Topic 1

Meaning and importance of managing occupational development

Developing an occupation is a systematically arrangement of career developing, in terms of both quantity and quality, in an alignment with market needs. The importance of an occupational development can be summarized are as follows.

1. It is a utilization of community’s resources for the benefits of the community by generating incomes

2. It is an expansion of a market

3. It helps to transform or develop much more products to the market

4. Consumers are able to purchase the products they need

5. Product development helps increase the number of product in the market, creates a better utilization of fund, and increases more marketing operation

6. It develops community economy

7. It improves the quality of life for people in the community and promoted them to be self-reliance.

The success of occupational development will depend on self development. Since the advance of information technology can be witnessed nowadays, entrepreneurs will have to always develop themselves to catch up with such changes. To do so, one will have to learn to be keen, thoughtful, sharp, creative, through, cautious, and reasonable, as well as being diligent, putting efforts in work, being tough, always looking for experience, and devoting himself for the career, all of which will contribute to a career success.

Self development refers to a determination of personal objectives or goal in life in advance and finds a way to achieve such goal; for example, one might set the target in planting rice for 100 units per rai. He will then have to find a method of operation to meet the target such as using a high-grade seed of rice as well as taking a good care of it. The benefits of self development towards occupational development include:

1. Enhancing knowledge and capability

2. Increasing self-confident

3. Improving working efficiency

4. Creating working happiness

5. Initiating creativity to create works