Product Description from the Publisher:

The increasing pace of change threatens the very survival of every organization, making demands that only a flexible, innovative workforce can meet. PROMOTING A DEVELOPMENT CULTURE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION shows how to infuse a conventional organization with a culture that fosters a creative, capable workforce. Packed with practical suggestions, assessment tools, action plans, and implementation strategies for successful career development in organizations, this book:

* Explains how to generate a development culture in your organization

* Offers ways to help employees change and adapt to new challenges

* Shows how employees and organizations can replace rigid "job descriptions" and "titles" with adaptive "skill portfolios" and "roles"

* Provides tools for developing a workforce that can implement strategic business decisions

* Presents ways to shape employee careers that align with organizational goals

 

Written for human resource and career development practitioners, executives, managers, professional trainers, and organizational development consultants, this book shows how a development culture can help an organization achieve top performance while meeting shared organizational goals.

 

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