Which step of staffing process aims at encouraging employees to grow and realize their full potential?

Promotion and Career Planning

The correct answer is option 4- Promotion and Career Planning.

Promotion and career planning becomes necessary for all organisations to address career related issues and promotional avenues for their employees. Managers need to design activities to serve employees’ long-term interests also. They must encourage employees to grow and realise their full potential. Promotions are an integral part of people’s career. They refer to being placed in positions of increased responsibility. They usually mean more pay, responsibility and job satisfaction.

While all three related terms- Training, development and Career Planning involve growth, the NCERT distinguishes them by their specific aims:

•  Development: Described as "learning opportunities designed to help employees grow" and "growth of personality," helping individuals progress toward maturity.

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   Training: Defined as a process to increase the "aptitudes, skills and abilities of employees to perform specific jobs.
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  Promotion and Career Planning: Specifically tasked with addressing "career related issues" and "promotional avenues," with the direct aim of encouraging employees to reach their full potential.

• Recruitment- Recruitment refers to the process of finding possible candidates for a job or function.