Details a training program designed by the Zale Corporation to develop professional store management staff. Includes the specific goals, methodology, description, and results of the program, which has become an integral part of the Zale Corporation and a contributor to the success of the company. (JOW)

The manifesto establishes human resource development as a legitimate professional endeavor. It defines the nature of human resource development in organizational life and creates a significant place for this type of activity in all types of organizations. (Author/BP)

To attract capable people, organizations must have managers who support employee career development. The author describes a three-day course for managers on dealing with employee needs. (JOW)

A program for staff employees of the University of California (Santa Barbara) was developed to increase awareness of career possibilities, increase knowledge of how to reach those possibilities, and develop self-confidence to translate thinking into action. First year program results showed substantial attitude and career changes among trainees.…

A personnel development plan is suggested in which training specialists (1) help employees with career development, (2) change the job or transfer employees to a more suitable job, or (3) go through role negotiation, goal setting, or some other exercise designed to create a new job perspective. (CT)