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The Role of Global Mobility in Talent Management. Global Mobility Summit October 4, 2010 Millennium Broadway Hotel New York. Dr Elaine Farndale Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department The Pennsylvania State University euf3@psu.edu. Agenda. Introductions
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The Role of Global Mobility in Talent Management Global Mobility Summit October 4, 2010 Millennium Broadway Hotel New York Dr Elaine Farndale Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department The Pennsylvania State University euf3@psu.edu
Agenda Introductions Background to Global Talent Management New framework of Global Mobility roles in talent management Key challenges facing Global Mobility Discussion
Context for Global Mobility role in GTM • Global Talent Management: developing a global talent pool of people to fill key positions/support organizational capabilities, and creating differentiated set of HRM practices to support the filling of these positions • Heightened competition: supply vs. demand • Both top-down and bottom-up process • Constraints: preparedness, silo mentalities, high-risk locations, … • New roles for the Corporate HR/Global Mobility function?
Major Challenges • Demand: highly-skilled, flexible, mobile employees who deliver results, operating in difficult circumstances • New tools, processes and coordination capabilities required to focus on sourcing, retention and career planning of key talent, e.g. employer branding • More centralization of talent management strategies, particularly at regional if not global level • Informal control crucial in more decentralized structures
System monitoring & control Socialization Leadership Champion of Processes Guardian of Culture Employer branding Managing staffing flows Global expertise networks Encourage mobility Network leadership/ intelligence Managers of internal receptivity Intelligence & resource access Career mgt Talent flow Global Mobility Roles in Talent Management Supply chain planning Building social capital
Acknowledgements Research Partners: • Hugh Scullion (National University of Ireland) • Paul Sparrow (Lancaster University Management School, UK) Papers: • Farndale, E., Scullion H., & Sparrow, P. 2010. The role of the corporate HR function in Global Talent Management. Journal of World Business, 45(2): 161-168. • Sparrow, P., Scullion, H. and Farndale, E. (in press: 2011). Global talent management: new roles for the corporate HR function? Global Talent Management. Editors D Collins and H Scullion. UK: Routledge. Ongoing research: • please contact Elaine Farndale if interested in participating (euf3@psu.edu).