Programs in Talent management at the universities of the USA, UK and Canada

What is it about?

The article deals with the peculiarities of talent management programmes implementation in the top British, American and Canadian universities. The essence of the main concepts of research – talent and talent management is revealed. Talent management is referred to as the systematic attraction, identification, development, engagement, retention and deployment of those individuals who are of particular value to an organization, either in view of their “high potential” for the future or because they are fulfilling business/operation-critical roles. The factors that drive the development of talent management in the universities are defined. The benefits that can be obtained as a result of talent management programmes implementation in the higher education institutions are pointed out. The differences in talent management programmes implementation in the universities of Great Britain, the USA and Canada are found out. These differences depend mainly on the human resources policy of the institution represented in its strategic plan. It is concluded that most top British and American higher education institutions run talent development programmes, but the target categories and forms of their implementation differ greatly. Canadian universities in the human resources policy focus on professional development of staff and faculty, but don’t have special talent management programmes. Progressive conceptual ideas of foreign experience that can be used in practice of Ukrainian universities are considered.

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Why is it important?

Our study shows the differences in talent development policy implementation at the universities of different countries that help to define positive conceptual ideas of foreign experience for higher education institutions in Ukraine.