• Explain why the effective management of career transitions is important both to individual employees and to the organization as a whole.
• Characterize an effective orientation program.
• Describe the procedures commonly used for making promotion decisions.
• Give examples of how the labor agreement governs staffing decisions and policies in the organization.
• Outline some of the options organizations have for avoiding layoffs.
• Identify some actions management can take to ensure that employee terminations are nondiscriminatory.
• List the phases of a career crisis and identify ways organizations can minimize crises and offer support.