Description: Demystifying Talent Management by Billy Adamsen Demystifying Talent Management questions the explanation of talent, that anyone who has more has a talent, and demonstrates how the term talent has become an empty signifier. The book asks if talent exists at all, and reflects on what the consequences for talent management within business and sports would be if this were the case. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Demystifying Talent Management questions the explanation of talent, that anyone who has more has a talent, and demonstrates how the term talent has become an empty signifier. The book asks if talent exists at all, and reflects on what the consequences for talent management within business and sports would be if this were the case. Author Biography Billy Adamsen is Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. He has published several books and papers on a variety of subjects including Sport management, talent management, Management, Cognition and Media, Politics and Media, Psychology of language and the effect of new media. In addition to his academic experience, he has worked as a manager, director, advisor and scout for different national and international companies within business, politics and sports. Table of Contents Introduction: How To Read This Book 1. The Gospel Of Mathew - He Who Has More Has A Talent 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. Its 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 From An Anthropological Semiotic Perspective 9. The Denotation And Connotation Of Talent 10. Final Thoughts - The Gospel Of Matthew In Contemporary Talent Management 11. IQC Management - The Future Term For Talent Management Epilogue - Niels Bohr In Talent Management Notes Literature Bibliography Review "Billy Adamsens book, Demystifying Talent Management is an important contribution to critical debates and reflections of the role of talent in modern management thinking, for example in sport and business. … Adamsens book is a very well written and important piece of work. Its theoretical discussions of the talent term is appreciated seen in the perspective of an unreflective use of this term in many contexts of talent management and development." (Inge Kryger Pedersen, idrottsforum.org, June, 2016) Promotional "Demystifying Talent Management offers an entertaining tour through the worlds of science, sports, and business to show us how we are maddeningly unclear about what we mean by ability or talent in contemporary organizations as well as how little we actually know about how it relates to success." - Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management and Director, Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia This is an authoritative and timely analysis of the idea of talent. Drawing on a range of managerial, sociological and philosophical concepts, the author builds a profound critique of the role of talent in modern management thinking, and exposes its shortcomings, as well as providing a way forward for organisations to successfully acquire the key skills and abilities that they need. Dr. Adamsens text should be on the desk of every chief executive and every HR manager. - Paul Griseri, Managing Editor "Philosophy of Management and Director of MBA Programmes, Middlesex University, UK "Adamsens book is a very well written and important piece of work. Its theoretical discussion of the talent term is appreciated seen in the perspective of an unreflective use of this term in many contexts of talent management and development." -Inge Kryger Pedersen, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Long Description In both business and sports, the recruitment and management of especially talented individuals has become central to obtaining competitive advantages and strengthening competitiveness, because only with them can results be produced, progress ensured and goals achieved. Notwithstanding the legitimate importance of talent management, it is noteworthy how ambiguous the term is and how difficult it is to define. Within talent management, it is often explained with the Gospel of Matthew; that someone who has more has a talent, and therefore should be given more,. This is exactly what managers do when they identify and recruit a talent. Demystifying Talent Management questions this idea that anyone who has more has a talent, and demonstrates how the term talent has become an empty signifier which no longer refers to anyone or anything in the actual world. The book explores whether talent exists at all, and what the consequences for talent management would be if this were the case. Review Quote "Demystifying Talent Management offers an entertaining tour through the worlds of science, sports, and business to show us how we are maddeningly unclear about what we mean by ability or talent in contemporary organizations as well as how little we actually know about how it relates to success." - Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management and Director, Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia This is an authoritative and timely analysis of the idea of talent. Drawing on a range of managerial, sociological and philosophical concepts, the author builds a profound critique of the role of talent in modern management thinking, and exposes its shortcomings, as well as providing a way forward for organisations to successfully acquire the key skills and abilities that they need. Dr. Adamsens text should be on the desk of every chief executive and every HR manager. - Paul Griseri, Managing Editor "Philosophy of Management and Director of MBA Programmes, Middlesex University, UK Details ISBN1137508655 Author Billy Adamsen Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Year 2015 ISBN-10 1137508655 ISBN-13 9781137508652 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2015-11-04 Language English Media Book Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle A Critical Approach to the Realities of Talent Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title DEMYSTIFYING TALENT MGMT 2016/ Pages 149 Edition 1st AU Release Date 2015-11-04 NZ Release Date 2015-11-04 UK Release Date 2015-11-04 Illustrations XI, 149 p. 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ISBN-13: 9781137508652
Book Title: Demystifying Talent Management
Number of Pages: 149 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Demystifying Talent Management: a Critical Approach to the Realities of Talent
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Economics, Management, Business
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Weight: 3109 g
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Author: Billy Adamsen
Subject Area: Organizational Sociology, Data Analysis
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