User:HPHubbard/career developmentSubpage

Career development Subpage off my UserPage.

Who should define "career development" and where should that definition reside?

• I did a search for "definition of career development" and got 10,700 results. (Wikipedia on first results page; no NCDA web site.)

• Adding "NCDA" to the search string narrows it to 333 results but nothing from the NCDA website.

• If I restrict the search to the NCDA website "definition of career development site:ncda.org" I get two (2) results which are policy statements: NCDA Policy and Procedures Guidelines which refers to the Career Development Policy Statement ("Includes definition of career development ... (Periodically updated by the Professional Standards Committee") "Career development" is the total constellation of psychological, sociological, educational, physical, economic, and chance factors that combine to influence the nature and significance of work in the total lifespan of any given individual.

• Where should the primary definition appear? (Shouldn't it be as easily and quickly accessible as a Wikipedia article?)

There are several different definitions of "career development".

• The current version (8/9/2008) of the Wikipedia article Career development is inadequate from the point of view of career development professionals. I describe this inadequacy in this Career Convergence article on the NCDA website.

• "Career development is the total constellation of psychological, sociological, educational, physical, economic, and chance factors that combine to influence the nature and significance of work in the total lifespan of any given individual."

• “Career development refers to the lifelong psychological and behavioral processes as well as contextual influences shaping one’s career over the life span. As such, career development involves the person’s creation of a career pattern, decision-making style, integration of life roles, values expression, and life-role self concepts.” ()

Below is my proposed edit of the "career development" article.

In organizational development (or OD), the study of career development looks at:

• how individuals manage their careers within and between organizations
• and how organizations structure the career progress of their members, it can also be tied into succession planning within some organizations.

In personal development, career development is:

• " ... the total constellation of psychological, sociological, educational, physical, economic, and chance factors that combine to influence the nature and significance of work in the total lifespan of any given individual."

• "... the lifelong psychological and behavioral processes as well as contextual influences shaping one’s career over the life span. As such, career development involves the person’s creation of a career pattern, decision-making style, integration of life roles, values expression, and life-role self concepts." ()