TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SELECTED COMPANIES LISTED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF THAILAND (SET)

The purposes of this study were to examine the rationales for implementing talent management practice; to investigate the key functions of the talent management practices and to identify the key success factors of talent management practices among six SET-listed companies. The key participants were the 12 heads of human resources (HR) function, especially human resources development (HRD), in six SET-listed companies. The participants were selected by using both purposive and snowball sampling, focusing on the case study method by using a qualitative approach. According to the purposes of this study, the talent management processes are the key issues of this study which found that there are four functions of talent management practices: 1) talent identification, 2) talent development, 3) talent motivation, and 4) talent compensation. The talented people in the organization were identified as not more than 10% of the total employees of an organization or department.