Unpacking Talent Management

Sheila Gupta

“People are not your most important asset. The RIGHT people are.”

Jim Collins

“Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and

capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.”

Doris Lessing

My Definition of Talent Management:

Talent Management involves organisations aligning the right talent to the right roles to deliver current and future business objectives. Successful talent management will be strategic, integrated and embedded within an organisational culture that places a high value on supporting and developing its people.

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Lisbon

Bologna

Harvard

Cambridge

Top 10 HEIs in the world

1. Harvard University2. Stanford University3. University of California – Berkeley4. University of Cambridge5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)6. California Institute of Technology7. Columbia University8. Princeton University9. University of Chicago10. University of Oxford

Source: Shanghai Jiao Tong University ChinaInternational League Table

Beijing Normal University Students

Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur

ScotChem

Student Diversity

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Top 10 HEIs in the world

1. Harvard University2. Stanford University3. University of California – Berkeley4. University of Cambridge5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)6. California Institute of Technology7. Columbia University8. Princeton University9. University of Chicago10. University of Oxford

Source: Shanghai Jiao Tong University ChinaInternational League Table

The future School of Informatics

Can you define what you mean by talent management in your institution?

Can you define what talent you are looking for to attract the right people?

Once in your employment, what interventions will you use to support

their professional and career development?

What reward systems will you have to ensure that they remain with you and

stay motivated?

Will you adopt strategies to meet the needs of both individuals and teams?

And how will you evaluate your success, your ROI?

“The leadership and management development framework for academics

is designed to identify and nurture high quality leaders, at different phases of their career, while also aligning individual and

University needs.”

Professor Tim O’Shea,Principal of the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh’s Leadership Competency Framework

• Communicating and working with people

• Developing business success

• Building for the future

Balanced Scorecard: Indicators of Institutional Performance

2001/2002 2006/2007

Fee income from taught post graduate students

£6,195k £16,628k

Headcount of non-EU international students

1,964 3,464

% academic staff in 5 and 5* RAE units of assessment

1996 RAE:46.5%

2001 RAE:74.4 %

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