Talent Management
Technology in Talent Management
Concurrent rise in demand for a quality workforce and technical innovations serve as drivers that enable effective talent management.
Information and communication innovations like social sourcing with the help of online tools such as LinkedIn have made the primary processes of identifying and acquiring talent easier.
Furthermore, the advances and development of Learning Management Systems and technology enabled learning models that blend the best of self-paced and face-to-face learning have streamlined the process of talent development within the system.
The retention of talent holds the key in sustaining the talent management model.
The development of technically empowered performance management and reporting methodologies have made the retention process efficient to execute.
All of the aspects of talent management can now be integrated on one platform.
This one technical platform serves to streamline all the processes involved in different aspects of talent management by effective integration of the applications.
Role of Learning Management Systems
The Learning Management System (LMS) has invariably and effectively enabled the process of talent development.
The wide technical bandwidth of an LMS in terms of hosting, tracking, assessing and reporting the learner progress makes it the best choice for development into a Talent Management system.
The connectivity of social sourcing applications into the system, followed by assessment of existing skills and integration of learning solutions into the LMS will empower the initiation and development aspect of the talent management cycle.
The evolution and integration of the performance evaluation and reporting, along with reward and certification methods such as the open badge system, have made the process of retention efficient and easy to blend into the LMS. For example, the successful and effective implementation of Totara, a Moodle based LMS will efficiently deal with all the aspects of the Talent Management cycle.
The structured evolution of the LMS into a robust platform with integration of varied social applications is the future for the changing horizon of talent management.
Dr Srinivas Kotamarthy currently works with Human Logic Technologies as an E-Learning Specialist.