Talent Management In High-Tech
Industry – A Case Study At eDN Semi-
Conductor Company In Vietnam
Dr. Pi-Yun Chen
Dr. Nguyen Quoc Tuan
Pham Dinh Cuong
11752302
SD-MBA1
2012 Thesis Proposal
Keywords
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Semi-conductor Industry in Vietnam
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Employee Recruitment
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Employee Retention
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Talent
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Talent Management
Outlines
1.
Introduction
2.
Literature Review
3.
Research Methods
4.
Concluding Remarks
1.Introduction (1/11)
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Aguinis, 2012).
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The company will be lead to the talent war with other companies
to (1) retain top talent, (2) hire away top talent from other
companies (Fishman, 1998).
1.Introduction (3/11)
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Research Background (3/7)
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In Vietnam, since 2003, numerous Laws and Decisions
related to High-Tech industry have been issued, it shows the
effort and target of the government in developing the Industry
in Vietnam and realizing the target to be an industrialized
country in 2020.
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Following the Laws and Decisions, some small Semi-
conductor companies had been established and operated by
Oversea Vietnamese like Silicon Design Solutions Vietnam,
Array Technologies Vietnam. And then big companies and
design centers have been established
1.Introduction (4/11)
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Research Background (4/7)
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October 2004, Renesas Electronic, Inc, a Global Semi-
conductor Company established their design center in
Vietnam, called Renesas Design Vietnam Co.
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August 2005, Integrated Circuit Design Research &
Education Center (ICDREC) was established with the

to align with Vietnam’s culture.
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Their employees
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Domestic Universities, Oversea study or Experts from other
countries.
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Knowledge levels are also different from bachelor to doctor.
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They bring in specialized knowledge and cultures to grow the
company
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But they also bring in different working styles, expectations
and perspectives which lead the firm to be difficult to manage,
align and satisfy them to motive their employees.
1.Introduction (7/11)
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Research Background (7/7)
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Navigos Search, a department of Navigos Group, Ltd did a
research on employee’s satisfaction in Vietnam by the first
quarter of 2011.
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With 4,800 employees of 50 companies in Vietnam
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Questions were focusing on key factors to attract and keep excellent
employees to stay with the company
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The result shows
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development
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More Semi-conductor companies have been established in
Vietnam but there are not enough talents in this field so new
companies tend to attract and recruit existing employees.
There will be a talent war between companies to attract,
recruit and retain the talent employees. Attracting and
retaining employees becomes critical.
1.Introduction (9/11)
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Research Motive (2/2)
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This industry is new in Vietnam. Working culture of
Vietnamese is different with the others in the world. It
is important for the company to understand key factors
impacted to the motivation, performance and expectation of
their employees
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There are researches on talent management in the world but
there is less research on talent management in Vietnam.
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A research on talent management is to support the company
to improve their resource management strategy to attract,
recruit and retain the employees
1.Introduction (10/11)
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Research Purpose (1/1)
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To understand the expectation and perspective of
the employees

Since 2003 to 2010, Vietnam government issues numerous
Laws and Decisions to encourage investments in High-Tech
Industry, including Semi-conductor Industry. As the result,
large Semi-conductor companies in the world have invested to
Vietnam by establishing Design Centers. In parallel with that,
such small companies also established.
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Most of the companies are either a subsidiary or design centers
of global companies, or they are established by Oversea
Vietnamese
2.Literature Reviews (2/5)
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Employee Recruitment
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According to Michael, A., Armstrong’s Handbook
of Human Resource Management Practice,
Recruitment is the process of finding and engaging
the people the company needs. The recruitment
will run through 4 stages:
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Defining requirements
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Planning recruitment campaigns.
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Attracting candidates
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Selecting candidates
2.Literature Reviews (3/5)
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Employee Retention

of Human Resource Management Practice,
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th
, Kogan Page).
“Talent management is the process of identifying,
developing, recruiting and deploying talents.”
3.Research Methods (1/11)
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Case study company (1/2)
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Case study company is a Global Semi-Conductor company.
The company has head-quarter in USA, and design centers
around the world: North America, Europe (England, Spain
and Romania), Asia (China, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam).
The research will focus on their design center in Vietnam.
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The company operating can reflect global – local
management, multi-levels of engineers, multi-cultures, cross-
working between centers… It reflects the model of most of
Global Semi-Conductor companies
BOD
HR Dept. Engineering Dept.
Digital Dept.
Team Leader
Project Leader
Engineer
AMS Dept.
Team Leader
Project Leader
Engineer

inside the company
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3 Project Leaders representing 3 above departments.
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3 Individual Contributors
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6 Engineers (2 engineers for each Engineering
department)
3.Research Methods (5/11)
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Question Design
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Business Research Method, Dr. Pi-Yun Chen
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Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. Principles
of qualitative research: Designing a qualitative
study
3.Research Methods (6/11)
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Theoretical Basis (1/2)
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Herman, Ryan, &Harry suggest using
performance management to win the talent
war by 4 factors below:
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Individualized developmental plans
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Challenging, interesting and meaningful work
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Advancement opportunities