Deck 10: E-Talent Management

Question 1

Talent management "system" (TMS), are also referred to as …

A) Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
B) Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
C) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
D) Human Capital Management (HCM) systems

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Not all social media platforms are created equal. _________ currently dominates the talent acquisition market.

A) Facebook
B) Twitter
C) LinkedIn
D) YouTube

Answer 2

C

Question 3

____________ involves promoting the organization to a potential candidate to encourage the individual to want and desire a job or career with the organization.

A) Talent attraction
B) Performance management
C) Career counseling
D) Training and development

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The _________ is an example of an organisation that has arisen out of the transition towards a digital era whereby senior executives, HR managers and recruiters judge individual's value both online and offline.

A) Uber
B) Social Index
C) Google
D) Adobe

Question 5

___________ refers to the processes through which certain individuals come to be evaluated as greater value, categorised as talent and permitted membership of the internal talent pool.

A) Talent attraction
B) Succession planning
C) Talent identification
D) Talent development

Question 6

A core benefit of using software to evaluate a workforce is …

A) to ensure that the organisation "retains" valuable individuals.
B) a foundation for further analysis.
C) to play a pivotal role in the pursuit and realisation of strategic goals and ambitions.
D) the perceived ability to create and enact a systematic and consistent approach to identify talent.

Question 7

It is through ________ that an organisation can enact a set or system of practices.

A) e-HRM
B) e-talent
C) Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
D) Human Capital Management (HCM) systems

Question 8

Due to _________, e-talent ensures that talent identification processes identify certain individuals by pre-determined and standardised criteria.

A) software coding requirements
B) algorithms
C) a set of valued skills
D) high performers

Question 9

Mellahi and Collings (2010) acknowledges that 'Talent is often tacit, inherently complex and difficult to measure because it often deals with _______ rather than ________'.

A) performance, potential
B) philosphy, reality
C) potential, performance
D) reality, philosphy

Question 10

___________ where individuals can select what they want to learn, when and how are particularly useful and can act as the primary mechanism to develop skills, including leadership skills.

A) e-HRM platforms
B) Social media platforms
C) e-Talent platforms
D) Online learning platforms

Question 11

Briefly explain how e-talent and its relationship to talent management.

Question 12

How is e-talent used by organizations to pursue strategic goals and ambitions?

Question 13

How is e-talent used in talent retention?

Question 14

What are the potential limitations of e-talent in retention?