Talent Management Integrated Approach for Organizational Development

Abstract

Increased competition for competencies has created opportunities to collaborate, lead, formulate and execute winning Talent Management (TM) strategies to ensure Organizational Development (OD). OD is a system wide application of behavioral science knowledge to the planned development, improvement, and reinforcement of the strategies, structures, and processes that lead to organizational effectiveness. Considering that labour costs comprise huge percentage of spending, it is vital to have TM integration that suit to leverage organizations' values, vision, mission, and strategy. Moreover, the powerful levers that leaders can use to align organization, gain commitment to a new direction, and execute new strategies are TM, leadership development, and carefully chosen and well-executed OD initiatives. The better integrated these levers are the more effective they will be. Through grounded theory approach and content analysis, the chapter aims to understand role of TM and focus on TM integrated approach for OD.