Career Development Plan

Instructions:

1. Develop a six-to-eight-page document in Word format detailing how you would approach and organize a program to address needs for development of the company as well as individual employees. Be sure to clearly explain how you would create the plan, but do not create the plan itself. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.doc.

Address the following in the plan:

a.       Identify the information needed to develop a template that will be used to complete the individual employee’s learning plan.

b.      Identify the information needed in order to develop the company’s needs assessment.

c.       Explain how you would coordinate both the individual employee’s plan and the company’s needs assessment into a comprehensive development plan. Be sure to identify overlaps or gaps.

d.      Explain how you would use this information to create a roadmap for development of a career development program for the company.

e.       Identify other factors that should be considered in this program’s development.

f.       Explain how the proposed plan would help managers effectively guide their staff in developing individual career development plans that are integrated with and support the company’s mission and values.