The effect of talent management on objective organizational forgetting with the mediator role of organizational agility (case study: Department of Sports and Youth of Tehran Province)

The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of talent management on objective organizational forgetting with the mediator role of organizational agility (case study: Department of Sports and Youth of Tehran Province). The study was a descriptive based on structural equation modeling. The statistical sample was equal to population consisted of all employees of the Sports and Youth Department of Tehran province, numbering 250 people. In this research, Mahmoudvand organizational forgetting questionnaire (2011), talent management skills of Taft (2011) and Organizational agility of Spitzer (2007) were used. Descriptive statistics, and structural equation modeling were used for analyzing data. Statistical analysis of this study was performed using SPSS version 20 and AMOS software. The results showed that talent management with a regression coefficient of 0.47 and a significant level of less than 0.05 had a significant positive effect on targeted organizational obsolescence in the general administration of sport and youth in Tehran province. Also, talent management has a positive correlation with regression coefficient of 0.53 and a meaningful level of less than 0.05 on organizational agility in the general administration of sport and youth in Tehran province. Finally, the results of path analysis indicated that talent management, while having a direct impact on organizational forgetting (-0.057), through the organizational agility mediator variable of 0.526, also affects organizational forgetfulness and increases organizational forgetfulness. Therefore, it is suggested that talent management be considered as one of the most important organizational measures in sport and youth in Tehran province.