8ORGANIZING FOR TALENT MANAGEMENT

The talent management systems and practices that fit the new world of work, workers, and organizations require compatible organization designs. They cannot be managed and used by organizations and human resources (HR) functions that are designed to operate with traditional talent management systems, and many of them are not likely to be effective in traditional hierarchical organizations.

The key issue here is system fit. The classic “star” model of organization design that is shown in figure 8.1 makes this point. It shows that for an organization to operate effectively, its five key systems must fit each other. The implications of this for organization design and talent management are clear. Both the talent ...

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