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The Strategic Development of Talent By William J. RothwellH.C. Kazanas ( HRD PRESS, INC )
Release Date: 2004-01
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Product Description
Completely updated and revised, the latest edition of the classic book used around the world provides valuable insight to help you develop a comprehensive and unified plan for learning in your organization. The Strategic Development of Talent moves beyond HRD to apply the principles of strategic business planning to talent management, knowledge management and workplace learning, and it has been retitled to underscore this emphasis. Anyone who wishes to use talent to support organizational strategy—including CEOs, operating managers, and HR, HRD and WLP practitioners—will find this text both informative and practical. You’ll learn how to: Develop a vision for talent development
Formulate a purpose or mission
Analyze present strengths and weaknesses and future threats and opportunities
Assess needs
Benefit from environmental scanning
Choose and implement a strategy
Evaluate the overall effort The Strategic Development of Talent includes dozens of exhibits, a template to guide you through the process and a self-assessment instrument to determine your readiness.
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 Starts out good.... ( mariew )
I got through 5 chapters out of 12 before the ideas started to become repetitive and muddled. It was like someone who talks very fast, sharing every thought and theory without a clear idea of the desired outcome. Way too much jargon and Phrases That Were Needlessly Capitalized. Maybe useful as a text book, but for somone looking for a clear process to assist my organization, it really missed the mark. Oh, and the book started to fall apart the second time I picked it up.
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 A Welcome Guidebook ( chingoshoe )
I enjoyed reading "The Strategic Development of Talent". It clears shows that the workplace is changing and CEOs, owners and managers alike need to open their eyes to the changing business landscape. In this book, Rothwell engages the reader with the tried and tested principles of strategic business planning to talent management, knowledge management and workplace learning. The book is very easy to read and understand and contains several exhibits and a template to guide you through the process. There are dozens of bland business books out there, which are difficult, at times, to relate to my own experience in the workplace. "The Strategic Development of Talent", on the other hand, hits the nail on the head. I got the sense that here is a book I can easily relate to, which is practical and useful.
Here is a book that not only "tells it like it is," but offers prophetic insights into "how it needs to be." Rothwell ignites the imagination, expands the possibilities, and offers practical strategies any organisation can use to effectively develop, retain and utilise talent for the benefit of an organisation and enter the fluid, flexible future. Managers at all levels will cheer the sanity Rothwell suggests.
Rothwell's ideas apply to any organisation which competes for available talent and then is challenged to keep its best people who, more easily now more than ever before, can leave the organisation whenever and wherever they wish. From my perspective, effective development of talent is essential to winning the competition for customer's repeat business. A careful implementation of the strategies and tactics which Rothwell recommends in this book will help to achieve that ultimate objective.
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Outstanding Text
I am a professor and have used this book in one of my classes for preparing managers of training. This book was especially helpful in understanding strategic planning for those who have not been involved in that process previously. It provided several models that can be used to plan strategically the needs of the organization of which talent, is the most critical and difficult factor within an organization to plan for. It is also one of the only books that addresses the issue of people and talent development as a strategic need. It provides a rationale for talent development and an updated review of how the field of training has evolved into Workplace Learning and Performance. The reviewer who was so disappointed with this book probably doesn't understand how these roles have changed. Training as it is tradionally known, would have no need for understanding the criticl nature of talent development. It's time to move into the new millenium!!
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Great Information, Reader Friendly
I found this book to right on the money and helped tremendously with a project I am conducting on competency modeling as it relates to organizational talent. This book carries pertinent information, but it is organized and written in such a way that is easily digestable. I am confused by the review that states it is poorly written. Are you sure you were reading "The Strategic Development of Talent"?
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Exllent Book!
I read this book several times and found it was an excellent book. It expanded the domain of talent management to the management of the whole organization. It was very practical and with many good examples. I used it as important reference when I was doing a project related to talent management. I would strongly recommend people who are in the field of talent management read this classic, high-quality book.
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