1. Chapter Eight Career Development 8
Dessler, Cole and Sutherland
Human Resources Management in Canada
Canadian Ninth Edition
Chapter Eight
Career Development 8
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2. Career Planning and Development
Networking
-the foundation of effective career management
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3. Factors That Affect Career Choices
Career Stages
-growth stage (birth to 14)
-exploration stage (15-24)
-establishment stage (24-44)
-maintenance stage (45-65)
-decline stage (65+)
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4. Factors That Affect Career Choices
Occupational Orientation
Realistic
Investigative
Social
Conventional
Enterprising
Artistic
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5. Factors That Affect Career Choices
Career Anchors
Technical/functional
Managerial competence
Creativity
Autonomy and independence
Security
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6. Managing Promotions and Transfers
-seniority vs. competence
-vertical, horizontal, other
Transfers
-two-thirds of transfers refused due to family/
spousal concerns
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7. Management Development
Management Replacement Chart
Division VP
VP Production
*** Jones, D. ^^^
Required
Development:
-none
recommended
VP Sales
** Able, J.^^
Required Development:
-job rotation into finance
and production
-executive development course
in strategic planning
-in-house development centre
for 2 weeks
VP Finance
* Smith, B. ^
Required
Development:
-none
recommended
Present Performance
*** Outstanding
** Satisfactory
* Needs Improvement
Promotion Potential
^^^ Ready now
^^ Needs training
^ Questionable
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8. Management Development
On-the-Job Management Development Techniques
Developmental
job
rotation
Coaching/
understudy
approach
Action
learning
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9. Management Development
Off-the-Job Management Development Techniques
Case study method
Management games
Outside seminars
College/university
programs
Role playing
Behaviour modelling
In-house development
centres
Organizational
development
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10. Executive Development
Banff Centre for Management
1. evaluation of leadership competencies
2. learning contract
3. learning process
4. re-entry planning
5. measurement of training effectiveness
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