Talent management in Lebanon in relation to regional and global practices -

Abstract

This study explores the kind of Talent Management practices that companies in Lebanon are implementing. A thorough literature review has been conducted to examine and understand recent Talent Management practices and challenges on a global scale and in the Middle East, specifically the growing GCC market A series of ten interviews with HR Managers working in Lebanon were conducted to know more about current Talent Management practices in the country. Challenges in Lebanon were also interrogated and our thematic analysis proved that these challenges appeared to be critical and highly related to the context of developing and implementing a Talent Management system.. In between the dominance of SMEs’ traditional management practices in Lebanon and the migration of a large portion of the workforce abroad, we observe that Lebanon brings a lot of obstacles to the table for HR Managers who plan to manage their talents.