Talent management in the context of "Business strategy"

Training and development involves improving the effectiveness of organizations and the individuals and teams within them. Training may be viewed as being related to immediate changes in effectiveness via organized instruction, while development is related to the progress of longer-term organizational and employee goals. While training and development technically have differing definitions, the terms are often used interchangeably. Training and development have historically been topics within adult education and applied psychology, but have within the last two decades become closely associated with human resources management, talent management, human resources development, instructional design, human factors, and knowledge management.

Skills training has taken on varying organizational forms across industrialized economies. Germany has an elaborate vocational training system, whereas the United States and the United Kingdom are considered to generally have weak ones.

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., doing business as Marsh McLennan and Marsh, is a global professional services firm, headquartered in New York City with businesses in insurance brokerage, risk management, reinsurance services, talent management, investment advisory, and management consulting. Its four main operating companies are Marsh (53% of 2024 revenues), which offers risk management, insurance broking, insurance program management, risk consulting, analytical modeling and alternative risk financing services; Marsh Re (formerly Guy Carpenter; 10% of 2024 revenues), a reinsurance intermediary and advisor; Mercer (23% of 2024 revenues), which provides consulting to employers for health insurance, retirement plans, and pension plans; and Oliver Wyman; 14% of 2024 revenues, including Lippincott and NERA Economic Consulting, which provides consulting services. In 2024, Risk and Insurance Services contributed a total of 63% of revenues and 71% of operating profit, while Consulting contributed 37% of revenues and 29% of operating profit.

It is the largest insurance broker worldwide.

Organizational effectiveness is a concept used to assess how well an organization achieves its intended outcomes. It is utilized to improve organizational activities. The specifics that define organizational effectiveness are context dependent vary depending on the methods used to measure organizational performance. Multiple factors are considered when determining organizational effectiveness: these include talent management, leadership development, organization design and structure, systems for measuring performance, change management strategies, and smart technology integration.