Learn in the textbookHuman Resource Management and Ways of Working
DefinitionCDP (Career Development Program) is a system that develops each employee by combining job rotations and training in a planned way, along the employee's long-term career goals.
ExplanationThe employee's wishes and the kind of talent the company will need are matched through interviews and similar means, then turned into a development plan spanning several years. OJT, where skills are gained through doing the actual work, and training taken away from the workplace (Off-JT) are tools used within this plan. The plan is not fixed once and for all, but is revised as the employee grows and the business changes.
AnalogyLike deciding the route to the summit and the huts along the way before a climb, then adjusting the path as the weather changes.
Memory hookThe P stands for Program. Think of it as a development schedule spanning many years, not a one-off training session.