Talent Management and Talent Development Terminology
Below is some terminology used in Talent Management and Talent Development along with their definitions. This was published as part of the blog SAP HCM Talent Management Terminology in the SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) space.
Abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
|
OSA |
Object Setting and Appraisals (technical name for Performance Management) |
| PD | Personnel Development |
| TMC / HRTMC | Talent Management Core |
| STVN | SAP Talent Visualization by Nakisa |
| TMS | Talent Management Specialist |
| TREX | Search and Classification (originally Text Retrieval and Information EXtraction) |
| ESH | Enterprise SearcH |
General Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
|
Competency |
A behavior, characteristic, or qualification of an employee |
|
Functional Area |
A logical grouping of Job Families that represents a function of the organization, such as Marketing or Production |
| Job Architecture |
A talent orientated structure used to efficiently assign competencies across the organization, compromising of Functional Areas, Job Families, Jobs and Positions and allowing inherited competencies down the structure |
| Job Family | A logical grouping of jobs that have similar attributes or characteristics |
| Position Requirements | The competencies required by the holder of a position |
| Scale | Levels of values used to measure proficiencies or attributes |
| Status Handling | The use of Nominated and Approved statuses to specify if an assignment to a Succession Plan, Successor Pool or Talent Group has been confirmed or not |
| Talent Development | Identification of talent or successors, review of individuals and development planning |
| Talent Group | A group of talented employees |
Specific Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
|
Area of Responsibility |
The area of the organization structure for which a TMS can perform Talent Management activities |
|
Bench Strength |
A risk-based score to measure the strength of the successors assigned to a position |
| Career Type/Level | Type and level of career aspiration, used to measure the career aspirations of employees and the career aspiration requirement of jobs or positions |
|
Corporate Goals and Values |
Goals and/or values that represent those of the organization from a strategic level and cascading to organization units to use in the performance appraisal process |
| Development Plan | Long-term development plan used to track and measure objectives for successors or high-potentials |
| Key Indication |
The attribute that specifies a Key Job or Key Position |
| Key Job | A job whose positions are determined to be Key Positions |
| Key Position | A position that is critical to the operation or long-term success of an organization |
| Mobility | The ability for an employee to relocate to another geographic location |
| Ranking | The value of a successor to the position if they became the holder of the position |
| Readiness | How ready a successor is to assume a position |
| STVN SuccessionPlanning | The graphical user interface offered by SAP to support succession planning processes |
| STVN TalentHub | A new name for STVN SuccessionPlanning from STVN4.0 |
| Succession Plan | The successors of a position |
| Succession planning | Process of identifying and developing successors for key positions and high potentials for Talent Groups and Successor Pools |
| Successor | Someone who is adjudged to be capable of taking a position in the future |
| Successor Pool | A collection of employees who have potential to fill one or more jobs or positions within a specific job family |
| a Talent | An employee that is assigned to a Talent Group |
| Talent Assessment | Application used to assess the talent-related characteristics of employees by their manager |
| Talent Profile for Employees | A self-service profile of talent-related information maintained by employees, such as education, work experience, career aspirations and mobility preferences |
| Talent Profile for Managers and Talent Management Specialists | An extended display version of the Talent Profile for Employees that is available to managers and Talent Management Specialists, containing additional talent-related information |
| Talent Review Meeting | Application used to support the review of employees both during and/or after the appraisal and talent assessment processes |
Object Types
| Object Type | Definition |
|---|---|
| BP | Business Partner |
| CP | Central Person |
| TB | Talent Group |
| RM | Talent Review Meeting |
| FN | Functional Area |
| JF | Job Family |
| C | Job |
| S | Position |
| P | Person |
| VA | Appraisal Template |
| VB | Criteria Group |
| VC | Criterion |
| Q | Qualification / Competency |
| QK | Qualification Group |
| QB | Qualification Block |
| US | User |
| T | Task |
SAP Talent Visualization by Nakisa (STVN)-specific terminology can be found in the blog Visualization Solutions by Nakisa (VSN) Terminology.
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