HRM 4430 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 – Career as Journeys

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 4430
• Professor: Soosan Latham

Document Summary

Chapter 7 career as journeys organizations, expectations of upward progress. Kanter"s career patterns: professional careers, bureaucratic careers, entrepreneurial careers. Not only do you need improved expertise as you aspire to higher levels of the occupation, but the knowledge base you set out with will quickly go out of date. Entrepreneurial careers employee but a resource for the organization. (cid:498)one in which growth occurs through the creation of new value or new organizational capacity. (cid:499) Transitory careers: many people live out their careers on the margins of employment, Is it fair to say that they have (cid:498)careers(cid:499) as most people understand them? (cid:498)working hours(cid:499) in leisure or family activities, or in education of broadening the individual(cid:495)s perspectives on career and making him or her more flexible. Increasingly, careers are global, and national boundaries become matters of indifference to global career travellers.