talent Management by Aventis
Aventis School of Management is known to be prompt in fine tuning its courses to offer the most advanced MBA in Singapore to its students. The talent management program offered by Aventis School of Management is designed to achieve the following targets.
To help students gain expertise in talent management, retention and engagement strategies.
To help students identify talents and design effective promotional framework.
In developing structured leadership succession plan.
Channelizing talent towards right direction and unlock potential talent.
Building new talent.
The knowledge of effective talent management has become very important for both Human Resource professionals and businesses. An increasing number of business School Singapore offering MBA in Singapore are offering talent management courses to students of human resource to help them deal with modern day HR challenges.
