Presenting the Model of Aligning the Individual Development Program (IDP) with the Career Path, Based on the Foundation's data-theorizing Approach

The aim of the research is to design a model for aligning the individual development program (IDP) with the career path in selected industries of Isfahan province. In this research, a qualitative method based on the foundation's data theorizing approach has been used. After selecting 16 people from industry experts and academic experts and human resource consultants with purposeful sampling method and semi-structured interview, data was collected. The result of these interviews was a set of primary themes that were collected during the open coding process and categories were extracted from them; Then, in the axial coding, the link between these categories under the Causal conditions, central phenomenon, contextual factors, intervening conditions and consequences of aligning the personal development program (IDP ) with the career path were determined in the form of a axial coding paradigm, And finally, in the selective coding stage, the course of the story was drawn. The results showed that the causal factors of aligning the IDP with the career path are the necessity of employee job matching, the lack of structure in the learning and development process, the speed of changes, the reduction of the organization's key capabilities, and the reduction of the employees' organizational affiliation. Organizational support, organizational structure and self-development thinking were identified as contextual factors, and the complexity of the development process, the diversity of the nature of people and organizations, and the use of software platform were the intervening factors of this phenomenon. The strategies related to aligning the IDP with the career path, evaluating people and jobs, identifying and formulating required competencies, setting goals and plans, implementing development plans, monitoring and periodic evaluation include. Increasing job satisfaction, increasing the capabilities and capacity of individuals and organizations, aligning individuals and organizations, improving organizational performance indicators, moving in the direction of a learning organization, and transparency and justice in the process of appointment and promotion were the consequences of aligning the individual development program with the career path