Skip to Content
Rethinking Talent Decisions
book

Rethinking Talent Decisions

by Sharna Wiblen
March 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
285 pages
9h 1m
English
De Gruyter
Content preview from Rethinking Talent Decisions

Part 1: Introducing (Re)Thinking Talent Decisions

Chapter 1 A Tale of Complexity, Technology and Subjectivity

A Tale of Complexity

My fascination with complexity fuels my interest in talent decisions. As a social scientist, I firmly believe that emphasising complexity is crucial. My objective is to instigate, contribute to and shape informed conversations that unpack the complexity of genuine talent management. Allow me to elucidate why talent decisions are complex.

Talent decisions are complex because talent is a socially constructed concept. Like other socially constructed concepts such as love and beauty, talent only exists in the realm of ideas. Concepts represent categories and ideas humans use to structure and organise the world. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

How to Become a Game-Changing Leader

How to Become a Game-Changing Leader

Douglas A. Ready, Alan Mulally
What Successful Project Managers Do

What Successful Project Managers Do

W. Scott Cameron, Jeffrey S. Russell, Edward J. Hoffman, Alexander Laufer
Why AI Demands a New Breed of Leaders

Why AI Demands a New Breed of Leaders

Faisal Hoque, Thomas Davenport, Erik Nelson

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9783110756357