Monday, October 25, 2010

Technical Ladder Career Development




Wht do you think about dual ladder career development - technical & managerial level? Ths has been implemented successfully for so many yrs in universities, hospitals and R&D especially. You can be a professor with maximum salary grade or band, yet not holding any managerial post such as dean or vice chancellor in univ or you can be a cardio specialist earning five figure income and yet not holding any head of unit post or become director in a hospital. However to implement ths in any industry is almost impossible. For instance in transport or petrolium or in telecommunication or computer related industry. May be ths can be implemented in petrolium industry because the technology does not change that fast however in a fast moving industry such as computer, this is almost impossible (except for R&D or product development unit). One expertise can be absolute or comon in a few years or months. If ths happen, how to manage the staff tht has been awarded with the scheme? The interim solution might be special allowance for "hot skill" employees. Ths could be used to manage attrition but somehow will not solve problems of highly skilled staff those are loyal. But who said loyalty pays anyway, right??

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