CHAPTER: 3
STUDY METHODS
In the light of the study problem that focuses on the significance of the relationship
between Career Development of individuals and Organizational Development, study
design and methods were developed to enable remaining objectively focused on the main
issue. Based on the established linkages between Career Development and Learning
Organization, the study aims at formally entrusting the organization with the
responsibility of promoting and facilitating the process of career development. Due to the
complex nature of the study, the methodology selected for this research includes both
types of tools of inquiries, i.e., qualitative and quantitative.
In this research, the process of career development is studied in two different
contexts—context of Learning Organization and of Conventional Organization, and the
results from the analysis are then compared looking at the facts as to how the process is
affected by the nature of the environment presented thereof. The context of the Learning
Organization was identified using Senge’s model for a Learning Organization. To study
the role of the learning organization in the processes of career development, the following
study questions are the focus:
3.1. Study Questions.......................................................
- What is the linkage between a learning organization and individuals’ career
development? - How does career development contribute towards organizational
development and vice versa? - What are the individuals’ expectations in terms of support from the
organization towards career development process? - Why career development should be integrated in organization’s Human
Resource Development process?