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Section One: Executive Summary

This research proposal effectively analyses the importance of talent management as a strategic priority within the banking sector of the UK and specifically for the Lloyds bank. The proposed study seeks to evaluate various factors that are associated with the talent management and selection of the new people within the business organization with strategical measures that further help in enhancing the performance of Lloyds bank. The main and primary objective of the research is to critically analyse the talent management and its importance in the bank such as Lloyds Bank. Whereas the secondary objective is to demonstrate the talent management practices with the third objective to access benefits of effective management and the fourth objective is to propose the suggestion to the baking industry and the proposed bank, Lloyds bank to improve its talent management strategically in the UK.

This research is important as because the talent management is pivotal in the banking industry to effectively deal with day-to-day activities and the productivity of the banks are directly linked with the talented personals they have. The report is fully based on the methods of research such as collection of the data, analysis, findings with the conclusion of the research. Further the tenure of the research will be of three months with the estimated cost of the research is £35, which includes the various aspects of research.

Section Two: Title, objective, responsibilities

Research Topic

“Analysis of Talent Management as a strategic priority in the Banking Industry of United Kingdom: A Case Study of Banking Sector in United Kingdom:”

Aim

“Analysing the talent management and its strategies within banking industry of the UK and what measures can be taken in order to improve the talent management and strategic practices in the banking sector of UK”.

Objective of the study

  • To analyse practices of talent management strategies that are followed within the banking industry of UK.

  • To make a critical analysis of talent management as strategic priority in the banking sector of the UK.

  • To identify the effectiveness and efficiency of practices of strategies in relation with acquisition of talent in the UK’s banking industry.

  • To propose suggestions to banking sector of the UK in order to improve the talent management practices in the Lloyds bank.

With the proposed research objective, the primary research question was made that is as followed:

The main research question will

“How the talent management as a strategic priority in the UK helps to effectively analyse the productivity of the banking industry followed by what recommendations do the proposed industry and bank need to increases its performance?”

This question is further divided into sub categories for the research.

Sub-research questions are as under

  1. What practices the banking industry uses in the UK for the strategic acquisition of the talent?

  2. How the banks in the UK can improve its performance through increasing the talent strategies and practices?

  3. Describe the theoretical and conceptual foundation of talent management and its strategies in the banking sector of the UK?

  4. How talent management practices improve the performance of banks in the UK?

Section Three: Reasons for choosing this research project

In the current scenario the competition has immensely increased within the new businesses and in the day-to-day activities. Employees have varieties of jobs and other sources of opportunities for the income. Thus, the business organizations are facing intense competition in hiring the talented people within the organization to increase its efficiency and productivity. Due to the large opportunities in the market the employee retention has immensely degraded that creates the negative impact to the business organization such as the cost required for the selection, orientation, recruitment, and training of the new selected candidate (Claus, 2019). For any business organisation it becomes very tough to work in a productive way without having the skilled or talented employees. Thus, in order to analyse the ways that the talent managers use to various strategies for retention of the employees and further identify the disruption within the process and to ultimately improve the performance of the banking industry, this research project proves to be beneficial (Whysall et al., 2019).


Section Four: Literature sources searched 500

In the todays’ world, the markets of the business industries are increasing at a higher pace. The talent management and the productive people within the business organisation is must to have for ensuring the attainment of the business objective. With the increasing wants and needs in the society, the talented people are required in an essential manner. HR department of the business organisation is fully responsible for the effective selection of candidates that ensures the productivity of the business (Narayanan et al., 2019).

Conceptualization of Talent Management

Elia et al (2017), believes that the talent management is something that helps in identifying the talent, training, hiring, and consists of effective strategies for the further improvement. Also, Ogunnaike et al (2018) has suggested that the implementation of the talent management system within the business organisation helps the manager and owner to improve the performance and the productivity. Further, to strategically identify the talent Painter?Morland et al (2019), says that the selection and the recruitment process is expensive and its repetition increase the cost to the company, thus the employee retention would be strategic move for the talent management.

History of Talent Management

The strategy of talent management is deeply linked with the human resource. Also, many researchers such as Boselie and Thunnissen (2017) and Sparrow (2019) have also defined that the strategic talent management process is mainly based on three aspects such as training, recruitment, and retention of talented personals with the help of performance appraisal. Cappelli and Keller (2017), believes that the talent management is emerged from the human resource management and is the attribute that is not presented in the individual.

