Invaluable knowledge securing your company's technical expertise - Rothwell, William J. 1951- (American Management Association, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introducing technical talent management -- Conceptualizing the issues in technical talent management -- Recruiting and selecting technical and professional workers -- Developing technical and professional workers -- Retaining technical and professional workers -- Managing and engaging technical and professional workers -- Transferring valuable knowledge: theory and models -- Transferring valuable knowledge: practical strategies -- Tackling future challenges
What happens when your technical and professional workers start retiring en masse and taking their knowledge with them?
Whether it's an R & D engineer who consistently develops innovative products, an assembly line mechanic who single-handedly keeps the machines humming, or a gifted salesperson who understands the techies and the customers equally well, these people are essential to the organization, and they possess key institutional memory and tacit knowledge that will steadily disappear with every resignation or retirement
William Rothwell, an international expert on succession planning and talent management, fills the gap in the HR tool kit with Invaluable Knowledge, a definitive yet, easy-to-read guide to the booming field of technical talent management. The book explores new challenges and opportunities, showing you how to create a fertile environment that attracts, develops, and retains the technical experts you need, and how to transfer their crucial knowledge to less-experienced successors