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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Learner centered; informal; impersonal






2. A questionnaire that asks people - bosses - direct reports - peers - customers - how well a manage performs in any number of areas.






3. Analysis that is conducted to understand target population - demographics; all prior to job analslys - training or other interventions.






4. Done by a professional; several times in a career; broad occupational interests






5. Climb-the-ladder (traditional); spiral - consultants - transfers kills from one industry to another; attend workshops.






6. Professional guidance used to make good career decisions.






7. Individual Development Plans; Plans for improvement on the current job or job advancement; usually integrated with a performance appraisal.






8. Career development practice - more experienced person shares wisdom/experience to a protege. Three types: one-on-one - group - virtual






9. Divid job into required competencies or skills: mgrial/admin - supervisory - functional






10. Major responsibilities of a deparment with specific outcomes to customers (internal & external)






11. Starting at age 18 - people move from career exploration through events (including education) to a specific career path.

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12. Accents; Gross translation errors; Nuance - no similar command of the same language






13. Involves SWOT analysis; allows org to identify aspirations and future challenges. 1. Identify values; 2. create mission statement; 3. Environment Analysis; 4. Identify goals and objectives; 5. Action steps; 6. Reality test the plan; 7. Feedback






14. All duties and tasks done for a single job; KSAs required and resources needed.






15. Testing based on a person's interests; allign to career choice






16. Identies development needs of current and future leaders.






17. First step in building a strategic plan; values critical to the organization.






18. How a company views their world - their value system

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19. Strenths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats; Analysis tool - part of strategic planning; identify factors within and outside an organization.






20. Less accurate way picturing a person's personalitiy; found on internet sites.






21. Where at least 2 levels of mgmt review employees and their candidacy for positions.






22. Leverages concepts from psychology; scientific approach to career decision-making based on behaviors.






23. 1. Analysis; 2. Synthesis; 3 Diagnose; 4. Pronosis; 5. Councel; 6. Follow up

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24. Degree to which one's position / status is viewed.

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25. More experienced person provides constructive advice and feedback; goal to improve performance.






26. Activiites that ensure an organization can meet its goals; the right people in the right place at the right time.






27. Examine a single task within a job and break down into 2+ steps; time consuming; lots of detail.






28. Super; Ginzberg - starting at 18....; Trait-and-factor; Personality / topology (Roe - Holland)






29. Explain duties of the job but do not get into specific tasks.






30. MBTI; consists of categories that identify 16 types of personalities. Used in career development. No measure of maturity - intellegence or mental health.






31. All tools of succession planning. ; Assessments; Training; Mentoring/coaching; Job-rotation; OJT






32. Top down - pool identified - managers recommend; Bottom up - manager names successors to positions; career plan - internal growth; Market driven - hire-away from competitors; Future driven - hire to future needs which have been identified






33. Williamson; approach to career decision making.; Trait - can be measured; intellegence; Factor - characteristic required to be successful; a score






34. Part of succession planning; identify successors and ability to move up.






35. DECIDES - a rational decision making process with 7 steps: Define - Establish an plan - Clarify values - Identify Alteratives - Discover potential outcomes - Eliminate alternatives - Start action

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36. Intimate - < 18'; Personal - 18' to 4'; Social - 4' to 12'; Public - 12' +






37. People must be respnsible for their own development;Executives support and develop; organization provides opportunities

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38. An individuals approach to learning; way they feel - behave - info they posess.






39. Using different modes to train (online / ILT - workshops - etc..)






40. Summary statement - often with a resume - that highlights a person's work history and skills.






41. Helps establish HRD strategic plan - determine organizational strents and weanesseses (internal and external)






42. More traditional; teacher focused; Japanese culture; formal






43. Identifying key positions and candidates to meet short and long term timeframes; identify needs of candidates; Who is qualified? Who is ready?






44. Knowledge - Skills - Attitude (or Ability); Bloom's taxonomy






45. Human Resource Development. The organized education and learning offered by employers.






46. Provides accurate picture of a person's personality.






47. Resource for career exploration; person seeking career change asks questions.






48. Done by in-line manager; regular (1 per year); short/long term career objectives; relevant skills/training






49. Schein - concept where career decisions based on talents - motives and values; your 'anchors' or comfort zone.






50. Taks Analysis - job->tasks->steps;Performance Gap Analysis- past - present - future;Content Analysis - subject matter;Competency assessment - by skillset