Bersin Model of Talent Management

The functions of HRM practices are mainly evolved as a procedure and to make sure the high quality of service for the clients. This showcases that the talent management is the most important concept used within the corporate world. The Bersin model of talent management explores the new ways and the effective management strategies to retain the talent and to increase the performance and achieve the objective strategically. with the view of todays’ world of intense competition, the managers are facing issues with the recruitment process and the retention of the existing talented people, for that this model acts as a beneficial way to achieve the objective, such as the following is the figure showcasing the model (Rao and Priyadarshini 2017).

Figure: Bersin Model of Talent Management

Source: (Rao and Priyadarshini 2017).

Friedman and Schnorr’s Retention model

The employee retention is the pivotal aspect of strategic talent management process that needs the human assets, administration, and executives. Thus, the Friedman and Schnorr’s model helps in getting the advantage and the move to effectively achieve the management of the talent in the business as strategic priority. Within the model the human asset and framework, for instance; the existence of staff and the representative improvement within the hierarchical sets. The external hover of the model suggests the logical elements such as hierarchical societies, absolute prices, and tutoring. Authoritative culture has a strong connection with the purpose for representative to remain or leave the business organisation.

Figure: Employee Retention Model

Source: (Kundu and Lata, 2017).

Further, the complete prizes or rewards with monetary or non-monetary considerations are also connected with the retention of the employees. The lifestyles of employees and management with the experienced firms that further enhances the customer productivity and increase the motivation to work and retain in the organisation for the long period of time. Thus, this will mainly help the HR department of Lloyds bank to effectively acquire the talented people and further manage as a strategic priority that ultimately will support in the achievement of the desired goal (Kundu and Lata, 2017).

Section Four: Research approach and methodologies

The selected research approach or the methodology for the proposed research project is the deductive method; it will be used in the surveys as a part of strategy that involves the designing of questionnaires. The philosophy is used within the research is given by Auguste Comte, a fresh philosopher who imposed Positivism philosophy. This philosophy believes that the genuine knowledge is derived from the experience with the relations and properties of natural phenomena.


Section Five: Activities and timescales

The Gantt chart is an effectively tool to ensure the timely delivery of the project, and is used with the research project that can be seen as below.

Week. 1 – 2 = research of the topic and approval

Week. 3 – 4 = literature review, gathering of secondary data from theories and journals.

Week. 5 – 6 = summary of literature review with major problems and related research limitations.

Week. 7 – 8 = usage of methodologies, establishment surveys, questionnaires, and more methods for the research.

Week. 9 – 10 = time scale, Gantt chart of the activities for effective execution

Week. 11 – 12 = preliminary results and outcomes, analysis of the stored and collected data and making an equation with secondary data.

Week. 13 – 14 = limitations of research and evaluation with research method and reflection.

Week. 14 – 16 = aspects for future research, suggestions, and conclusion on the basis of results obtained.



Milestone one: the approval from the dissertation supervisor for the selected topic of research.

Target date (set by tutor): 20/02/21


Milestone two: the progressing outstanding phases and the submission of the Gantt chart

Target date (set by tutor): 03/04/21


Reference list.


Boselie, P. and Thunnissen, M., 2017. Talent management in the public sector. In The Oxford handbook of talent management.

Cappelli, P. and Keller, J.R., 2017. The historical context of talent management. The Oxford handbook of talent management, pp.23-42.

Claus, L., 2019. HR disruption—Time already to reinvent talent management. BRQ Business Research Quarterly22(3), pp.207-215.

Elia, P.T., Ghazzawi, K. and Arnaout, B., 2017. Talent management implications in the Lebanese banking industry. Human Resource Management Research7(2), pp.83-89.

Kundu, S.C. and Lata, K., 2017. Effects of supportive work environment on employee retention. International Journal of Organizational Analysis.

Narayanan, A., Rajithakumar, S. and Menon, M., 2019. Talent management and employee retention: An integrative research framework. Human Resource Development Review18(2), pp.228-247.

