Talent Management

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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
KAMPUS BANDARaya MELAKA

EXECUTIVE MBA PART 1 – 2010/2011 human resource MANAGEment (hrm730)

GROUP ASSIGNMENT : TALENT MANAGEMENT

PREPARED FOR :
DR NOOR AZAM ABD AZIZ

PREPARED BY:
NORZARMILA AZURA ABD.HAMID(2010731695)
AHMAD IBRAHIM DAUD(2010579621)
MAHFUZA JAMALUDDIN(2010950977)

Acknowledgements

It has been a challenge to complete this assignment, but also a worthwhile experience, and this work was possible because of the support, patience and assistance of several individuals. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to all those who have helped us.

Our heartiest thanks to Dr Noor Azam Abd.Aziz, our HRM lecturer – who has opened our eyes to see things through different angles, practice radical and critical thinking facing the day to day issues at work and promote learning to build the learning organization. Thanks also to all the very inspiring mentors and fellow students of the Executive MBA, UiTM Bandaraya Melaka.

Also thanks to our workplace Petronas Gas, Kolej Risda and Kolej Profesional MARA Bandar Melaka for invaluable help.

Finally, We wish to extend our special gratitude to our families for their continued support.

Norzarmila Azura Abd.Hamid
Ahmad Ibrahim Daud
Mahfuza Jamaluddin

TALENT MANAGEMENT : FACTORS AFFECTING TALENT MANAGEMENT

ABSTRACT

The paper will reveal the definitions about talent, talent management and discuss factors affecting the talent management including the employee competencies and working environment. This paper finally concluded that according to experts, talent management is a vital factor towards organizational success. Choosing the right talent with the right competencies and providing the conducive working environment will lead to organization effectiveness.

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Since a group of McKinsey consultants coined the phrase The War for Talent in the late 1990s, the topic of talent management has become one of the hottest

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