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Title: | Perceived challenges to talent management in the South African public service :an exploratory study of the City of Cape Town municipality | Authors: | Koketso, Lesego Peejay | Keywords: | Employees -- Recruiting -- South Africa;Managers -- Public administration -- South Africa;Employee retention -- South Africa;Pesonnel management -- Public administration -- South Africa;Job satisfaction -- South Africa;City councils -- South Africa;Municipal services -- South Africa;Talent management;Staff turnover;Organisational commitment;Motivation;Pay satisfaction | Issue Date: | 2011 | Publisher: | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Abstract: | This study explored perceptions of twenty managers at the City of Cape Town Municipality regarding the challenges facing talent management. A detailed study of the literature was conducted on variables that are relevant in talent management in organisations. These variables included definitions of talent management, pay satisfaction, job satisfaction, organisational commitment, tenure, motivation, employee engagement, turnover and intention to turnover. This study adopted a qualitative research method as it was found from the literature that managers often prefer face-to-face interviews instead of questionnaires. An interview guide was developed for the twenty managers that were internally chosen by the City of Cape Town management. Data collected from the interviews was subjected to content analysis method with different themes emerging. The results revealed that the City of Cape Town is well on course in implementing talent management with it’s approximately 25 000 employees. The study revealed a plethora of challenges facing talent management at the City of Cape Town. One huge challenge facing this municipality is its size, which makes implementation of a talent management system difficult to implement at the City of Cape Town. The findings support the assumption developed for this study that poor talent management practices in the public sector lead to ever increasing staff turnover rates. The findings of this study contribute to both theory and practice. Theoretically the study contributes to the literature, as it is the first empirical study to use managers in a local government municipality to explore challenges surrounding talent management. Furthermore, local government managers can use the findings of this research to design strategies and policies to enhance talent management in local government municipalities, and subsequently ensure talent retention. | Description: | Thesis (MTech (Human Resource Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1737 |
Appears in Collections: | Human Resource Management - Masters Degrees |
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