Career Management Flashcards
What is career management?
Planning and shaping the progression of individuals within an organisation by aligning employees’ preferences, talent, and potential with organisational resourcing needs both present and future
What are Kanter’s three different career models (1998)?
Bureaucratic
Professional
Entrepreneurial
What is the bureaucratic career model?
A sequence of positions in a formally defined hierarchy
What is a professional career model?
Monopoly of skills as basis for occupational status, autonomy within the organisation
What is the entrepreneurial career model?
Career progression through ability to innovate and create new value for an organisation
What are the present day norms for careers?
They encompass a wide range of occupational experiences, but don’t necessarily involve promotion or progression, and they often cross occupational and organisational boundaries
How is the gender of the workforce changing careers?
The growth in female participation means that organisations have to consider providing for caring roles, career breaks, and flexible work for all parents
How is the ageing of the workforce affecting careers?
The ageing population means that older people are working longer, often taking caring roles, and require organisations to make adjustments for the older generation of workers
What are the effects of young people on careers and what are the effects of changing careers on young people?
There are less jobs for people under the age of 18, meaning that young people are unable to enter the world of work as early.
The expectations of young people are changing, meaning they expect more flexibility in work, and they have weakened loyalty to organisations, meaning organisations have to work harder to keep young people.
What is the effect of non-standard work on careers?
Rise of temporary, part-time, flexible, and agency work means staff retention can be low, and progression can take much longer, if it happens at all
What is Sennett’s view (1998) of the new economy?
People have to cope with new concepts of teamwork and flexibility which present new opportunities of self-fulfilment while leading to the creation of new forms of employee oppression. This ultimately leaves the individuals disorientated, and undermines their emotional and psychological well-being.
Under Sennett’s 1998 assessment of the new economy, what is the impact of new capitalism?
New capitalism renders character impossible and dislocated, resulting in lost or limited connections with the past, with communities, and with the self.
What are boundary-less careers?
Those with a boundary-less career identify with the profession rather than the employer, and are unlikely to stay with a single employer for any significant portion of their career.
What does a protean careerist do?
They repackage knowledge and skills to adapt to changing work environments, valuing the autonomy to develop new networks and skills.
What is the difference between training and development?
Training is required for a job, whereas development is often not required, and involves voluntary learning not tied directly to the current job.
