Career Development Plan Summary

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University of PhoenixManagementHRM 531The owner, Kathy Kudler, of Kudler Fine Food (KFF) knew that something needed to be done and she also knew that many along with herself were tired of traveling to far to purchase ingredients for cooking a gourmet meal. At this time Kathy decided to open her own gourmet shop know as KFF that would provide customers with a one stop gourmet shop. Kathy opened her La Jolla store in 1998 in the state of California. In the year 2000 she opened her Del Mar store in the same state. In 2003 she opened her Encinitas store in the same state. (Apollo Group, Inc., 2007)KFF is having a problem with the morale of their employees, with this in mind they must come up with a strategy to determine the talent of each employee so that the Human Capital can be aligned with the organizational strategy.

The employees in sales have the experience in their division in selling the products for the company but now they need retraining on offering solutions to customers. KFF has to work on their job placement. KFF human resource team will play a vital role in the screening, making assessment, identifying, and hiring from a pool of individuals to decide on what skills, abilities, and knowledge the employees has. The company will consider external hiring to fill in any gaps.

The Vice President (VP) is in charges of assisting the president/ceo of the company. His or her job is to see to it that the plans set for the company is being carried out by all members of the organization. The general manager (GM) must be able to coordinate and direct the operation of KFF and each department. The GM will set goals for the organization according to the plans set...