Vlad Vaiman - Talent Management of Knowledge Workers: Embracing the Non-Traditional Workforce

Talent Management of Knowledge Workers

Also edited by Vlad Vaiman

SMART TALENT MANAGEMENT: Building Knowledge Assets for Competitive
Advantage (with Charles M. Vance)

Embracing the Non-Traditional Workforce

Edited by

Vlad Vaiman

Selection and editorial material Vlad Vaiman 2010
Individual chapters the contributors 2010

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Rosalind Bergemann holds a PhD in international business focusing on Global Organisational Cultures, as well as a Doctor of Business Administration from Bedford University. She has studied with Harvard Business School in the areas of Leadership and Change Management and was listed in the International Whos Who of International Business Professionals as a key achiever for the years 2001 to 2003 in the fields of International Business Strategy and the Development of Global Leaders, as a result of her work in global leadership and organizational culture. Dr Bergemann is an active member of a number of professional bodies internationally, including the Psychological Society, Institute of Directors, Ivy League Consultants Forum and the Academy of International Business. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultancy and the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture and Commerce. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of the specialist change consultancy Globalite Management Services Ltd, head- quartered in London, and with offices in the US, Australia, and South Africa. Under her leadership, the consultancy has been nominated for a number of awards, including the Business and Commerce Business Achievement Award for 2007.

Ozgur Ekmekci serves as Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership within the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the George Washington University. He teaches courses on leadership, organizational change, research methods, and quality in health care. Dr Ekmekcis research interests include organizational identification, organizational identity, quality and safety, process improvement, temporality, and agent- based modelling. He has a Bachelors degree in electrical engineering, a Masters degree in business administration, and a Doctoral degree in human and organizational learning. Dr Ekmekci also holds certification in Six Sigma Lean Sensei and the MyersBriggs Type Indicator.

Guy Ellis is Honorary Research Fellow of the Huck Centre for Management Research at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, and a Director of PeopleStuf Ltd. He graduated from the University of Auckland in 1990 and immediately moved to the United Kingdom. Initially hired by Hewlett Packard, Guy moved to the Bank of America, Citibank, and then NatWest Global Financial Markets in 1998 as Human Resources Director and Global Head of Front Office. In 2000, Guy joined Aon Ltd as HR Director of its UK Consulting Division. In 2003, Guy set up Gack Consulting, to provide strategic consulting and operational support to clients implementing people based projects. Drawing upon his wide Human Resources experience and business knowledge, Guy worked with Fortune 500 clients on a range of international projects. Guy published Tales of Talent: A Modern Fable for Todays Managers in 2006. This book on organizational strategy and talent management provides decision- makers with practical solutions to aligning their employees and organizational objectives. In 2008, Guy completed his MSc in International Management and Business History at Reading, and helped establish PeopleStuf Ltd, a professional services firm that bridges the gap between academic vision and consulting rhetoric to guide and inspire Human Resources professionals and their community to establish best practice.

Lien Els is Associate Professor in Human Resources and Management at Middlesex University Dubai and lectures in a variety of programmes in Business and Education. Prior to her joining Middlesex University, she served as Vice Dean and Associate Professor in Human Resource Management at the University of Wollongong in Dubai, was Head of the Academy for Business Development in South Africa, and Professor in Education at UNISA, South Africa. She has published a number of books, articles and paper based on her research and activities during her diverse academic career. Apart from academic work, she also offers consultancy services and corporate training in the areas of human resources, and leadership development to government and private organizations. Her extensive experience as academic and consultant is put to good use in her current research projects which include talent management and leadership development.

Regina-Viola Frey is Research Associate at the German Graduate School of Management and Law at Heilbronn and PhD candidate at the University of Mannheim. She holds a masters in business education from J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt. Her major research interest covers the marketing HR interface and professional services. Prior to starting her PhD, she worked with an executive search firm in Frankfurt and London.

Elfi Furtmueller is Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour, School of Management and Governance, University of Twente (UT), the Netherlands. Prior to joining the UT, she conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley. She obtained her doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Linz, Austria. Dr Furtmueller currently teaches in the Service Management Masters programme at UT. Her research interests include professionals commitment behaviours, foci, and motives. She recently published a book entitled