Mate, Susan (2010) The local and the professional. In: Singh, Pritam, and Verma, Subir, (eds.) Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization. Sage Publications, New Delhi, India, pp. 290-303.

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Abstract

[Extract] Professional development programs are often implemented within the context of organizational change. The aim is to identify the skills or qualities required to make the desired changes in the organization and then to provide training or development activities that will develop staff appropriately. Evaluation of development typically considers the extent to which staff members have developed the desired skills and the extent to which the organization changes (Blanchard and Thacker 1999). Measurement is recommended by numerous consulting firms to provide an evaluation of the impact of development initiatives on shareholder value and on the alignment of organizational priorities (Deloitte 2007). We may, however, be better served to consider the various understandings individuals have of professional growth and change and how these fit in the development programs initiated through organizational needs.

This chapter picks up on one of the themes, ‘Globalization: Realities, Challenges and Responses’, and argues that the present limited focus for development can be seen in terms of a local, rather than global, approach to development. It uses the work of Wilber (2001) to support this reasoning. Wilber (2001) describes four quadrants of development. The four-quadrant model provides a useful tool as a guide to ways of knowing. The model is discussed here to emphasize that by accessing information from only one of these ways of understanding, our understanding of the complexities of developing as a professional is limited.

Item ID:	83855
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-81-321-0246-5
Keywords:	baby boomers; generation; narrative research; narratives; storytelling; transcripts; ways of knowing
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Copyright Information:	Copyright © Pritam Singh and Subir Verma, 2010
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