1st Edition
Handbook of Talent Management and Learning Organizations A Post-Pandemic Perspective
This handbook contributes to the advanced knowledge of talent management and learning organizations in the post-pandemic era. It provides new insights and contributions to the existing literature on business organizations through the dissemination of information as well as empirical pieces of evidence from various parts of the world. The focus of this handbook is on advancing talent management strategies and learning organizations through knowledge sharing on various platforms, geographical locations, and diverse groups of intellectuals having diversified experience, knowledge, and expertise. It also focuses on innovation and creativity based on global competition, advanced communication, and management technologies and on changing customers’ behaviors and needs in the post-pandemic era.
The Handbook of Talent Management and Learning Organizations: A Post-Pandemic Perspective explores theoretical and empirical artifacts and different approaches to enhance the understanding of the relationship between talent management and learning organization. It provides solutions to managers and consultants who are facing problems while managing talent due to workplace changes post-pandemic and shows the connection between innovation and creativity as talent management enhances organizational learning, knowledge-sharing culture, innovation capabilities, and creativity. The handbook also offers strategies and solutions to manage talent virtually and presents future research directions and solutions to contemporary issues related to talent management and learning organizations moving forward.
This handbook targets graduate students, research scholars, practitioners, employees, consultants, corporate bodies, and technocrats. It will be very helpful to managers and consultants who are facing problems with managing talent due to workplace changes after the pandemic.
Section 1: Introduction, Definitions, and Overviews. 1. Talent Management and Learning Organizations: A Post-Pandemic Perspective. Section 2: Theoretical and Strategic Aspects of Talent Management and Learning Organizations. 2. Talent Management Strategies. 3. The Janus Face of Talent Management. 4. Inclusive talent management as the source of open innovation. 5. Review of Literature on Talent Management and Learning Organizations. 6. Talent Management in Learning Organizations: Designing Curriculum for Business Schools. 7. How innovation and creativity could be enhanced through talent management. 8. Measuring Quality and Quantity of Talent in Learning Organizations. 9. Talent Management And The Learning Organisation - How To Co-Op With Different Attitudes And Behaviours While Managing The Future Talent. 10. Managing Talent for Learning Organizations in the Post-Pandemic Era. 11. Talent Management, Knowledge-Based View, and Learning Organizations. 12. Learning Organizations’ Talent Management and Gig Economy. 13. The role of digital marketing as a sustainable tool to support the third sector. 14. Talent Management Practices and Learning Organizations in Emerging Markets. Section 3: 15. Organizational Theory and Managing Employees in Learning Organizations. Section 4: Contextual Studies. 16. The Future of Business Schools– Balancing Skill Development, Non-Business Knowledge, and Accreditations. 17. Talent motivation and knowledge transfer, to support cultural entrepreneurship: evidence from Italian higher education contest. 18. Organizational Challenges and Talent Mobility in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis between Pre and Post-COVID-19 Era.
Biography
Dr. Muhammad Waseem Bari is an assistant professor at Lyallpur Business School, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan. He attained his Doctorate in Business Administration, specializing in human resource management, from the esteemed Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China. Dr. Waseem has distinguished himself through the publication of numerous scholarly articles in prestigious, high-impact journals. He is the esteemed editor of nine books with renowned publishers, encompassing tourism, organizational performance, and knowledge management. Furthermore, Dr. Waseem holds the positions of guest editor for Frontiers Publishers and article editor for Sage Publications, in addition to being a reviewer for several eminent journals. His scholarly contributions are further evidenced by his numerous publications in leading SSCI journals. Dr. Waseem’s extensive experience spans the banking and FMCG industries, and he is also recognized as a corporate trainer and consultant. His principal research interests include knowledge management, psychological contracts, innovation, organizational change, and tourism.
Dr. Francesca Di Virgilio is a full professor (tenured) of organization design and human resources management at the Department of Economics at the University of Molise, Italy. Her PhD is in organization, technology, and development of human resources. She’s the rector’s delegate for placement and technology transfer activities and the coordinator of PhD courses in “Law and Economics”. She has successfully supervised and examined several master’s and PhD theses (national and international) in the area of HRM. She has more than 20 years of teaching experience at undergraduate, graduate, and master’s level. She is a board member of many international research excellence networks. She has more than 50 publications in national and international academic journals, chapters in various edited books, and national and international books. She is the reviewer of some academic international journals and an editorial board member of national and international academic journals. She has presented more than 30 papers at national and international conferences, including expert sessions as a keynote speaker. Her current research focuses on human resources management, organizational behavior, and knowledge management.
