CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN A LEARNING ORGANIZATION

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process of implementation of activities, thus enhancing their capabilities to anticipate for
such problems.
Mentoring and Guidance of the staff is required all times and it should not be
expected from the staff that they know it all. According to Armstrong one of the key
steps to creating a learning environment is “guide employees through their work
challenges and provide them with time, resources, and crucially feedback”.(1992, p. 609)



  1. Work related Autonomy: According to Newstrom (2007) empowerment is a
    process which provides autonomy to the employees by sharing their job related
    information and by giving control of the factors that affect their performance at work (p.
    181). When greater autonomy is given to the employees they feel responsible for their
    actions and the outcome of their performance. According to Sethi and King(2007)
    management style has changed from controlling to empowering giving employees the
    freedom of adopting their own patterns of behavior. They develop the feeling of
    ownership at work and could clearly relate their role to the over all performance of the
    organization. It reduces conflicts and stresses because they understand that they share the
    responsibilities for the outcome and hence, their commitment increases (Newstrom, 2007,
    p. 185). Mathis and Jackson (2004) have highlighted this fact as “When individuals feel
    that they have some control and perceived rights in the organization, they are more likely
    to be committed to the organization.” (pg. 90)
    Work autonomy reduces absenteeism and eventually result in reduced turnover of
    the employees. As in this case there is pressure on the employees from him and not from
    outside, i.e. any manager, therefore, he feel the responsibility of delivering what is
    expected from him. Sugabthi and Samuel say that motivation strategies are based on two
    factors i.e. self-esteem and positive thinking and self esteem in achieved when the
    individual an individual is able to understand his talents, skills and values and its
    importance at work (2005).

  2. Participative Decision Making and Planning: Participative planning means
    that the employees understand the purpose of planning. Whereas, participative decision
    making means that employees are involved at different level of decision making. This

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