Hi all,

I am a management student and need to submit a write-up on 'Career Planning"

I have the following questions -

1. Is it same as development programs ?
2. Why the organizations are moving towards this approach to focus concern with the career development of the employees ?
3. What is the difference between career planning & development ?

The suggestions shall be really helpful.

Thanks & Regards,

Barkha

Hello Barkha,

Career Planning is a relatively new personnel function. Established programmes on Career Planning are still rare except in larger or more progessive organisations.

Many of today's workers have high expectations about their jobs. There has been a general increase in the concern of the quality of life. Workers expect more from their jobs than just income. A further impetus to creer planning is the need for organizations to make the best possible use of their most valuable resources-people-in a time of rapid technological growth and change.

A career has been defined as the involving sequence of a person's experiences over time. It is viewed as fundamentally a relationship between one or more organisations and the individual. To some a career is a carefully worked out plan for self advancement to others it is a calling- a life role to others it is a voyage to self discovery and to still others it is life itself.

Aims and Objectives of Career Planning:
Career Planning aims at matchign individual potential for promotion and individual aspirations with organizational needs and oppurtunities. Career Planning is making sure that the organization has the right people with the right skills at the right time. In particular it indicates what training and development would be necessary for advancing in the career alterign the career path or staying in the current position. Its focus is on future needs adn oppurtunities and removal of stagnation, obsolescence, dissatisfaction of the employee .

In the process it opens avenues for growth to higher levels of responsibilities for each adn every employee of the organization through hierarchy of position and training and development activities to equip the individuals with the requisites fir succession.

The principal objective of career planning are:

(1) To secure the right man at teh right job and at the right time.
(2) To maintain a contended team of employees.

Role of Career Planning:
(1) It motivates employees to grow.
(2) It motivates employees to avail training and development
(3) It increases employees loyalty as tehy feel organization cares about them through career plan for them. So they integrate their goals with the organization goals.
(4) Encourage employee to remain in orgaization.
(5) Organization image as better employment market.
(6)It contributes to man power planning as well as organizational development adn effective achievement of corporate goals.
(7) It helps employee in thinking of long term involvement with organisation.
(8) Career Planning provides general scenario of career oppurtunities in organisation.
(9) It gives an idea of direction towards growth.
(10) Builds pathways for employee.

I'm covering only the important points..

Regards

Kash

Below are the answers to your query :

" IS IT SAME AS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ?"

The answer is NO. DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS are tools used in the career planning and development of employees.

Development is concerned with a broader subject matter of a conceptual or theoretical nature and the development of personal attitudes. It comprises all learning experiences,
both on and off the job, including formal, classroom training.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.

1.Broadens the employees' interests / awareness.

2. Broadens the employees' business perspectives.

3.Exposes the employees' to new avenues of management thoughts.

4.Prepares the employees' for greater responsibility.

5.Permits employees' to greater interaction internal/external channels.

6.Helps to prepare employees' for promotions within the organization.

7.Helps to prepare the employees' for additional responsibilities.

8.Helps to provide employees' with modern practices/ techniques.

9. Helps the employees' to share ideas concepts with others.

10. Helps the employees' to accept / manage new technologies.

11.Helps the employees' to accept / manage new processes.

12.Helps the employees' to accepts / manage new culture.

13.Helps the employees' to accepts / manage new OD programs. etc etc.

"WHY THE ORGANISATIONS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THIS APPROACH TO HAVE CONCERN WITH THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMPLOYEES ?"

There are a number of factors , which are affecting growing organizations.
-to keep talents within the organization.
-to reduce attrition of skilled people.
-to retain skilled staff.
-to promote talents within the organization.
-it is a career path in succession planning. etc etc.

AND

IF IT IS DIFFERENT FROM TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT & EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT

"WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CAREER PLANING & DEVELOPMENT ?"

Career Planning is the roadmap for the employees to progress in their career within the organization.

For the roadmap to succeed and achieve the end results, it needs input which will help the employees to grow/develop. These inputs comes in the form of
-training programs
-development programs
-executive development programs
-business coaching
-mentoring
-counseling etc.

CAREER PLANNING IS A PROCESS, WHILE TRAINING/DEVELOPMENT ETC ARE TOOLS USED TO CONDUCT THE PROCESS.

Regards
bill