Report
Teaser, summary, work performed and final results
Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GETM3 (Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management 3)
Teaser
In 1989, Charles Handy predicted a future in which workers had more, shorter ‘careers’ trading on a portfolio of individual knowledge and skills. He suggested that fewer people would work inside organisations and that we would not be able to “use people as human...
Summary
In 1989, Charles Handy predicted a future in which workers had more, shorter ‘careers’ trading on a portfolio of individual knowledge and skills. He suggested that fewer people would work inside organisations and that we would not be able to “use people as human resources, as if they were forklift trucks with brains, to move around at our disposal. These new workers have minds of their own and have to be persuaded rather than told what to do. They have to be led rather than managed, and that\'s very difficult and very different.†The future is here.
GETM3 – Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management 3 - focuses on young talent as a key driver of future development, developed through cooperation of 3 stakeholders: employers (inc MNC & SME’s), universities and students/graduates. Despite a widely recognized importance of young talent (e.g. Europe 2020), its potential remains largely untapped. They are educated and entrepreneurial and yet experience instability in employment. At the same time, employers report skills mismatch and difficulties with attracting, managing and retaining young talent. To tackle this paradoxical situation, an innovative, multi-perspective approach is needed, reinforced by our 16 partner consortium; comprising of a transnational, inter-disciplinary, inter-generational, gender balanced and inter-sectorial research team. The main objective of GETM3 is to improve employability and future global talent management to support economic development by capitalizing on entrepreneurialism as a key characteristic of the young. To achieve this objective, the project is divided into seven work packages. Three WPs focus on in-depth research of specific issues from each of the stakeholder perspectives. The Integration and Innovation WP, essential for impact, aims to integrate research outputs and develop GETM3 across dimensions: generations, genders, disciplines, countries, sectors and stakeholders. These are supported by a project management & administration WP and by the Researcher development, knowledge transfer & dissemination WP. In total, 292 mobility months are planned, 232 of those are for EU partners. Matched funding specially dedicated to H2020 has been received from the Korean Research Foundation. The overall design of the project builds impact through researcher mobility in two ways: researchers will gain first hand and in-depth insights on specific issues from various perspectives, and will develop their skills through networking and training incorporated into mobility with sandpit events. The final deliverable is a ‘legacy’ project to build upon experience and partnerships built during the project.
Research Aims
1. Research deliverables to impact 3 stakeholder groups through knowledge transfer at national, European and global levels.
2. University researcher development through excellent, multi-discipline, international, innovative research, international exposure, mentoring, networking, training, dissemination.
3. Academic impact and esteem through high-ranking publication and dissemination on national, European and global levels.
4. Partnership development with Northumbria’s peers and industry companies and organisations through the project partners and beyond.
Work performed
Achievements in first 2 years
Team of 100+ researchers and industry representatives from over 10+ countries
140+ months of international secondment completed
7 international networking / knowledge exchange events in 5 countries
13 deliverables completed to schedule including a research capacity development platform, a multidisciplinary research design and curriculum innovation evaluations
Development of a journal special issue
Multiple international conference presentations and sponsorships
Establishment of a secure data repository on-line, on-line project database, public-facing website, digital and social media platforms and campaign.
Final results
\"PROGRESS BEYOND THE STATE of the ART: MULTISOCIATION
Our aim is to innovate research and enhance impact through the production of Argyris’ (2003) ‘actionable knowledge’ through what Smith & DiGregorio (2002) refer to as ‘bisociation’. Bisociation is an entrepreneurial trigger which occurs when two previously unrelated matrices of information or knowledge are combined to create novelty. We are exceeding this through ‘multisociation’, a unique concept developed for the purposes of this project and a deliberate plan to apply theory, concepts and approaches from one discipline to several others. One example among many is the application of Lean Six Sigma to every aspect of the research, the integrated outputs and the project management.
Building on the previous inter-disciplinary projects in which the core consortium has been involved, this RISE project extends further across academic subject areas, encompassing various ‘business’ disciplines (strategy, entrepreneurship, human resource management, marketing, supply-chain management, finance), psychology, design, pedagogy, computer science, information systems, architecture (urban planning for work) and even health through the involvement of researchers working with the UK National Health Service on their recruitment and retention. Academics from all of these areas will work across the research.
Multisociation is developing on multiple bases which we described in our application as \'a variety of juxtapositions, sometimes paradoxical\', underpinned by \'meaningful combinations\'.
Ultimately, our aim is to develop a new definition and approach to managing future talent, beyond the current state of the art, since entrepreneurialism is the missing link in current models.
EXPECTED RESULTS
Our major outcomes will be developed in a Work Package developed specifically for the purpose of integrating the work done with three previous stakeholder groups: young people, HEIs and employers. By the end of the project we will have published a report on best practices of talent management for SMEs, a 4-part research handbook, guidelines for employers on applying Lean Six Sigma principles ot various activities, case studies of young entrepreneurial talent, recommended curriculum innovations, an evaluation of the impacts across the whole project and a report regarding the sustainable partnerships which have been developed and will be maintained beyond the end of the project. We will also have launched an on-line \'toolkit\' for employers to help manage their younger employees for mutual benefit.
Some interesting \"\"informal\"\" outcomes are also developing, such as intercultural understanding of national and institutional differences and similarities. We are focussing on how to bridge the various gaps between academic and industry working which will be so valuable in future.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
Our planned impacts are as follows:
1. researcher development on multiple levels from individual to international.
2. enhancement of research and innovation-related human resources, skills to realise potential
3. development of new and lasting research collaborations
4. transfer of knowledge between institutions and sectors and countries
5. improvement of research and innovation potential in Europe and Korea
6. performance enhancement for participating businesses and beyond to greater dissemination
7. enhanced economic performance for the regions and countriess identified as \'in transition\' and beyond
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Website & more info
More info: http://www.getm3.eu.