ABSTRACT
Careers are one mechanism that provides a link between individuals and their social and work habitats.As such, careers become channels for an individual’s contribution to the effectiveness and efficiency of a company and for facilitating individual growth and development. In today’s volatile and progressively global work environment, career management is a crucial issue for organizations attempting to maintain the right resources for survival and to sustain competitive advantage. Career management is not only an organizational issue but there is increasing onus on the individual to take responsibility for career self-management as the paradigm of career undergoes fundamental shifts.This chapter focuses on the dual nature of career management in the global environment and draws attention to individual careering and organizational structures and policies. It explores the concept of the
intelligent career in understanding the current issues in career management within, across and outside organizations.The chapter includes a discussion of organizational and individual career issues related to the periods before, during and after international work. It challenges received wisdom on the utility of international careers and rehearses some of the current dilemmas for both companies and their employees.
