Stakeholders in the Employee 
                        Stakeholders in the Employee 
                                        Development Process
                                         Development Process
   Employees who are improving their own 
         Employees who are improving their own 
         performance.
         performance.
           •Help plan their own development.
                 Help plan their own development.
   Managers who help guide the process of 
         Managers who help guide the process of 
         employee development and support it so 
         employee development and support it so 
         it can successfully occur.
         it can successfully occur.
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                  Personal Developmental Plans
                   Personal Developmental Plans
  
      Personal development plans specify 
      Personal development plans specify 
  actions necessary to improve performance.
   actions necessary to improve performance.
  
      Such plans highlight an employee’s 
      Such plans highlight an employee’s 
  strengths and the areas in need of 
   strengths and the areas in need of 
  development. They provide an action plan 
   development. They provide an action plan 
  to improve areas of weakness and further 
   to improve areas of weakness and further 
  develop areas of strength.
   develop areas of strength.
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               Personal Developmental Plans 
               Personal Developmental Plans 
                                                                      Answer
                                                                       Answer
   How can I continuously learn and 
         How can I continuously learn and 
         grow in the next year?
         grow in the next year?
   How can I do better in the future?
         How can I do better in the future?
   How can I avoid performance 
         How can I avoid performance 
         problems faced in the past?
         problems faced in the past?
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                    Personal Developmental Plans:
                     Personal Developmental Plans:
                                                                    Overview
                                                                    Overview
   Developmental Plan Objectives
         Developmental Plan Objectives
   Content of Developmental Plan
         Content of Developmental Plan
   Developmental Activities
         Developmental Activities
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                            Overall Developmental Plan 
                            Overall Developmental Plan 
                                                                 Objectives
                                                                  Objectives
   Encourage…
         Encourage…
           •Continuous learning
                 Continuous learning
           •Performance improvement
                 Performance improvement
           •Personal growth
                 Personal growth
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