Ogunnaike, O.O., Ogbari, M.E., Kehinde, O.J. and Onasanya, Y.A., 2018. Talent management as a determinant of firm performance: A conceptual approach. Business & Social Sciences Journal3(1), pp.21-32.

Painter?Morland, M., Kirk, S., Deslandes, G. and Tansley, C., 2019. Talent management: The good, the bad, and the possible. European Management Review16(1), pp.135-146.

Rao, G.V. and Priyadarshini, K.I., 2017. Some Insights into Procedures and Practices to Acquire the Right Talent. Journal of Strategic Human Resource Management6(2), p.34.

Sparrow, P., 2019. A historical analysis of critiques in the talent management debate. BRQ Business Research Quarterly22(3), pp.160-170.

Whysall, Z., Owtram, M. and Brittain, S., 2019. The new talent management challenges of Industry 4.0. Journal of management development.


Comments and agreement from tutor

Comments (optional):

I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for another qualification and is appropriate.

Agreed: Yes No Name: Rizwan Tariq Date: 20/02/2021








Research Ethics Approval Form


Section 1: Basic Details

Project title:Analysis of Talent Management as a strategic priority in the Banking Industry of United Kingdom: A Case Study of Banking Sector in United Kingdom”


Student name and ID number: Student ABC

Intended research start date: 20/02/2021

Intended research end date: 03/04/2021

Section 2: Project Summary

Please select all research methods that you plan to use as part of your project:

Interviews Questionnaires Observation Use of Personal Records

Data Analysis Action Research Focus Groups Other (please specify):

Section 3: Participants

Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.

Will your research involve human participants? Yes No

Who are the participants? Tick all that apply: Ages 12-16 Ages 17-18 Adults


How will participants be recruited (identified and approached)?


By taking the personal consent of the participants of the Lloyds bank and by sending the questionnaire links with suitable digital platform, the employees and the manager of the bank will be approached and further engaged to fill the questionnaires.


Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:


The candidates for the survey will be approached and contacted through various means such as e-mails and calls to ask about their consent to help in the research. After getting the consent of the participants of the bank, I will describe the objective and the aim of the research with its importance in the research project.

How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be made clear to participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any time?


The consent of the participants will obtain from verbal consideration of the candidates, before the beginning of the survey the survey form page will ask for the consent again with clear terms and conditions, there the participant can withdraw his/her consent for participation.


Studies involving questionnaires: Will participants be given the option of omitting questions they do not wish to answer? Yes No


If No please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from this

(Write your explanation here)


Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their informed consent to be observed. Yes No NA


Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e. give them a brief explanation of the study)? Yes No


Will participants be given information about the findings of your study? (This could be a brief summary of your findings in general) Yes No


Section 4: Data Storage and Security

Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the GDPR 2018 Yes No

Who will have access to the data and personal information?

The data will be accessed only to the researcher primarily and further it will be destroyed.

During the research: The primary gathered data source and information will be stored

Where will the data be stored?

The data will primarily be stored in the computer systems and for any uncertainty it will also be stored in USB drives as a backup.

Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used? Yes No

If Yes, please provide further details: Yes, because in order to make sure the backup of the data to overcome the uncertainties.

After the research: after the research the data will be destroyed as per the considerations of ethical concerns and consent of the participants.

Where will the data be stored?

Primarily the data will be stored until the research study will be done in the USB storages and laptops.

How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?

Just after gathering the information for the research, the data and the information will be destroyed.

Will data be kept for use by other researchers? Yes No

If Yes, please provide further details:

Section 5: Ethical Issues

Are there any particular features of your proposed work which may raise ethical concerns? If so, please outline how you will deal with these:


The ethical concerns could be raised in the relation with data access, voluntarily information, and anonymous identity, personal or confidential information. Thus, in order to overcome it, the data will only be accessible to the researcher, the information will be provided to the participants regarding the survey voluntarily, and the identity of the personnel will be kept anonymous with the confidential information of the participants.


Section 6: Declaration

I have read, understood, and will abide by the College’s Research and Ethics Policy:

Yes No

I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Unit Tutor:

Yes No

I confirm that to the best of my knowledge:

The above information is correct and that this is a full description of the ethics issues that may arise in the course of my research.

Name: Student ABC Date: 20/02/2021

Please submit your completed form in the designated section on Moodle (Turnitin)





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