Performance Management Systems and Strategies

CAREER PLANNING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

The dynamics and complexities of career development process have been made amply clear through earlier discussions. It is clear that career development process cannot be undertaken in isolation. Some issues are to be taken care of by the organization itself, while some others are concern the individual employees. Thus an improved career planning process is the joint responsibility of both the organization and the employee. Internal career needs (of individual employee), therefore, need to be integrated with the external career opportunities (of the organization). Unfortunately, organizations do not interact with the employees to understand their perceived career needs, instead they depend on guesswork ...