TALENT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL GROWTH: A STUDY OF SELECTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN ABA, ABIA STATE
Abstract
Talent management and growth of manufacturing firms are research carried out to evaluate the effects of talent acquisition, talent retention, and career development on a firm’s profits and market expansion. The researcher obtained a sample of two hundred and thirty-six (236) respondents from three manufacturing firms in Aba, Abia using questionnaire. The sample was collected by random technique while the three organizations were judgmentally chosen based on their possession of some desired characteristics. Analysis of variance and multiple regression was performed on the data using version 20 of the SPSS. The statistical results show that talent management has a positive and significant relationship with organisational growth in the context of profitability and market expansion. The study, therefore, concluded that talent management enhances a firm’s growth. It is recommended that human resource management adopts the talent acquisition technique as a strategy to increase the profits of the firm, talent retention should be seen as a necessary strategy to keep the best employees capable of adding value to the market expansion activities of the organization, career development opportunities should be given to employees. market expansion and profits should be pursued from a talent management perspective for reliable results, and a talent management unit as a sub-section of human resource management should be created for efficiency and effectiveness.
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