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Key HR Practices UNIT 14 CAREER AND SUCCESSION PLANNING Objectives After going through this unit, you should be able to: l follow the aims and objectives of career planning and its various benefits; l appreciate the role of key players in facilitating career development programmes; l develop succession planning by identifying high potential employees for key executive positions. Structure 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Aims and Objectives of Career Planning 14.3 Career Planning Process 14.4 Career Structure 14.5 Benefits of Career Planning 14.6 Career Planning: A Personnel Function 14.7 What People Want from their Careers? 14.8 Career Planning Programmes 14.9 Facilitating Career planning 14.10 Responsibilities in Career Development 14.11 Evaluating Career Management 14.12 Succession Planning 14.13 Summary 14.14 Self-Assessment Questions 14.15 Further Readings 14.1 INTRODUCTION Career planning is a relatively new personnel function. Established programmes on career planning are still rare except in larger or more progressive organisations. Organisational involvement in career planning is increasing, however. Many candidates, especially highly-educated ones, desire a career, not “just a job”. Many of today’s workers have high expectations about their jobs. There has been a general increase in the concern for the quality of life. Workers expect more from their jobs than just income. A further impetus to career planning is the need for organisations to make the best possible use of their most valuable resources people - in a time of rapid technological growth and change. 44 A career development system is a formal, organised, planned effort to achieve a balance between individual career needs and organisational workforce requirements. It is a mechanism for meeting the
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