Chapter 9 Flashcards
The process of identifying the most important jobs in a company that provide a long-term competitive advantage and then creating appropriate HR policies to develop employees so that they can effectively work in these jobs
Strategic talent management
A holistic approach to leveraging and building human capital
Integrated talent management (ITM)
Preparing for inevitable vacancies in the organization hierarchy
Succession planning
Series of work-related positions a person occupies throughout life
Career
A process whereby an individual makes conscious career plans to achieve self-fulfillment
Protean career
Career planning that focuses on identifying career paths that provide for the logical progression of people between jobs in an organization
Organization-centered career planning
Represent employees’ movements through opportunities over time
Career paths
Career planning that focuses on an individual’s responsibility for a career rather than on organizational needs
Individual-centered career planning
System that allows a person to advance through either a management or a technical/professional ladder
Dual-career ladder
Situation in which women fail to progress into top and senior management positions
Glass ceiling
Process that involves planning and training for the reassignment of global employees back to their home countries
Repatriation
Collections of test instruments and exercises designed to diagnose an individual’s development needs
Assessment centers
A collaborative process focused on improving individual performance
Coaching
Process of moving a person from job to job
Job rotation
Time off the job to develop and rejuvenate
Sabbatical
Copying someone else’s behavior
Modeling
