An Evaluation Of The Model Talent Management

By Harriett Crosby


A special software application suite is used for the running of various pillars of talent management system. The model talent management applications incorporate a number of key elements. These include the recruitment and retaining of the human capital, learning, appraisal and compensation systems and also development cycles. Each of these elements is interlinked with each other for cohesiveness in an organization.

The traditional management system focused on the providing the results on a short term basis. With this kind of a system, the producers could post great results at minimal costs. The focus was laid on the transaction process only. The management of other critical resources within an organization was not keenly assessed. This means that waste was huge. The input and output equation was in most cases imbalanced.

Long-term position of a company can only be achieved if a company attains a strategic position. The strategic position entails the minimization of costs and boosting of revenues in the long run. This means that all the injections pumped into an organization have to lead to improved financial position in the long term. The human capital forms one of the key elements of the strategic position. The recruitment and development has to done in a special way.

The net worth of the work force is assessed often. This provides different organizations with the real worth of their human capital. The performance of the workers is one of the simplest ways of gauging the real worth. This is based upon the input output cycle. The efficiency of workers depends upon the length and the resources required for a simple operation. The costs of managing the entire workforce also form a basis of gauging how important they are to the company.

A compensation system is put in place so as to provide the workers with a way of rewarding them. The compensation system differs with the organization and its traditions. The basic payment has to be differentiated from the overtime pay. Overtime rate also ought to be relatively higher than the basic rate. Most organizations have a number of rewarding the best performers. The reward system focuses on motivating the workforce such that the output is generally increased.

A system of talent acquisition is defined by at the strategic level. The managers formulate a number of policies of hiring and recruiting the human capital. A special basis is used for the recruitment. A special threshold has to be met before one is hired by the organizations in question. The top management then delegates the work to the human resource managers who ensures that they get the best to work for the companies in question.

Learning systems are devised with an aim of training the workforce. Training is the main way through which the workers are equipped with the relevant skills. This is done after recruitment. On job training is very common in most corporate organizations. It is done as the workers carry one with their jobs. This ensures that they are equipped with relevant skills and information.

The model talent management system should be a part of internal control environment. The systems are interlinked with each other for easy and cheap flow of information. The work flow becomes less complicated with such linking. The costs incurred in processing of data are reduced. This optimizes the profit making abilities of organizations.




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