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Management 13th Edition by John Schermerhorn,Daniel Bachrach
Edition 13ISBN: 978-1118841518Management 13th Edition by John Schermerhorn,Daniel Bachrach
Edition 13ISBN: 978-1118841518 Exercise 20
THINK BEFORE YOU ACT
"If you try to carefully plan your life, the danger is that you will succeed-succeed in narrowing your options and closing offavenues of adventure that cannot now be imagined."
Keep Your Career Plan Tight and Focused... or Loosen Up
E xecutive 1. "Career planning is more art than science.... Nonetheless, some form of plan can greatly enhance the evaluation of various opportunities and enable you to make better career decisions. A career plan allows you to identify how to use your basic strengths to maximum advantage, set major career objectives, and establish immediate milestones to measure personal development and advancement."
Executive 2. "A career... is a series of accidental changes of job and shifts of scenery on which you look back later, weaving through the story retroactively some thread of logic that was not visible at the time. If you try to carefully plan your life, the danger is that you will succeed-succeed in narrowing your options and closing offavenues of adventure that cannot now be imagined."
Th ose in favor of tight career planning are likely to say: "You need a plan to give yourself a sense of direction."... "Having a career objective is highly motivating."... "Without a plan you'll wander and not accomplish much of anything." Those against tight career planning are likely to say : "How can you know today what the future might offer "... "If you are too tightly focused you won't spot unique opportunities."... "We grow and change over time, our career plans should too."
YOUR TAKE
Both executives are talking from experience and personal success. Is executive 1's advice right for most people-careers should be carefully planned and then implemented step-by-step to achieve a long-term goal Or is executive 2's advice right for most people-careers are best built with flexibility and spontaneity to take advantage of opportunities that pop up along the way How do these perspectives fit with what we know about job markets and career directions today Which position do you favor Would you prefer to blend both perspectives to carve out your career pathway
"If you try to carefully plan your life, the danger is that you will succeed-succeed in narrowing your options and closing offavenues of adventure that cannot now be imagined."
Keep Your Career Plan Tight and Focused... or Loosen Up
E xecutive 1. "Career planning is more art than science.... Nonetheless, some form of plan can greatly enhance the evaluation of various opportunities and enable you to make better career decisions. A career plan allows you to identify how to use your basic strengths to maximum advantage, set major career objectives, and establish immediate milestones to measure personal development and advancement."
Executive 2. "A career... is a series of accidental changes of job and shifts of scenery on which you look back later, weaving through the story retroactively some thread of logic that was not visible at the time. If you try to carefully plan your life, the danger is that you will succeed-succeed in narrowing your options and closing offavenues of adventure that cannot now be imagined."
Th ose in favor of tight career planning are likely to say: "You need a plan to give yourself a sense of direction."... "Having a career objective is highly motivating."... "Without a plan you'll wander and not accomplish much of anything." Those against tight career planning are likely to say : "How can you know today what the future might offer "... "If you are too tightly focused you won't spot unique opportunities."... "We grow and change over time, our career plans should too."
YOUR TAKE
Both executives are talking from experience and personal success. Is executive 1's advice right for most people-careers should be carefully planned and then implemented step-by-step to achieve a long-term goal Or is executive 2's advice right for most people-careers are best built with flexibility and spontaneity to take advantage of opportunities that pop up along the way How do these perspectives fit with what we know about job markets and career directions today Which position do you favor Would you prefer to blend both perspectives to carve out your career pathway
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Career planning is one of the crucial pa...
Management 13th Edition by John Schermerhorn,Daniel Bachrach
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