Advancing talent development : steps toward a T-model infused undergraduate education / Philip Gardner and Heather Maietta, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gardner, Philip (Geographer), editor.

Maietta, Heather, editor.

Series:

Service systems and innovations in business and society collection.

Service systems and innovations in business and society collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Business Expert Press, [2020]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Part I

Chapter 1: Disciplinary, DeepDisciplinary, and Interdisciplinary Knowledge: The Stem of the T

Chapter 2: Deep Systems Knowledge Brings System Thinking

Chapter 3: Boundary Spanning and Performance: Applying Skills and Abilities AcrossWork Contexts

Chapter 4: The ME

Part II

Chapter 5: Hope Is Not a Strategy: On the Need to Design for T-outcomes

Chapter 6: Academic and Student Affairs Together: Breaking Organizational Silos

Chapter 7: Spartan-Ready at the University of Tampa

Chapter 8: Driving Purpose

Chapter 9: The Role of Work-Integrated Learning in Developing T-graduates

Chapter 10: Creating and Engaging T-engineers Inside and Outside of the Classroom

Chapter 11: The HEROIC Narrative Assessment System: Helping Undergrads Navigate Transitions

PART III

Chapter 12: Internships and Mentoring: The Keys to Sustaining a Healthy Talent Pipeline

Chapter 13: IBM: Being Essential,Transforming, and Getting Your Skills On

Chapter 14: The T-leaders

Chapter 15: Adapting the T for the Needs of Generation Z

Conclusion

About the Authors

Index

Ad-page

Backcover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781951527075

1951527070