To achieve their goals organization should make good use of their human resource, one of crucial factors for saving costs and improving productivity. Career management, which is a relative fledging personnel activity can be a powerful human resource s...
To achieve their goals organization should make good use of their human resource, one of crucial factors for saving costs and improving productivity. Career management, which is a relative fledging personnel activity can be a powerful human resource strategy because employees' careers may be used as a useful window to look through to examine their behavior. In the recent economic stagnation there is little doubt career planning and development can be one of effective tools for managing human resource which results in improved organizational performance. This is the reason why this thesis is to study the effective ways how to make good career planning and development for employees.
Although both employers and employees should make joint efforts in career management, this article focused primarily on employers-oriented approach.
Examining major steps of career management cycle some suggestions can be given as follows.
Ⅰ. career planning
(1) to have the modern job design with the career growth cycle considered.
(2) to estimate individual and organization career needs correctly.
(3) to establish a clear-cut career path
Ⅱ. career development
(1) effective guidance program
① to provide individuals with positions which keep balance between job requirements and vocational orientation (interests)
② to make Realistic Job Previews which can lead to reduce the reality shock.
③ to keep career information center to provide demand-side data-feedback and information.
(2) training of good caeer managers
① to train able supervisors who are willing to participate in developing their subordinates' career.
② to foster good person el (career) specialists with a monitor role.
(3) useful career development program
① to examine common programs and especially to develop pre-retirement programs for older workers.
② to introduce the crucial crossroads program.
Ⅲ. career estimination
to have efficient career assessment center for controling career management.
Ⅳ. Individual career planning and development.
(1) to understand the career process with the adult life stage.
(2) to utilize a specific model for self career planning and development.