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Demystifying Talent Management: A Critical Approach to the Realities of Talent
Billy Adamsen
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Description for Demystifying Talent Management: A Critical Approach to the Realities of Talent
Hardback. Demystifying Talent Management questions the explanation of talent, that anyone who has 'more' has a talent, and demonstrates how the term 'talent' has become an empty signifier. The book asks if talent exists at all, and reflects on what the consequences for talent management within business and sports would be if this were the case. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KJC; KJK; KJM; KJP; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Demystifying Talent Management questions the explanation of talent, that anyone who has 'more' has a talent, and demonstrates how the term 'talent' has become an empty signifier. The book asks if talent exists at all, and reflects on what the consequences for talent management within business and sports would be if this were the case.
Demystifying Talent Management questions the explanation of talent, that anyone who has 'more' has a talent, and demonstrates how the term 'talent' has become an empty signifier. The book asks if talent exists at all, and reflects on what the consequences for talent management within business and sports would be if this were the case.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
329g
Number of Pages
149
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137508652
SKU
V9781137508652
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Ref
99-15
About Billy Adamsen
Billy Adamsen is Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. He has published several books and papers on a variety of subjects including Sport management, talent management, Management, Cognition and Media, Politics and Media, Psychology of language and the effect of new media. In addition to his academic experience, he has worked as a manager, director, advisor and ... Read more
Reviews for Demystifying Talent Management: A Critical Approach to the Realities of Talent
Billy Adamsen's book, Demystifying Talent Management is an important contribution to critical debates and reflections of the role of talent in modern management thinking, for example in sport and business. ... Adamsen's book is a very well written and important piece of work. Its theoretical discussions of the talent term is appreciated seen in the perspective of an unreflective use ... Read more