Career and Succession Planning
Career and Succession Planning
Career and Succession Planning
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Chapter
11
CAREER AND
SUCCESSION
PLANNING
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ANNOTATED OUTLINE
Career stages
F r o m c o lle g e F ir s t jo b W ill p e r f o r m a n c e T h e e ld e r P r e p a r in g
to w o rk a n d b e in g in c re a s e o r s ta te s p e rs o n fo r
a c c e p te d b e g in to r e tire m e n t
d e c lin e ?
L o w 25 35 50 60 70
Age
Career stages
Career anchors
Career planning
Career planning is the process by which one selects career goals and
the path to achieve those goals. Career planning, it should be noted
here, is a prerequisite to effective human resource planning.
Career Development
Individual career development: Some of the important steps that could help
employees achieve their career goals could be listed thus;
Performance
Exposure
Networking
Leveraging
Loyalty
Mentors and sponsors
Key subordinates
Expanding capabilities over time
1 .
2 .
3 .
4 .
5 .
4 . D e s c r ib e a n y s k i lls ( r a n k 1 t o 5 ( lo w e s t t o h ig h e s t ) t h a t y o u p o s s e s s
a. C o m m u n ic a tio n 1 2 3 4 5
b. L e a d e r s h ip 1 2 3 4 5
c. I n te r p e r s o n a l 1 2 3 4 5
d. T e a m b u ild in g 1 2 3 4 5
e. C r e a tiv ity 1 2 3 4 5
f. T e c h n ic a l 1 2 3 4 5
( T i c k t h e m o s t a p p r o p r ia t e o n e )
5. S u m m a r is e a n y r e c o g n itio n /a w a r d s t h a t y o u h a v e r e c e iv e d in r e la t io n t o y o u r e d u c a tio n ,
w o r k e x p e r i e n c e , s k i lls o r e x t r a c u r r i c u l a r a c t iv iti e s .
Pa rt B . C a re e r G o a ls , W o rk A ttitu d e s a n d P re fe re n c e s
1. T h e m o s t im p o r t a n t n e e d s I w a n t t o s a t is fy in m y c a r e e r a r e
a
b
c
2. T h e s e n e e d s c a n b e f u l f i l l e d i n t h e f o l lo w in g :
A re a s S k ills / A s s is ta n c e n e e d e d
a: a:
b: b:
C o n td . . .
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c: c:
3 . H o w im p o r t a n t a r e t h e s e v a lu e s to y o u in y o u r w o r k ( I m o s t im p o r ta n t : 1 0 le a s t im p o r t a n t)
V a lu e s R ank
1 . In d e p e n d e n c e o r a u to n o m y -
2 . F in a n c ia l r e w a r d s -
3 . S e n s e o f a c h ie v e m e n t -
4 . H e lp in g o th e r s -
5 . C r e a t in g s o m e t h in g -
6 . J o b s e c u rity -
7 . G o o d w o r k in g c o n d itio n s -
8 . F r i e n d s h ip s a t w o r k -
9 . V a r ie ty o f ta s k s -
1 0 . E q u a lit y a n d fa ir n e s s -
4. W h a t e v e r j o b I h a n d l e , I d o n o t w i s h t o c o m p r o m i s e o n t h e f o ll o w i n g
1: 4:
2: 5:
3: 6:
5 . W h a t in t e r n a l a n d e x te r n a l c o n s t r a in t s m ig h t y o u e n c o u n t e r a lo n g th e w a y t o w a r d a c h ie v e m e n t
o f y o u r c a re e r g o a ls ?
6 . L is t t h e s p e c i f ic j o b s th a t m ig h t b e i n li n e w i t h t h e a b o v e r e q u ir e m e n t s
a
b
c
7 . F in a lly , r a t e y o u r s e lf o n e a c h o f t h e f o llo w in g p e r s o n a l q u a litie s o r w o r k c h a r a c t e r is tic s .
W r i t e o n e r e s p o n s e f o r e a c h c h a r a c t e r i s t ic ( u s i n g t h e f o l lo w i n g s c a l e : 1 . v e r y l o w , 2 . l o w ,
3 . a v e r a g e , 4 . h ig h , 5 . v e r y h ig h )
a. E m o t io n a l m a t u r it y f . D e p e n d a b il it y in c o m p l e t i n g w o r k
b. I n i t ia t iv e / I n d e p e n d e n c e g . F le x i b i l it y a n d o p e n m in d e d n e s s
c. P u n c tu a lity h . P e r s e v e r a n c e /w illin g n e s s to w o r k
d. A b il i t y t o h a n d l e c o n f l i c t I. A b i l i t y t o s e t a n d a c h i e v e g o a l s
e. A b il i t y t o p l a n , o r g a n is e
a n d d e t e r m in e w o rk p rio ritie s
Career Development
Cont…
Career Development
Career Management
Succession Planning
Replacement Chart
R e p l a c e m e n t S u m m a r y f o r ‘S e n i o r E q u it y A n a ly s t ’
S e n io r E q u it y A n a ly s t J o b h o ld e r : R a ja R a m A ge : 59
O p e n in g : In 3 Ye a rs R eason : R e t ir e m e n t
R a ja R a m ( 5 9 )
S a la r y G r a d e : 2 5 ,0 0 0 - 3 5 ,0 0 0 E x p e rie n c e : 1 2 Y e a rs
A 1 R a ja t G u p ta (4 4 )
C a n d id a t e 1
B 1 S h y a m L a l (3 8 )
N am e : R a ja t Age : 4 4 Y e a rs
C h a r t f o r 2 p o s it io n s
D e s i g n a t io n : E q u it y A n a ly s t E x p e r ie n c e : 6 Y e a rs
P e rfo rm a n c e : O u ts ta n d in g R eason : ‘S t a r ’ in th e d e p t.
G ra d e : 1 8 ,0 0 0 - 2 5 ,0 0 0 P r o m o t- : R e a d y n o w fo r
a b ili t y p ro m o tio n
C a n d id a t e 2
N am e : S hyam Lal Age : 3 8 Y e a rs
B o n d S p e c ia l is t
D e s i g n a t io n : E q u it y A n a ly s t E x p e r ie n c e : 3 Y e a r s
N ir m a la ( 3 1 ) P e rfo r m a n c e : O u ts ta n d in g R eason : N e e d s m o re
e x p e rie n c e
A 1 B a lr a j S in g h ( 2 6 ) G ra d e : 1 3 ,0 0 0 - 1 8 ,0 0 0 P r o m o t- : C a n w a it f o r
B 1 N e e la m ( 2 8 ) a b ili t y 2 Ye a rs
E x p l a n a t io n s :
A . R e a d y f o r p r o m o t io n 1. O u t s t a n d in g p e r f o r m a n c e
B. N e e d s m o r e e x p e r ie n c e 2. A c c e p t a b le p e r fo r m a n c e
C. N o t s u it a b le f o r jo b 3. P o o r p e r fo rm a n c e
Succession Management