Talent Management: Compensation and Rewards

This assignment is to be completed only by the Group Leader for the particular week. If you are a Group Member, you will not complete this assignment, but scroll down to Application – Group Members. During one set of paired weeks, you will be appointed as a Group Leader. If you are one of the Group Leaders for this week, you are to prepare an academic presentation (a 5–7 page paper) that presents an analysis and synthesis of prior research on the major topic for the Week for which you are assigned. You will begin the interaction with your colleagues by posting an introductory summary and attaching your paper to the Discussion postings. The 5–7 page academic paper in APA format will be an open-ended introduction to explaining how the assigned topic can be modeled and implemented in organizational settings. Your goal as the presenter is to persuasively impress that the specific concepts and processes you have reviewed are exciting research avenues and that they are potentially breakthrough areas in the understanding of sustaining human capital through talent management. Your paper should contain the following elements: An incorporation and analysis of at least ten of the required and optional resources for this pair of weeks; An identification of principal schools of thought, tendencies in the academic literature, or commonalities that define the academic scholarship regarding your topic; An evaluation of the main concepts with a focus on their application to management practice and their impact on positive social change; Direct evidence of addressing the Learning Outcomes from this pair of weeks. When you have completed the Group Leader presentation paper and submitted it to the Application, then go to the Discussion area for the assigned week and post your summary with the attached paper. Continue to participate as the discussion leader for Week 6. Your participation will be graded in the Discussion Grade.