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Any organization desires capable employees. Many theories andmodels have been developed to identify what an organization regardsas capable employees. A practice called "talent management" hasemerged for this purpose, and what this model is searching for iscalled "talents". There have been many studies on how to organize atalent management system, but few on what the system actuallysearches for. What does "talent" actually mean? Using a case studyapproach, this book studies three multinational organizations?usage of the term. The book discusses how reasonable the usage ofthis term is; starting froman understanding of how it is used, andending with a suggestion as to why it is used. What problem doesthe usage of the term talent solve in a modern management context?TALENT is a book focusing on the term talent as opposed to talentmanagement as a practice. The book can help broaden yourunderstanding of talent and talent management, and should be ofinterest of human resource professionals as well as researchers andstudents active in this area of study.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Business & management

• Full title: Talent - The Term Talent
• Subtitle: Meaning and Usage in a Management Context
• Author: Dan Engelbrektson, Emanuel Gävert
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• EAN: 9783639051438
• ISBN: 3639051432
• ID: 06814643
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Weight: 110 g
• Dimensions: 227 × 153 × 6 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. July 2008

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