In work life the individual’s interest is most of the times associated with their
career development. When individuals see a long term benefit associated with the
organization of their work, then they possibility of foregoing the short time benefits
offered to them in the form of salary raises or other financial incentives also increases.
In order to upgrade organizational competencies and to retain that competency
level the development of individuals’ competencies becomes a prerequisite. This means
that a strong relationship exists between organizational development and individuals’
career development. Looking at the facts from this perspective we can say that career
development is not only an individual’s responsibility but it is as much an organizational
responsibility.. The options of choosing a career path may be exercised by the individuals
but providing those options must be catered for by the organization.
1.3. Scope of the Study
The fact remains that many strong supportive research based arguments have been given
on the proposition that individuals should be in-charge of their career development
process, but this study focuses on the delegation of part of the responsibility of career
development to the organization of work. It signifies the fact that though the lead role in
the process may remain with individuals, but all the other required support must be
provided by the organization. Further adding this kind of support should not simply exist
as a perceived ethical value and should be formally introduced in the organization
procedures backed with properly designed policies.
Incisive exploration of formal integration of the process of career development
from one aspect would result in escalation of the discussion into the legal implication of
this issue, i.e., such as the one pertaining to employees’ service rights. This study,
however, does not take into account the legal aspect, as the magnanimity of the issue
would render the discussion unmanageable for this research. Limiting its scope a little
short of exploring legal application and implication, this research still includes the policy
matters in this regard. In other words the findings do not carry any investigation of this
issue from legal perspective. It only focuses on identifying the intensity of the need for