CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN A LEARNING ORGANIZATION

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company working in other countries this will help them see their work from a different
perspective. At the same time they will also be able to explore new vistas in their careers.
This also shows that if the organization is able to integrate the vision of the
individuals’ career development with the organizational vision, this will enhance their
learning capability which will ultimately be seen through their performance. The
respondents have already highlighted such integration as source of support to their career
development. The variety of responses also shows the need for integration of career
development plans of the individuals into HR activities. On the contrary such and HR
development plan will not be able to achieve its targeted objectives due to variation in
targeted goals.
Though the management pattern of the learning organizations had already made it
easier for the individuals to promote their careers but still sees this process as the
individuals’ responsibility. So if the individuals get the same kind of opportunities else
where then there is a chance that they leave that organization for a better hunt. As an
Engineering Manager of category A says “better salary increment, trainings and
guidance at work can help us in this regard”. The above listed of expectations of the
employees working in both the two different contexts shows that the individuals would
want to organization to play its role in their career promotion. This confirms that the
individuals would rather want to focus their efforts to develop and grow with the
organization rather than looking in other places to grab such an opportunity. A formal
commitment on part of the organization will strengthen their desire to stay with the
organization and would increase their trust in the decision taken by the organization.


4.2. Section Two: Quantitative Analysis


Quantitative analysis is dichotomous here and in case of multiple scales each of the
option has been analyzed separately and then merged in a single table developing one
table for each question. Quantitative analysis has been carried out using SPSS tool. The
tables developed from quantitative analysis and their interpretation is as follows-

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