Postgraduate Course: Global Talent Management (CMSE11284)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | Global talent management (GTM) has received considerable practitioner and academic interest driven by organisational concerns over 'talent wars', skill shortages, rapid internationalisation as well as long-lasting transformational changes in the business economy such as a shift towards a knowledge economy. This course is designed to integrate the multinational organisation perspective with a comparative perspective by specifically considering GTM policies and practices against the international business backdrop. Burgeoning research and interest in the area has highlighted the difference between the reality and rhetoric of talent management in practice whereby organisations recognise the strategic importance of GTM and yet lack the necessary competence to manage the process. This course is specifically designed to increase students' theoretical and empirical understanding of GTM in multinational organisations operating in different parts of the world. |
| Course description |
This course examines global talent management (GTM) in multinational organisations, critically considering the challenges, drivers and strategic issues underpinning GTM. The course considers both theoretical and applied considerations of importance for GTM, drawing out an understanding of GTM strategies and practices in relation to the evolving strategies of organisations operating with in international contexts. The course critically applies HR strategies for identifying, developing and retaining talent in global organisations. It examines important social, economic and cultural factors that affect talent management across different sectors including both international NGOs as well as MNCs. Beyond sectoral differences, the course explores talent management in different contexts, focusing on different regions of the globe, in order to critically identify and evaluate the challenges associated with the implementation of GTM strategies and policies in a variety of different contexts. On completion of the course students should appreciate the importance of global talent management policies and practices for multinational organisations, and have a firm understanding of how to design, implement and evaluate talent management strategies.
Syllabus:
Introduction to GTM
GTM and the corporate HR function
Identify, evaluate and retain talent in MNEs
Talent management and employer branding
Mobility and talent management in INGOs
The ethics of talent management
Regional perspectives on talent management I: emerging economies
Regional perspectives on talent management II: MENA and CEE
Student Learning Experience:
The course is taught using a combination of traditional content-based lectures and individual and small group flipped classroom activities. Formal learning is assessed through group presentations (based on organisational case studies) and an individual assignment.
Tutorial/seminar hours represent the minimum total live hours - online or in-person - a student can expect to receive on this course. These hours may be delivered in tutorial/seminar, lecture, workshop or other interactive whole class or small group format. These live hours may be supplemented by pre-recorded lecture material for students to engage with asynchronously.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
Other Study Hours 127,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
5 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Seminar/Tutorial hrs are the min total live hrs, online or in-person, students can expect to receive
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
60 %,
Practical Exam
40 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
60% coursework (individual) - assesses course Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4
40% presentation (group) - assesses all course Learning Outcomes |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explore the conceptual apparatus and theoretical debates informing global talent management
- Undertake and evaluate succession planning and leadership development with a view to building sustainable organisational performance
- Synthesise and evaluate complex debates in the subject area
- Be able to discern and comment critically upon the chief institutional and organisational variables driving managerial approaches to global talent management and display in written work developing abilities to digest, synthesise and critically evaluate contrasting perspectives from the literature in reaching sustainable/practical conclusions
- Competently present, communicate and exchange ideas in both large and small group settings and gather, analyse and use information in order to present a balanced argument
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Reading List
| Resource List: https://eu01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/public/44UOE_INST/lists/26181462820002466?auth=SAML |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
On completion of the course students should:
- appreciate the importance of global talent management policies and practices for multinational organisations, and have a firm understanding of how to design, implement and evaluate talent management strategies;
- have secured an understanding of the ethical implications of global talent management and acquired sensitivity towards practice-oriented concerns such as issues of organisational justice, silos mentality, diversity implications etc.
- have the ability to locate appropriate academic and practitioner resources on key talent management debates;
- have improved their analytical, writing and presentation skills according to accepted disciplinary conventions.
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| Keywords | IHRM-GTM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ishbel McWha-Hermann
Tel: (0131 6)51 5466
Email: Ishbel.McWha@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lauren Millson
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Lauren.Millson@ed.ac.uk |
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