MGC1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Work Ethic, High Standard Manufacturing Company
30 May 2018
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MGC1010 Week 9 - The Changing Concept of Careers
● Relatively new topic - but MUST be considered due to current evolution of career
● Must recognise the individuals self-directives, need for direction, link of career goals
to productivity, individual career paths etc
● Changes in career concept = pinned to environmental factors: globalisation, cultural
changes, technological effects etc
● In Australia - grads must deal with a portfolio of work instead of a single trajectory of
a career
● On average one place of employment is 3-4 years
● Recognise the dynamic nature of the workforce
○ Can have small firms with autonomy or large firms with mundane repetitive
tasks as start job for example
Careers and Career Management
Career
● The pattern of work-related experiences that span across the course of a person’s life
● Importance? - ⅓ of someone’s day is spent at work on average
Career Management
● Lifelong process of learning about self, jobs, organisations, and career goals
● Need to consider how much training should be invested into each worker
○ Consider how long they are planning to stay at the job
○ Must understand employee’s career goals
Why the need to understand careers?
● Proactive planning for changing environment
○ Deciding how to manage employees based on their potential, career goals etc
● Understanding the lived experiences of employees and colleagues
○ Capabilities formed by experiences
● Financial benefits for the organisation
○ Makes sense to invest in employees who plan to stay in the field
Occupational Choices - Holland’s Six Types
● Holland concluded that there are six types of personalities that dictate the types of
occupations we will be drawn towards
● Holland contended that there are six types of personalities, and that each personality is
characterised by a set of interests and values
● Assumptions:
○ People choose occupations that match own personalities
○ Influences such as social class, parents’ occupations, economic conditions and
geography not considered
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● Realistic Personality
○ Stable, persistent and materialistic
● Artistic Personality
○ Imaginative, emotional and impulsive
○ Creative types
● Investigative Personality
○ Curious, logical, explorative
● Enterprising Personality
○ Ambitious, energetic, optimistic
● Social Personality
○ Generous, cooperative, sociable
● Conventional Personality
○ Compliant, conventional, organisation
● Premised on dominant personalities - go with your gut to determine
Handy’s Shamrock
● A form of organisation based around a core of essential executives and workers
supported by outside contractors and part-time help
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● Core Workforce
○ Cannot be outsourced
○ Highly trained
○ Supplemented by the other two
● Freelance Contractors
○ Subcontractors
○ Temporary staff
○ Operate with autonomy and within the workforce
● Flexible workforce
○ Have to be close to the organisation
○ Part time work has to be carried out to a high standard
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Document Summary
Mgc1010 week 9 - the changing concept of careers. Relatively new topic - but must be considered due to current evolution of career. Must recognise the individuals self-directives, need for direction, link of career goals to productivity, individual career paths etc. Changes in career concept = pinned to environmental factors: globalisation, cultural changes, technological effects etc. In australia - grads must deal with a portfolio of work instead of a single trajectory of a career. On average one place of employment is 3-4 years. Recognise the dynamic nature of the workforce. Can have small firms with autonomy or large firms with mundane repetitive tasks as start job for example. The pattern of work-related experiences that span across the course of a person"s life. Of someone"s day is spent at work on average. Lifelong process of learning about self, jobs, organisations, and career goals. Need to consider how much training should be invested into each worker.
