Demystifying Talent Management

Billy Adamsen is Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. He has published several books and papers on a variety of subjects including Sport management, talent management, Management, Cognition and Media, Politics and Media, Psychology of language and the effect of new media. In addition to his academic experience, he has worked as a manager, director, advisor and scout for different national and international companies within business, politics and sports.

• Introduction: How To Read This Book 1. The Gospel Of Mathew - He Who Has More Has A Talent 2. Stories About Individuals From The Darkness 3. The Need For Talent: The Origins Of Talent Management In Business And Sports 4. The Language Of Talent 5. It's Not About Talent Itself - But About Detecting, Identifying And Selecting Talents 6. The Etymology Of The Term 'Talent' 7. Talent And Talent Management As Accidental Designators Or Empty Signifiers 8. The Accidental Term Talent From An Anthropological Semiotic Perspective 9. The Denotation And Connotation Of 'Talent' 10. Final Thoughts - The Gospel Of Matthew In Contemporary Talent Management 11. IQC Management - The Future Term For Talent Management Epilogue - Niels Bohr In Talent Management Notes Literature Bibliography

“Billy Adamsen’s book, Demystifying Talent Management is an important contribution to critical debates and reflections of the role of talent in modern management thinking, for example in sport and business. … Adamsen’s book is a very well written and important piece of work. Its theoretical discussions of the talent term is appreciated seen in the perspective of an unreflective use of this term in many contexts of talent management and development.” (Inge Kryger Pedersen, idrottsforum.org, June, 2016)