MGMT2005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Skill
Document Summary
A field of science that studies how individuals can develop their career by: assessing their personal attributes (skills and interests, acquiring information about career choices. Identifying workable career-related goals: developing career action plans. Increasing amounts of independence: moving towards other-centeredness. Protean career contract: old contract (developed with organization, protean contract (managed by self) Practical purposed of theories: understand why people choose certain careers. Identify internal and external factors affection career choice: allow interpretation. Categories of theories: trait and factor theories, development of traits and environments congruent to these traits, developmental theories, career choice and development are related to developmental processes. It focuses on your life-long influences: what is leading you to this career, learning theories, focus on cognitive mechanisms and processes of decision making about career choice. Trait and factor theory: holland"s theory of vocational choice, assumptions: personality / congruence (or fit, more stable vocational choice, greater achievement.
