Offers students an opportunity to obtain the insights, frameworks, and tools to effectively manage and develop talent in teams and organizations. Also explores promotion and cross-functional systems that strengthen the organization as well as retention strategies to promote and reward high-quality talent. Managing and developing talent is one of the top three issues on the minds of CEOs from around the world. In fact, CEOs cite managing and developing their leadership talent as the issue that is most important to the future success of their business but that their organizations are least capable of addressing effectively. Offers students an opportunity to engage in various activities intended to illustrate and practice the skills involved in implementing talent management systems.
Effective Talent Management & Development
Effective Talent Management & Development
Instructor: Dr. Curtis Odom
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No prior experience required
1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
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Skills you'll gain
- Gap Analysis
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Workforce Planning
- Employee Engagement
- Human Resource Strategy
- Organizational Strategy
- Talent Pipelining
- Human Resources Management and Planning
- Decision Making
- Stakeholder Management
- People Management
- Virtual Teams
- Workforce Development
- Risk Management
- Leadership Development
- Talent Management
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Taught in English
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