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A CRIT IC AL R EV IE W
Robert E. Lewis, Robert J. Heckman
Human Resource Management Review 16 (2006)
Presented by:
NAMDAR Kimiya, OKUPE Yewande and OROZCO Tatiana
TATS
CONTENTS
Abstract
Definitions of Talent Management
The 3 TM perspectives
About the Research
Making TM Strategy
Two streams of research
Talent Management Analytics
Future direction for research
Summary
ABSTRACT
Research question: What is talent management and what basis
does it have in scientific human resources and management?
“… ensure the right person is in the right job and in the right time”
(Jackson & Schuler, 1990, p. 235) – Human Resources Planning:
Outcome
“… managing the supply, demand, and flow of talent through the
human capital engine” (Pascal, 2004, p. ix) – Talent management:
THE 3 TM PERSPECTIVES
2. Talent pools
• Close to what is typically known as succession planning and HR planning.
• Can also include typical HR practices like recruiting and selection.
• Understanding of the internal workforce: use of enterprise software systems.
• Approach known as “manpower” or “workforce planning”: involves modeling
organizational staffing/career flows by hierarchy, rules and parameters (cost,
supply& demand).
3. Talent generically
• Divided into 2 general views:
• talents (performance levels: “war of talent” and “topgrading”)
• undifferentiated good (emerges from the humanistic and demographic perspective: manage
people to high performance or demographic and business trends make talent more valuable.
Perspectives Criticism
Collection of typical human Superfluous: replacing the
resource department functions traditional term “Human
Resources” with “Talent
Management”
Talent pools Repeats much of the work done in
succession and workforce
planning
Talent generically Performance categories are non-
strategic (top, competent, bottom)
Misapplication of talent review
Has examined the link between HR investments and practices and organizational
outcomes (strategic human resource management).
Findings have been replicated within industry or across industries.
Derived in models that attempt to integrate strategy, HR practices, and talent.
This studies do not address whether HR practices lead to organizational outcomes or
organizational outcomes provide the resources to invest in the HR practices.
Most significantly, studies of HR practices have not explicitly investigated how the
choice of practices is tied to strategy.
MAKING TM STRATEGIC
TM as architecture: explicit ties need to be made between strategy and talent.
Value added
Sustainable
Strategic Advantage
Resources
Impact & Processes
Talent Pools
& Structures
Aligned Actions
Effectiveness
Human Capacity
Investments
Who to recruit
Who to develop
Who to redeploy
Where to redeploy
If there is any need for new hire
Promotion
Can help make the best talent-
management decisions and align
those with your corporate
objectives (Schweyer).
How the software works?
Capture human resources,
finance and operations data
The data will be minded to gain
insights with respect to talent
Logic structure (conceptual • Link the talent pool to an organization’s competitive advantage in
structure) order to generate meaningful questions regarding talents.
• These questions concern the decisions that might be made with
respect to the talent pool
Analytics • draws on statistics and research design and goes beyond to include
skill in identifying and articulating key issues
• gathering and using appropriate data.
• Analytics requires savvy in drawing from sources of data to address
questions guided by the logic structure
Strategy Implications for Talent Where will improvement in talent quality drive strategic
gains?
Where will improvements in talent fungibility drive strategic
gains
Talent Pool Strategy How do we position various talent pools?
• What combination of performers do we need?
• What compensation policy should we adopt?
• Which pools should be linked in career ladders?
• Should we “informate” certain jobs?
Talent Management Systems How do we implement talent pool strategies across the
company?
• Competency architectures
• Enterprise-wide data systems
Talent Practices Which practices efficiently meet our talent goals and can be
captured by our systems?
• Selection
• Recruitment
• Performance management
• Compensation administration
2. - TH E SPEC IA L CA SE FOR TALE NT
PO OL ST RATE GY R E SE AR CH