Additional Case 9.1 Ron, the CEO at CableNet, Wants to Invest in Career

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Additional Case 9.1
Ron, the CEO at CableNet, wants to invest in career development because he is concerned that the firm is not prepared to meet future needs and challenges. Rudy, the operations manager, states that CableNet has already invested significantly in employee training, and a career development program would be a costly duplication. Rudy produces a recent productivity and quality study that shows significant improvement among employees to support his assertion that a development program is unnecessary. Charles, an IT manager, states that most supervisors currently discuss career options with their subordinates as part of the management process. Charles asserts that managers are taking care of their employees well enough and that nothing else is necessary. Tanya, the HR director, suggests that assigning employees to various jobs would give them a wider base of skills at a minimal expense. She asserts that an active career development program would help the company with EEO-related matters, which are a concern to her. The workforce is about 30% female and 45% minority, but upper management is 100% Asian-American male.
-Refer to Additional Case 9.1.Charles' comments suggest that the company's career development efforts are primarily based on:

• A) job rotation.
• B) mentoring.
• C) coaching.
• D) training.

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Definitions:

Procedural Learning

The process of acquiring skills in performing tasks that can be executed without conscious thought, often through repetition.

Training Transfer

Training Transfer is the successful application of skills, knowledge, or attitudes learned in a training setting to the job environment, enhancing job performance.

Internal Referencing Strategy

A method wherein individuals compare their current situation, achievements, or outcomes against their previous performances instead of comparing themselves to others.

Post-only Design

An experimental design where measurements are taken only after the intervention, lacking a baseline measurement for comparison.