An investigation into talent management in the Irish retail sector: a case of Tesco, Aldi and Super Valu

Ajibola, Esther Bolanle (2022) An investigation into talent management in the Irish retail sector: a case of Tesco, Aldi and Super Valu. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

This research investigates talent management amongst Irish retail stores with focus on Tesco, Aldi and SuperValu. The research intends to gain insights on talent management and its effectiveness on enhancing employee productivity amongst the retail giants. Talent management involves the process of developing human resource or human talent base of an organisation therefore ensuring that they were properly placed and effective. The essence of talent management is the proper coordination of employees, thus enhancing their performance and productivity. This research thus investigates three basic strategies of talent management amongst the retail firms, these include recruitment and selection, training and development and succession planning. The essence was to understand if these strategies were implemented amongst these Irish firms and further understand their benefits. The research adopts the quantitative methodology which collects primary data through the distribution of surveys. surveys were shared through Google forms to a cross-section of employees of Tesco, Aldi and SuperValu. 150 respondents filled the survey and analysis was made through SPSS. The research finds that talent management strategies were effectively operated in these retail firms. Recruitment and selection, training and development and succession planning were properly implemented and sustained. The research also discovered that recruitment and selection was essential in ensuring that the right people with specific talents and skills for the right positions were employed. Training and development ensured that employees always upgraded their talents and skills to meet up with external and internal business environment. And succession planning ensured that employees were trained for leadership positions and leaders were chosen from existing pool of employees. Based on these findings the research recommends talent management strategies to enhance the overall productivity of employees.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > Ireland H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Specific Industries > Retail Industry H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Talent Management
Divisions:	School of Business > Master of Arts in Human Resource Management
Depositing User:	Clara Chan
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2022 15:30
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2022 15:30
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/5851

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