Talent Management Programmes at British, American and Canadian Universities: Comparative Study

• Authors: Maryna Boichenko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the peculiarities of talent management programmes implementation at the top British, American and Canadian universities. The essence of the main concepts of research - talent and talent management - has been revealed. Talent management is referred to as the systematic attraction, identification, development, engagement, retention and deployment of those individuals who are of particular value to an organization, either in view of their “high potential” for the future or because they are fulfilling business/ operation-critical roles. The factors that drive the development of talent management at the universities have been defined. The benefits that can be obtained as a result of talent management programmes implementation in higher education institutions have been pointed out. The differences in talent management programmes implementation at the universities of Great Britain, the USA and Canada have been found out. These differences depend mainly on the human resources policy of the institution represented in its strategic plan. It has been concluded that most top British and American higher education institutions run talent development programmes, but the target categories and forms of their implementation greatly differ. Canadian universities in the human resources policy focus on professional development of staff and faculty, but do not have special talent management programmes. Progressive conceptual ideas of foreign experience that can be used in practice of Ukrainian universities have been considered.

Keywords

EN

higher education; human resources; talent management; talent management programmes; British; American and Canadian universities; talent development; staff professional development

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Comparative Professional Pedagogy
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 68-72

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-12-30

Contributors

author

Maryna Boichenko

• Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Ukraine Address: 87 Romenska St., Sumy, 40002, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/rpp-2015-0068