Talent management: what is it and why does it matter?

Dr David Collings

Professor of HRM at Dublin City University Business School.

Dr David Collings is Professor of HRM at Dublin City University Business School. He is also a Visiting Professor at King’s College London. Previously he was on the faculty at the University of Sheffield in the UK and the National University of Ireland, Galway and a Visiting Research Fellow at Strathclyde Business School. His research and consulting interests focus on management in multinational corporations with a particular emphasis on staffing and talent management issues. His work in these areas has been published in outlets such as the Journal of World Business, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and the Industrial and Labor Relations Review. He has edited six books, most recently Global Talent Management, with Hugh Scullion (Routledge, 2011). He sits on a number of editorial boards including the Journal of World Business and is Editor of the Human Resource Management Journal and Irish Journal of Management.

Talent management: what is it and why does it matter?

CIPD Ireland Eastern Region Event

Talent management has become one of the most widely used terms in the field of human resource management. It has also emerged as a central concern for senior organisation executives beyond the HR function. However, it is often used in quite generic terms and there is little agreement on its key characteristics and focus of talent management. Drawing on leading edge insights from recent research, this session will unpack some of the key elements of effective talent management systems and consider some of the key challenges of managing top talent.

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