13.1 An Introduction to Employee Development

Employee development should be considered a natural extension of training. In Chapter 5 we talked about employee training. In Chapter 6 we reviewed performance management. Like training, this process is concerned with the growth of employees. However, unlike training which occurs in a short period and is targeted at specific KSAs, employee development unfolds over a longer period of time and targets a more general set of competencies. Thus, career development focuses on programs and systems that manage and track employees’ broad progress over many years – ensuring long term personal development.

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