An emerging model of talent or workforce management that includes an organization’s management of “permanently hired” workers as well as “contingent” workers (see Talent Management, Contingent Work/Workforce). Spurred by organizational bifurcation and the rising importance of contingent workers, this model seeks to integrate the respective management of “permanent hire” and “contingent” workforce by HR and Procurement functions. While Total Talent Management is a term that tends to be used by hiring organizations, RPOs have begun using the term “Blended Workforce Management” to refer to the same concept, but provided as an outsourced service by an RPO. Total Talent Management is Staffing Industry Analysts’ preferred descriptor for this phenomenon/development. (See: RPO, Blended Workforce.)