Mahza Pakzad
Abstract
Nowadays, learning does not stop after graduation, but it is considered as the starting point for the development of human resources in the occupation and in this regard, one of the tools to strengthen learning in individuals' professions is the individual development plan. In fact, this plan is a practical ...
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Nowadays, learning does not stop after graduation, but it is considered as the starting point for the development of human resources in the occupation and in this regard, one of the tools to strengthen learning in individuals' professions is the individual development plan. In fact, this plan is a practical tool and a precise schedule to meet the professional needs of employees in line with the goals of the organization and employees’ occupation. Although the usage of this tool is very common, no purposeful study has been done in order to familiarize researchers with the various results of numerous global researches in the field of its implementation. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the findings of global studies on the implementation of individual development plan and its effectiveness in organizations. The results of a total of 23 global and local researches indicate that most of them have emphasized the significant effectiveness of IDP implementation on the development of knowledge, improvement of professional skills and performances of employees, encouragement of professional responses and promotion of employabilities of the individuals. On the other hand, the results of some researches have considered the individual nature of this plan to be the cause of neglecting the macro-organizational strategies; and therefore, these studies have highlighted the lack of motivation and persuasion of the feedback method, the lack of effects on professional actions at the workplace, the ornamental nature and also unrealistic application of this plan. In some other studies, having sufficient support to implement the plan, the type of organizational learning environment, attention to work teams, leadership style, decentralization, and also supporting the coaches in their guiding roles have been mentioned as the factors and conditions for the effectiveness of this plan’s implementation.
nassim namkhah sarkande; abbas abbaspour; hosein abdollahi
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of implementing an individual development program based on workplace learning in the National Petrochemical Company. The instrument of this research was designed by semi-structured interview method, five questions based on theoretical foundations and ...
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This study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of implementing an individual development program based on workplace learning in the National Petrochemical Company. The instrument of this research was designed by semi-structured interview method, five questions based on theoretical foundations and existing experiences in this field. To confirm the validity of the interview questions, the review method was used and for reliability, the reliability of the retest method was used. The statistical population of this study is the employees and senior managers of the National Petrochemical Company. 15 people were selected by snowball sampling method until reaching the theoretical saturation stage. Qualitative analysis method and code extraction from interviews were performed using MAXQDA software. The results showed that the factors of creating a healthy and happy educational environment, creating platforms for organizational intelligence, creating a platform for IT development, creating transparency in missions and goals and perspectives of the organization as underlying factors, personal development and learning the workplace as the final outcome, education Online and coherent training and the creation of a learning council as strategies, commitment of CEOs and senior managers to develop personal development program for employees and financial resources as intervening factors, personalization of training and emphasis on on-the-job learning were identified as key categories of this paradigm.
