Managing Talents for Sustainable Enterprise Development

Authors

  • Abdul Amid Aziz JAlloh University of Makeni & University of Science and Technology Sierra Leone.

Keywords:

Managing Talents, Sustainable Enterprise Development, Intellectual capital, High Quality Employees, Tacit and Explicit, Competitive Environment, Attracting, Training, Rewarding

Abstract

Managing high quality employees in modern enterprises is quite a challenging task since some enterprises cannot afford to retain such talents as a result of their high reward expectations. For an enterprise to develop and sustain in a tough competitive environment, it requires competent workforce endowed with tacit and explicit intellectual capital in order to transform its operations. In this regard, this study seeks to examine the process of managing talents for sustainable enterprise development. The qualitative perspective of this research led to the extraction of information from secondary sources published on the subject matter. Analysis drawn from reviewed information disclosed the significance of attracting, selecting, training, compensating and retaining higher quality employees as elements that constitute the effective and efficient management of talents for sustainable enterprise development. The significance of this study could aid practising managers, human resources professionals and heads of private and public corporations.

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Abdul Amid Aziz JAlloh, University of Makeni & University of Science and Technology Sierra Leone.

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2015-01-31

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Aziz JAlloh, A. A. . (2015). Managing Talents for Sustainable Enterprise Development. International Journal For Research In Business, Management And Accounting, 1(1), 45–64. Retrieved from https://gnpublication.org/index.php/bma/article/view/876

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): International Journal For Research In Business, Management And Accounting |ISSN: 2455-6114

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