CAREER CONCEPTS Developed by Mike Driver and Ken Brousseau at USC Summarized here by Jim Clawson
CAREER CONCEPTS and MOTIVES Concepts: what you think you should be Motives: what you want to do and enjoy
Linear A B Power and Status C Time Motivation:
Steady State Experts Power and Status Time Motivation:
Spiral Power and Status Time Motivation:
Transitory Power and Status Time Motivation:
Value Added? LINEAR SPIRAL TRANSITORY STEADY STATE EXPERT
Career Concepts Power & Status Time SPIRAL LINEAR TRANSITORY STEADY STATE EXPERT
L E S T Implications … Who gets to the top of most organizations? Who designs the reward systems in those organizations? E S T
Some Fundamental Questions What is my ranking of career motives? How does this compare with my concepts? What does the comparison say about how I might make decisions? What would be the impact of letting concepts dominate motives? How could I insure deciding in favor of my motives?