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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
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1. More experienced person provides constructive advice and feedback; goal to improve performance.






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






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






4. I - reaction of student; II - increased learning/knowledge; III - behavior improvement; IV - effect on business based on trainee performance

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






6. Identifies all skill and knowledge gaps and skills and required knowledge to meet future workforce needs.






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






8. 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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9. Provides accurate picture of a person's personality.






10. Analyze organization - values and culture of organization; Cost benefit analysis - is the effort worth the cost?; Audience analysis - who is the target?; Environmental analysis - SWOT






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

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12. Tool to predict career success and choice; identifies what motivates a person.






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

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






15. Hire - fire - promote - demote - lateral move






16. The collective knowledge - skills - competencies and value in an organization.






17. Contract - temp - job sharing - OT - outsourcing






18. Increased functional knowledge - build new skill sets - exposure to entire operation; formal program






19. Martson; Uses 4 dimensions: Dominance - Influence - Supportiveness - Conscientiousness






20. Americans with Disability Act; Prohibits discrimation; right for consideration but doesn't guarantee the job.






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






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






23. Pre-analysis (organization - cost-benefit - etc..); Analysis completed; Project plan - prioritize titles/functions - develop implementation strategy






24. 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






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






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






27. Determine future of organization in terms of career development; realistic vision; link present and future possibilities.






28. Interview; Survey - open ended questions; Observe; Work log/diary






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






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






31. Modeling - awareness programs - training - desensitization






32. 1. Identify Corporate Mission;2. What are future needs;3. What is it really like?;4. Analyze gaps;5. Design learning strategy;6. Evaluate and measure;7. Improve






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






34. Type of ROI - used to prove an intervention generated financial benefit.






35. Identifies past - present and future performance gaps.






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

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






38. Lack of bias.






39. Affect success of the organization; improve the bottom line.






40. Learner centered; informal; impersonal






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






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

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43. 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






44. Career development theory; DE Super; careers move thru 5 phases from childhood to adulthood.






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






46. A variety of exercises including oral - simulations - interview simulations - etc...






47. Workforce planning built based on strategic plan.






48. Breaks occpations into 8 groups of service and 6 descision levels; basis for tests to determine best career choice.

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






50. Does the measurement measure what it was intended to measure?






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