Fundamentals of Human

Resource Management
Eighth Edition

DeCenzo and Robbins

Chapter 9

Managing Careers
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Introduction
Traditionally, career development referred
to programs offered by organizations to
help employees advance within the
organization.
Today, each individual must take
responsibility for his or her career.

Introduction
Organizations now focus on matching the
career needs of employees with the
requirements of the organization
organization..
While many organizations still invest in
their employees, they dont offer career
security and they cant meet the needs of
everyone in a diverse workforce.

What is a Career?
Definition
Pattern of work-related experiences that
span the course of a persons life.
Reflects any work, paid or unpaid.
Broad definition helpful in todays work
environment where employees and
organizations have diverse needs.

What is a Career?
Individual
versus
Organizational
Perspective
Organizational career planning
Developing career ladders, tracking
careers, providing opportunities for
development.
Individual career development Helping
employees identify their goals and steps to
achieve them.
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What is a Career?
Career Development versus Employee
Development
Career development looks at the long-term
career effectiveness and success of
organizational personnel.
Employee training and development
focuses on performance in the immediate
or intermediate time frames.

What is a Career?
Value for the Organization
1. Ensures needed talent will be available.
2. Improves the organization's ability to
attract and retain talented employees.
3. Ensures that minorities and women get
opportunities for growth and development.
4. Reduces employee frustration.
5. Enhances cultural diversity.
6. Promotes organizational goodwill.
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What is a Career?
Value for the Individual
Individuals external career success is
measured by criteria such as:
progression up the hierarchy, type of
occupation, long-term commitment, and
income.
Internal career success is measured by the
meaningfulness of ones work and
achievement of personal life goals.
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What is a Career?
Mentoring and Coaching
Effective coaches give guidance through
direction, advice, criticism, and suggestion in
an attempt to aid the employees growth.

What is a Career?
Mentors are typically senior-level employees
who:
support younger employees by vouching
for them
answering for them in the highest circles
introducing them to others
advising and guiding them through the
corporate system
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What is a Career?
Mentoring and Coaching
Disadvantages include:
tendencies to perpetuate current styles and
practices
reliance on the coachs ability to be a good
teacher

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What is a Career?
Mentoring and Coaching
Considerations for organizations:
coaching between employees who do not
have a reporting relationship
ways to effectively implement cross-gender
mentoring

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Enhancing Your Career

The individual holds primary responsibility for
his/her career. Suggestions on how to do that are:

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OF
CHAPTER - 9

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