CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN A LEARNING ORGANIZATION

The awareness about individuals’ competencies, readiness to learn and attain new
skills and to perform with team synergies could be utilized to the advantage of an
organization with the help of its HR strategies. The HR of an organization has to be in
synchronization with the rest of the organizational systems and processes that would
ensure smooth transition from one phase to another during its movement towards its
ultimate targets. Such an alignment and articulation is possible when there is high level of
interest match and frequent knowledge sharing, which is another trait of a Learning
Organization. Sharkie has associated Organizational success with the effective
knowledge management used for developing individual capabilities (Wilson, 2005, p.
117).
The continuity of the different development processes could be ensured through
maintaining high level of individual motivation and commitment towards their jobs and
organization. Such a required level of motivation and commitment could be attained
when the organization enables the individuals to see the process of their growth in
association with the growth of the organization. At the same time if they could
understand how their work will contribute towards the organizational growth and
development it would also enable them to visualize the importance of their work.
Augmenting this idea of vision enhancement, it is further added that the
organization should be able to merge the individual’s vision and organizational vision.
Such a practice would not only help the individuals to visualize their role as highlighted
earlier, but would also direct the organizational efforts and individual efforts to be
coherent enough to ensure a smooth flow of activities. All this will eventually help
expedite the pace of progress for both the parties, i.e., the organizations and their
employees. An integrated strategy of organizational goals and individual goals being
called as shared vision (Senge, 1999) means that the pros and cons of the process are
common. This will help in strengthening the bond of association and averting the possible
threat of employee turnover.