Talent Management: Concepts and Models

These days, financial and technical resources are not considered the only organizational advantage. Not only having talented and capable people can result in competitive advantages, but also it can compensate any lack or defect of resources. In recent years, management thinkers have spoken of the concept of talent management, and organizations have employed talent management programs and surrogate training for finding a new generation of leaders over the past few decades. Taking library approach and utilizing relevant articles and literatures, this paper is an attempt to investigate and analyze various concepts and models of talent management. Having made a comparison among them, it presents a conceptual, theoretical and comprehensive model for talent management in organizations.