WEEK 6 PROMPTS 2
Week 6 Prompts
Prompt One
Employees play an essential role in the overall performance of any organization.
However, the human resource department faces a considerable challenge in getting the right staff
for a particular job, and when they do, without an enabling culture, chances of losing such
talented workforce is also high. Therefore, from the given article the best way to attract talented
workers is by having employee-focused and value-driven culture (Gugel, 2016). The technique
of having employee-focused management motivates the employees to work harder and enhance
teamwork since it creates the sense of belonging. Additionally, it allows the workers to exercise
their expertise to the fullest and thus increases their output and job satisfaction.
In like manner, value-driven culture is a magnet to talented workforce due to its values
and integrity. The workers tend to like an association with an organization that is value-based.
For instance, if the company advocates for corruption free then it should be evident by how it
conducts itself. A company that embraces the two cultures tend to improve its profitability,
reputation and customer satisfaction since the workers have a positive attitude towards work,
open and focused (Cappelli and Keller, 2014). Such attributes creates a culture of collaboration,
communication, and transparency, which are essential in attracting and retention of talented
workers.
Prompt Two
Talents may go unutilized due to poor talent management skills by either the individual
or an organization (Chamorro-Premuzik, 2014). After reading the module, my perception on
talents have changed. For example, I realized that the workplace environment had affected the
