Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia

The main objective of the survey was to determine the high potential (HIPO)employee development practices in Malaysia. The findings indicated that employers put high emphasis on employees who have the initiative to develop themselves, ability to consistently produce above expectation work outcomes a...

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Main Authors: Juhdi, Nurita, Pa'wan, Fatimah, Hansaram, Ram Milah@Simranpreet Kaur
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling iium-156832012-01-18T02:42:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/15683/ Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia Juhdi, Nurita Pa'wan, Fatimah Hansaram, Ram Milah@Simranpreet Kaur HF5549 Personnel management The main objective of the survey was to determine the high potential (HIPO)employee development practices in Malaysia. The findings indicated that employers put high emphasis on employees who have the initiative to develop themselves, ability to consistently produce above expectation work outcomes and ability to manage changes effectively. In terms of methods used to identify HIPOs in organizations, the most common method was performance appraisal by the immediate superior and the least common method was assessment centers by internal consultants. Two most common methods to develop HIPOs were executive development programs and assignment to special projects. The majority participants reported that they faced the most common problems in HIPOs who refuse to accept geographical relocations and difficulty in removing faltering senior executives to give way to new generations. In terms of overall effectiveness of HIPO employee development programs, majority reported that the attendance rate during executive development programs were quite satisfactory. However, they indicated that when there were vacant positions at the higher level, it was quite difficult to find the replacement internally. 2011-11-09 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/15683/1/Management_and_Development_of_High_Potential_Employees_A_Study_on_Fifty_Organizations_in_Malaysia.pdf Juhdi, Nurita and Pa'wan, Fatimah and Hansaram, Ram Milah@Simranpreet Kaur (2011) Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia. In: Asia Pacific Marketing and Management Conference 2011, 9-11 Novemeber 2011, Merdeka Palace Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak.
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Juhdi, Nurita
Pa'wan, Fatimah
Hansaram, Ram Milah@Simranpreet Kaur
Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia
description The main objective of the survey was to determine the high potential (HIPO)employee development practices in Malaysia. The findings indicated that employers put high emphasis on employees who have the initiative to develop themselves, ability to consistently produce above expectation work outcomes and ability to manage changes effectively. In terms of methods used to identify HIPOs in organizations, the most common method was performance appraisal by the immediate superior and the least common method was assessment centers by internal consultants. Two most common methods to develop HIPOs were executive development programs and assignment to special projects. The majority participants reported that they faced the most common problems in HIPOs who refuse to accept geographical relocations and difficulty in removing faltering senior executives to give way to new generations. In terms of overall effectiveness of HIPO employee development programs, majority reported that the attendance rate during executive development programs were quite satisfactory. However, they indicated that when there were vacant positions at the higher level, it was quite difficult to find the replacement internally.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Juhdi, Nurita
Pa'wan, Fatimah
Hansaram, Ram Milah@Simranpreet Kaur
author_facet Juhdi, Nurita
Pa'wan, Fatimah
Hansaram, Ram Milah@Simranpreet Kaur
author_sort Juhdi, Nurita
title Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia
title_short Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia
title_full Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia
title_fullStr Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in Malaysia
title_sort management and development of high potential employees: a study on fifty organizations in malaysia
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/15683/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/15683/1/Management_and_Development_of_High_Potential_Employees_A_Study_on_Fifty_Organizations_in_Malaysia.pdf
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