CAREER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION - CAREER PLANING IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH ONE SELECTS CAREERS GOALS AND THE PATH TO THESE GOALS,THE MAJOR FOCUS OF CAREER PLANNING IS ON ASSISTING THE EMPLOYEES ACHIEVE A BETTER MATCH BETWEEN PERSONAL GOALS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE REALISTICALLY AVAILABLE IN THE ORGANISATION,CAREER PROGRAMMES SHOULD NOT,CONCENTRATE ONLY ON CAREER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH HIGH LEVEL POSITION TO MAKE UPWARD MOBILITY AND REALITY FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

ERNST AND YOUNG INDIA - THE GLOBAL CONSULTING FIRM USES THE SAME CAREER DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY IN INDIA THAT IT USES ELSEWHERE, PRIMARILY IT SEEKS TO ALIGN INDIVIDUAL ASPIRATIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONAL, BUSINESS AND FUNCTIONAL GOALS, USING THE FORMAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM TO CHECK FOR SKILLS GAPS AND CAREER POTENTIAL WHILE DESIGNING TRAINING TOOLS,THINGS THAT ARE GIVEN SERIOUS ATTENTION ARE PAST PERFORMANCE,FUTURE POTENTIAL THE INDIVIDUAL SKILL-SETS AND COMPETENCIES OF EACH MANAGER. AND THE NEED OF THE COMPANY..HOWEVER, THE FIRM. OFTEN TAKES, THE ASSISTANCE OF PROFESSIONAL.TRAINERS BROUGHT IN FORM E&Y, OFFICES WORLDWIDE, OR RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS TO DESIGN SPECIFIC TRAINING PROGRAMMER FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND LEVEL OF MANAGERS.

MOTOR INDIA - MOST EXECUTIVE WORKING FOR THE SOUTH KOREAN CAR-MAKER, WHICH STARTED OPERATION IN INDIA RELATIVELY, ARE MIDDLE LEVEL RECRUITS FROM DIFFERENT WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN ON THE BASIC OF THEIR TRACK RECORD - A FACTOR WHOSE INFLUENCE PERVADES THE COMPANY CAREER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM,
KEYWORD - THE PROCESS BY WHICH ONE SELECT CAREER GOALS AND THE PATH TO THESE GOAL AND UNDERTAKES TO ACHIEVE A CAREER PLAN.

SUMMARY - CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THE PERSONAL ACTIONS A CAREER PLAN THE TEAM "CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND "EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT" NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENTIATED AT THIS STAGE, CAREER DEVELOPMENT LOOKS AT THE LONG -TERM CAREER EFFECTIVENESS OF EMPLOYEES WHERE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT MAY BE INITIATED BY THE INDIVIDUAL HIMSELF OR BY THE ORGANIZATION, AT THE ORGANIZATION LEVEL, LET US EXAMINE THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY THREE LEADING COMPANIES IN INDIA.

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