The Influence of Talent Management Practices on Organizational Growth in Ethio Telecom
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2020-06
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A.A.U
Abstract
Assessing current level of organizational growth, and understanding the influence of talent
management practice towards the growth of any organization is important in this competitive
era. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of talent management practices on
organizational growth in head office of Ethio Telecom. Quantitative research method was used
and survey design was employed in this study to achieve the research objectives. For achieving
these objectives, 200 sample respondents (managers) from the head office of Ethio Telecom were
selected through simple random sampling technique. Accordingly, to collect data from sample
respondents, closed-ended questionnaire was used. Out of 200 respondents, workable data were
obtained from 188 respondents. By using descriptive and inferential statistics, these data were
analyzed. The influence of the overall talent management practice and the five components of
talent management practices (talent acquisition, talent engagement, talent development, talent
deployment and talent retention) on organizational growth was identified in the study. To
identify these influence, six hypotheses were developed. The finding of descriptive analysis
revealed that the mean score for overall talent management practice is in the average in the
organization. From the five components of talent management practices, talent engagement and
talent development are fall slightly above the average, whereas, talent acquisition, talent
deployment and talent retention are the items that fall in the average in head office of Ethio
Telecom. And also the current level of organizational growth was in an average in the
organization. The correlation analysis result showed that there is a significant negative influence
of overall talent management practices on organizational growth in the organization. Moreover,
the regression analysis evidenced that overall talent management practice is predictor of
organizational growth in head office of Ethio Telecom. It is also found that only talent
engagement has a significant negative influence on organizational growth; whereas, all other
talent management practice components has no significant influence on organizational growth in
the organization. On the basis of the research findings, appropriate conclusions and
recommendations along with implications for further studies were forwarded
Description
A Thesis Submitted to College of Business and Economics,
Department of Management of Addis Ababa University in Partial
Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Masters of Business
Administration (MBA) in Management
Keywords
Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Talent Deployment, Organizational Growth