Organizational Career Development
Benchmarks for Building a World-Class Workforce
1st Edition
Published on 23. April 1993
Book
Hardback
303 pages
978-1-55542-526-5 (ISBN)
Description
Based on an American Society for Training and Development-sponsored survey of career development practices in over one thousand large companies in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Singapore, Organizational Career Development summarizes the state-of-the-practice in the field. The authors and their fellow contributors go beyond a general look at career development systems to offer nuts-and-bolts advice for designing and implementing programs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
649 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55542-526-5 (9781555425265)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
THOMAS G. GUTTERIDGE is dean and distinguished professor of management at the School of Business Administration, The University of Connecticut. He is also coauthor of Organizational Career Development: State of the Practice (ASTD, 1983). ZANDY B. LEIBOWITZ is a psychologist and principal in the Maryland-based consulting firm Conceptual Systems, Inc. She is also author of Adult Career Development and coauthor of Designing Career Development Systems (Jossey-Bass, 1986). JANE E. SHORE is a senior career development consultant with Fannie Mae. In 1991 she received the American Society for Training and Development's Career Development Student Research Award for her research in organizational career development.
Content
Foreword
1. Organizational Career Development: A Study of Changes in theField
Part One: The State of the Practice
2. Career Development in the United States: Rethinking Careers inthe Flattened Organization
3. Career Development in Europe: Motivating and Retaining ScarceTalent(C. Brooklyn Derr, Erik Jansen)
4. Career Development in Australia: Recognizing the Need forLinkage with Business Strategy(Alastair Rylatt)
5. Career Development in Singapore: Seeking Management Support forDevelopment Efforts(Violet S. K. Seah)
6. Comparing Career Development at Home and Abroad
Part Two: The State of the Art
7. Making It Work: Profiles of Successful Career DevelopmentSystems
8. Best Practices: Practical Approaches for Achieving CareerDevelopment Objectives 9e 3M: Job Information System 9e AllianceLearning Center: Labor-Management Partnership 9e NationwideInsurance: Technical Excellence Program 9e Ford Motor Company:Leadership Education and Development 9e Westpac BankingCorporation: Succession Planning and Career Development 9e A MajorTelecommunications Company: Managers as People Developers
9. Career Development Successes: What Works and Why Conclusion:Challenges and RecommAndations for the Twenty-First Century
1. Organizational Career Development: A Study of Changes in theField
Part One: The State of the Practice
2. Career Development in the United States: Rethinking Careers inthe Flattened Organization
3. Career Development in Europe: Motivating and Retaining ScarceTalent(C. Brooklyn Derr, Erik Jansen)
4. Career Development in Australia: Recognizing the Need forLinkage with Business Strategy(Alastair Rylatt)
5. Career Development in Singapore: Seeking Management Support forDevelopment Efforts(Violet S. K. Seah)
6. Comparing Career Development at Home and Abroad
Part Two: The State of the Art
7. Making It Work: Profiles of Successful Career DevelopmentSystems
8. Best Practices: Practical Approaches for Achieving CareerDevelopment Objectives 9e 3M: Job Information System 9e AllianceLearning Center: Labor-Management Partnership 9e NationwideInsurance: Technical Excellence Program 9e Ford Motor Company:Leadership Education and Development 9e Westpac BankingCorporation: Succession Planning and Career Development 9e A MajorTelecommunications Company: Managers as People Developers
9. Career Development Successes: What Works and Why Conclusion:Challenges and RecommAndations for the Twenty-First Century