Demystifying talent management : a critical approach to the realities of talent /: a critical approach to the realities of talent. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Billy Adamsen.
• Authors: Adamsen, Billy, 1963-
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Introduction: How to Read and Understand This Book; 1 The Gospel of Matthew -- The Saying about Talent and Talent Management; 2 Stories about Individuals from the Darkness; 3 The Need for Talent: The Origins of Talent Management in Business and Sports; 4 The Language of Talent; 5 It's not about Talent itself -- but about Detecting, Identifying and Selecting Talents?; 6 The Etymology of the Term 'Talent'; 7 'Talent' and 'Talent Management' as Accidental Designators or Empty Signifiers. 8 The Accidental Term 'Talent' in an Anthropological Semiotic Perspective9 The Denotation and Connotation of 'Talent'; 10 Final Thoughts: The Gospel of Matthew in Contemporary Talent Management; 11 IQC Management -- the Future Term and Language for Talent Management; Epilogue -- Niels Bohr in Talent Management; Notes; References; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 149 pages)
• Subjects: 658.3; Business; Personnel management; Employee selection; Ability; Success; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Ability; Employee selection; Personnel management; Success; Business & Economics -- Management; Business & Economics -- International -- Economics; Business & Economics -- Operations Research; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Business strategy; Management & management techniques; International economics; Operational research; Development economics & emerging economies; Management science; Organization; Leadership; Management; International economics; Operations research; Development economics; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Organizational theory & behaviour; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137508676; 1137508671; 1349558249; 9781349558247
• Related ISBNs: 9781349558247; 9781137508652; 1137508655
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.