This timely guide explains how businesses can effectively integrate and coordinate career and succession planning programs to meet the personnel demands of the future.
• Examines career development in a much broader manner than is traditionally the case by focusing on both the personal and professional development planning needs of employees
• Demonstrates how employees who are given tools and organizational guidance necessary to plan their development will usually be more successful in meeting their career aspirations
• Expands on the organization's role in establishing career development programs to answer the question of who is responsible?the organization, the employee, or both
• Includes cutting-edge research by leading consulting firms such as BlessingWhite, Manpower Group, and DDI
• Offers content that will be equally valuable to students, practitioners, and academicians