Herbert Simon defines career as an occupation pursued from youth through retirement. Career planning and development helps organizations sustain employee productivity and prepare for change. It identifies opportunities, reduces turnover, increases productivity, and enhances motivation by providing career paths that meet employees' changing needs and allow them to reach higher organizational goals. Effective career development involves employers, employees, career information, counseling, pathing, skills assessment, succession planning, and feedback. Challenges include insincere efforts, focus on immediate benefits over the long term, lack of interaction with support agencies, impractical implementation, and no evaluation system.

1. What All does it costs?

2.  Career: Herbert Simon defines career as
“an honorable occupation with one
normally takes up during his/her youth
with the expectation of advancement and
pursues it until retirement
 Career planning and development is a
means by which an organization can
sustain or increase its employees
productivity and at the same time
preparing them for a changing world.
According to Milkovich and Boudreau
Career development = Career management + Career planning

3.  Identifying and making clear opportunities
available.
 To reduce employee turnover.
 To Increase productivity.
 To identify the career stages and enhance
the motivational level.
 To achieve the organisation’s goal by
providing the employees paths to reach
higher order needs.

4. Career Planning Career Goals
Career Paths
Career
Feed Back
Career stages and Important needs
Needs Safety, Safety, Achievement Esteem Self
Security Security esteem, actualization actualization
Physiological autonomy
Age 20 25 30 45 55 65
Career
Stages Exploration Establishment Advancement Maintenance Retirement

5.  Human Resource forecasting and planning
 Career Information
 Career Counseling
 Career Pathing
 Skill Assessment training
 Succession Planning

6.  Involvement of the employer and employee
 Employees need to be aware of the
organizational opportunities.

7.  Efforts are insincere
 Look for immediate benefits
 Lack of interaction with hired agencies
 Impracticability in introduction
 No system to evaluate
 Bureaucratic model of organization