Strengthening Labor Skills and Human Talent Management in SMES. Perspective of a Case Study of the Flower Sector in the Latacunga Canton of Ecuador

Abstract

In the contemporary landscape of rapid technological advancements, globalization and evolving market demands, effective human talent development and professional skills management has become a critical imperative for organizations seeking sustained success. The general objective of the study presented was: Analyze the management of human talent in a group of SMEs strengthening in the flower sector of the Latacunga canton of Ecuador to make existing labor skills visible. The methodology was a mixed approach, explanatory-descriptive type, documentary design with field support. A stratified random sample of 37 workers from a group of SMEs in the flower sector of the canton of Latacunga was used to whom a Likert scale survey was applied, which had a reliability of 0.853, a very high level. The result was that human talent management has weaknesses in the interaction between talent development, the strengthening of work skills, and the changing demands of the contemporary work landscape, which has allowed employees to have a less favorable perspective of development organizational.