“The Strategic Development of Talent”

“Formalized career planning serves any number of different purposes, some more emphatically than others. These purposes include:

·         Developing employees who are ready for short-term or permanent movement to different jobs.

·         Reducing absenteeism and turnover.

·         Cultivating realization of individual potential.

·         Motivating employees to establish their own career objectives and act on them.

·         Increasing management awareness of available talent within the organization.

·         Helping to satisfy employee needs for advancement.

·         Contributing to the organizational preparation for long-term trends that might pose threats to or opportunities for strategic success.

·         Meeting affirmative action goals

Without management support for any or all of these purposes, however, no career program is likely to be successful.”

“The Strategic Development of Talent”

By: William J. Rothwell and H.C. Kazanas

HRD Press – Amherst, MA

ISBN 13: 978-0-87425-752-2

Second edition: 2003