Talent management in Kazakhstan business: level of knowledge and application

Abstract

A need for assessment of knowledge level of the talent management and practice research of its application in Kazakhstan business is proved in the context of tasks for building of the management system for the talented employees of the state service of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Interview results of the managers of HR subdivisions in the Kazakhstan companies are provided the staff of which consists of 300 – 1,000 employees. It is found that 40% of the respondents are little known about the talent management. The concepts of essence and components of a talent of the respondents claiming that they are know about the talent management, are significantly differ from those approaches that listed in English language sources and from the results of a similar interview held in 2006 in the United Kingdom. The same can be said about the meanings of different functions of the talent management and primary objectives of implementation of the talent management in the explored company. It is shown that the role and importance of the talent management for the business according to the majority judgments and their assessment by the British and Kazakhstan respondents is diametrically opposite. It is found that Kazakhstan business does not have enough knowledge and experience in the field of talent management where the state service can be their recipient and the state service has to become a driver for implementation of the talent management in Kazakhstan.