Scenario and activity:

You are employed as an assistant within the professional development team of an organization of your choice or you can choose your own place of work (if appropriate).

You have been asked to conduct a small-scale project, in the form of an investigative case study, into the “talent management” within the organisation which is to be presented as a business case for management on “What talent strategies do the best companies use to attract and retain people?” The project will involve investigating how the organisation manage talents, investigating good practice within other businesses and collating employee feedback.

This will be presented to your line manager as a business case with
proposals to implement talent management scheme, followed by a performance review in which you will need to reflect upon the project in relation to your own personal and professional development. To ensure the project is managed effectively, you will complete an online project logbook as you progress through the project.

In order to conduct you project successfully to produce your business case you will need take the following steps:

Step 1 – Project planning

1. Devise a project management plan to map out how you intend to meet the project objectives:

● Begin with the scope. What activities and tasks as defined in your project must be done in order to make the project a success?

● Note the milestones or major events or phases in your project.

● Provide details of activities to be carried out initiation, planning and execution of the project.

● Create a work break down structure using a Gantt chart to track the activities to be undertaken.

Step 2 – Conduct primary and secondary research

1. Devise a short questionnaire/ or interview questions to complete with employees within the organisation. Include questions on how they define talent management, what the organisation currently has in place to manage internal talents and what they feel could be done better for talent management.

2. Research at least two other organisations to see what type of talent management initiatives they have.

3. Research the value and benefits of talent management addressing wellbeing in terms of improving employee motivation and retention.

4. Focus on areas of good practice to build and support your business case.

Step 3 – Present Findings

1. Collate your research and analyse your findings.

2. Produce and present the business case including an evaluation of tools used to gather research and data to justify your recommendations for implementing talent management initiatives.

Step 4 – Reflective Practice

1. Complete a performance review with your line manager to critically reflect upon the project plan, process and outcomes in terms of your own personal and professional development. Think about how well you have performed and achieved your project objectives, what obstacles did you have to overcome? Wat worked well or not well? What have you learnt from completing this project?

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