Building a Career Development Program: Nine Steps for Effective Implementation (Paperback)

by Richard L. Knowdell (Author)

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Product Description
A practical step-by-step guidebook, BUILDING A CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM provides executives and human resource development professionals with a clear, effective model of organization career management and the tools for starting a career development program within an organization seeking to help employees make the most of their careers.

The author's highly successful nine-step plan explains how to define career development within an organizational context, assess the organization's needs, design the optimal program, and promote the program internally.

Addressing the process of working with individual employees, the book describes concrete roles for upper management and human resources in conducting career development and identifies the steps employees can take to be proactive within the organization. Also included are steps for how to respond to employee emotions, facilitate personal exploration, help with goal setting, and coach employees on career strategy. This book, with a wealth of hands-on tools, worksheets, exercises, guidelines, and values and skills cards for career assessment, will help human resource professionals initiate new services and expand their present skills to strenghten the organization and foster job satisfaction in employees.

About the Author
A career development leader with an international reputation, Richard L. Knowdell is president and senior consultant at Career Research and Testing, Inc., and founder of the Career Planning and Adult Development Network. Working with numerous Fortune 500 companies, his clients include Apple Computer, IBM, Texas Instruments, and Intel. He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and coauthor of FROM DOWNSIZING TO RECOVERY.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing; 1st edition (September 25, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891060871
• ISBN-13: 978-0891060871
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #556,863 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to follow but not quite complete, October 12, 2005

By	E. Beckmann "Em" (Missouri) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I used Knowdell's book to write a paper- applying the implementation steps to an actual case study. It is well written and easy to follow, however, given that career development is a hard sell to management, implementation needs to include evaluation of the program as well. Without showing the benefits of the program to management, career development within an organization will be seen as nothing more than a generous perk. Many organizations pay for employees undergraduate and/or graduate education - and that often is a generous perk. But organizations do see that while the employee is still there in the organization, the training and knowledge gained from the education is benefitting the organization. The same needs to be said about career development. Knowdell does not provide a lot of how this can help organizations, other than perhaps as a motivation tool for employees. If you need that info, you'll need to do extra work to look at what research says in that area. Overall, career development and tuition reimbursements do attract the best candidates to an organization, are developed within the organization, and are retained because they feel valued by the organization.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars practic guidelines, January 28, 2002

By	Mariana Resa (Mx) - See all my reviews

Here is an excellent book for HR staff who needs to be updated on career development programs and counseling. It gives a practic and simple check list to go thru this, somethimes, complicated process. 5 well deserved stars to the author.

15 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To-The-Point, Ready for use., October 23, 1999

By A Customer

I bought this book because I wanted an off-the-shelf framework to put punch into staff development. The book met my needs.

Be aware that the approach includes an approach for assisting individuals in assessing their "motivated skills" and "values". I think that's important but others may find this too broad.

Hey, you're not buying a condo. This is [money] well spent.