HROE.5102 Strategic Talent Management
This course has been designed to equip the students with the skills and techniques necessary to identify key factors to consider and potential approaches to managing talent covering the full employee life cycle - from talent acquisition to exit. In this course, students will gain an in-depth understanding of the full-range of talent management practices and trends and their relationship to business models and business cycle changes. Through case studies and team projects, student will create a talent strategy that supports a given business strategy and design the respective talent initiatives needed to execute that strategy. Through guest speakers and their own research, students will gain an appreciation for typical challenges and potential solutions for talent identification and development. Students will gain familiarity with important talent concepts and practices covering the full employee life-cycle - from talent acquisition to exit. Topics include developing a talent strategy, talent planning (including activity-based costing), talent acquisition (including employees, contractors, and outsourcing solutions), on-boarding, hi-potential talent identification, succession planning, performance management, competency modeling, talent inventories, talent development activities, and right-sizing.