1Having the Right Skills in the Right Place at the Right Time
Chapter 1 Contents
• Career Development? Who Cares? You Should. 4
• Why Career Development Is Paramount to a Company’s Strategy 6
• Change, Complexity, and Globalization 7
• Career Development Impacts the Bottom Line 9
• Models for Career Development 12
• The IBM Approach: Essential Components of Career Development 17
“There are some who might look upon the schoolhouse as additional expense, but we who have had experience in this business know it is a good investment. It is a source of extra profit, because through intelligent use of it we are going to educate people and make money out of our business.”
—Thomas J. Watson, 1933
“Learning is not compulsory but neither ...
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