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Career Planning And Talent Management

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Concept to be used in instructional methods; motivate user by having them see the benefit they will derive.






2. Proxemity; space relationship between people

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






4. 360-feedback; development plans; simulations






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

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






7. Lack of bias.






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






9. Formal; Cross-functional - temp assignment in different department; Cross-country - temp assignment in another country






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Adults need to be involved in planning their instruction;Experience provides basis for learning;Must have immediate relevance to their jobs;Problem centered






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






19. Race - age - gender - generational - ethnicity






20. Explain the how and what of career choice; Roe - Holland - psychodynamic






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






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






23. Revolve around KSAs; organization identifies competancies required; part of succession planning; tests - interviews - etc..






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






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

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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Modeling - awareness programs - training - desensitization






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






35. Identies development needs of current and future leaders.






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






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






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






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

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40. Gen X - technology savy - self-reliant - global - 2 income families; Baby Boomers - stable in career - balanced life - distrustful of govt / authority






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






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






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

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44. Ability to repeat the same measurement the same way over time.






45. Matches individuals to their best career choice through interviews and 6 types of work environments; People flourish in environments similar to their personalty traits: realistic (physical strength) - investigative (ideas and thoughts) - artistic (se

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46. Process to ensure continuity in key leadership positions.






47. 'Adult Learning';Malcolm Knowles - how people learn: self-concept - prior experience - readiness to learn - orientation to learning - motiviation to learn.






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






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






50. By National Career Development Association; ethical standards for a professional; Career dev theory; Counseling skills; assessments; information / resources; management of program; Diversity; Supervision; Ethical and legal; Evaluation; Technology