Mapping talent development: definition, scope and architecture Academic Article

abstract

• PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of talent development, define its scope and identify the issues involved in formulating talent development strategies in organisations.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews the relatively scant and fragmented literature on talent development processes.FindingsThe literature review revealed that talent development is usually discussed as part of a wider talent management process. The literature highlights issues concerning who is the talent to be developed, what competencies should be developed, who drives development, what is the appropriate pace of development and what is the architecture to support the development.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is solely theoretical in nature; however, it does identify gaps for further research.Practice implicationsThe paper raises a number of important questions that should be considered by organisations when they engage in talent development.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to a perceived gap in the literature and highlights the issues that come within the terrain of talent development.

authors

• Dirani, Khalil

published proceedings

• EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

altmetric score

• 0.85

author list (cited authors)

• Garavan, T. N., Carbery, R., & Rock, A.

citation count

• 151

complete list of authors

• Garavan, Thomas N||Carbery, Ronan||Rock, Andrew

editor list (cited editors)

• Garavan, T. N.

publication date

• January 2012

publisher

• Emerald  Publisher

published in

• European Journal of Training and Development  Journal

keywords

• Employee Development
• Human Resource Management
• Talent Development
• Talent Development Architecture
• Talent Management

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1108/03090591211192601

start page

• 5

end page

• 24

volume

• 36

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03090591211192601