5.2. Recommendations
The above drawn conclusions have resulted in a Career Development Model that shall be
presented below and briefly discussed:
5.2.1. Career Development Model
Career Development is the progressive movement on the career path where by an
individuals focuses to achieve certain stages of success or set targets of his/her career. All
the literature review and the analysis carried out in this study show that Career
Development is an on going process through out the life of an individuals and retirement
from one job does not mean that the final stage of career development has been achieved.
This means that once one stage or target of Career Development is achieved then next
stage is planned for. As such these career related targets could be pursued in any kind of
organizational environment but the process is not smooth as compare to the learning
organization environment.
As established in the previous chapters of literature review and analysis the
environment of the learning organization is maintained on the concepts of continuous
adaptation resulting in continuous development of the organization. In the process the
individuals’ growth opportunities are more likely to evolve continuously. This provided a
strong base for the supposition that when all the other factors are kept constant then a
strong relationship exist between the Career Development process and Organizational
Development process which has been successfully established by this study. Based on the
conclusions drawn from this study some recommendations are forwarded here in the form
of a Career Development Model.
The Model recommends a process which adopts integrated approach to the
development of the individuals’ career. It has taken the basic process which is normally
followed by the organizations from HR perspective but highlights the integration of this
process with Career Development strategies.