Book description
Talent development is key to organizations keeping pace with the rapidly changing social and technological developments of today’s workplace. Companies are calling for talent that possesses a mastery of discipline and systems, combined with an ability to handle cross-functional, multicultural teams, projects, and assignments. Colleges and universities face challenges in preparing students across all the competency dimensions employers demand.
The T-model configures academic and professional development in a way that allows institutions to provide students with a solid foundation, one built through rich academic and co-curricular experiences that allow them to grow and adapt to the evolving workplace. The T-model comprises five key elements: mastery of academic discipline, system understanding (systems thinking), boundary spanning competencies, interdisciplinary understanding, and a strong sense of self (the ME of the T). In this volume, readers are introduced to the dynamics of the workplace that generate the need for T-professionals, followed by discussion of each of the five key elements of the T-model. Readers are then introduced to and shown how representatives from different segments of higher education infuse the T-model across the curriculum. The book’s final section offers insights from industry professionals on the necessity to grow as a T, once a new graduate enters the workforce.
Table of contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: Grasping the Foundations for Understanding the T-professional Model Philip Gardner, and James Spohrer
- Part I
- Chapter 1 Disciplinary, Deep Disciplinary, and Interdisciplinary Knowledge: The Stem of the T
- Douglas W. Estry
- Chapter 2 Deep Systems Knowledge Brings System Thinking
- Philip Gardner and Heather Maietta
- Chapter 3 Boundary Spanning and Performance: Applying Skills and Abilities Across Work Contexts
- Patricia M. Rowe and Maureen T. B. Drysdale
- Chapter 4 The ME
- Marc Hunsaker and Jennifer Rivera
- Part II
- Chapter 5 Hope is Not a Strategy: On the Need to Design for T-outcomes
- Jeffrey T. Grabill
- Chapter 6 Academic and Student Affairs Together: Breaking Organizational Silos
- Marianna Savoca and Kelley D. Bishop
- Chapter 7 Spartan-Ready at the University of Tampa
- Tim Harding and Stephanie Russell Krebs
- Chapter 8 Driving Purpose
- Marcus Sanderlin
- Chapter 9 The Role of Work-Integrated Learning in Developing T-graduates
- Andrew J. Martin and Malcolm Rees
- Chapter 10 Creating and Engaging T-engineers Inside and Outside of the Classroom
- Denise Simmons
- Chapter 11 The HEROIC Narrative Assessment System: Helping Undergrads Navigate Transitions
- Rich Feller and Mark Franklin
- Part III
- Chapter 12 Internships and Mentoring: The Keys to Sustaining a Healthy Talent Pipeline
- Margaret Archer
- Chapter 13 IBM: Being Essential, Transforming, and Getting Your Skills On
- Jana Jenkins
- Chapter 14 The T-leader
- Duncan Ferguson
- Chapter 15 Adapting the T for the Needs of Generation Z
- Richard Hopkins, FIET
- Conclusion Stretching Toward the Future
- Doug Estry, Philip Gardner, and Jim Spohrer
- About the Authors
- Index
Product information
- Title: Advancing Talent Development
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2020
- Publisher(s): Business Expert Press
- ISBN: 9781951527075
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