Career Pathing
Also known as المسارات المهنية
Definition
Career pathing maps the routes an employee can take through an organization (vertical promotion, lateral moves into adjacent functions, and specialist tracks) and states the capabilities each destination requires. It makes progression legible instead of something employees infer from who was promoted last.
Published paths change development behavior. When the requirements for a target role are stated, employees can act on them without waiting for a manager to volunteer the information, and development conversations shift from general aspiration to a specific gap.
Modern frameworks generally include senior specialist tracks alongside management, because the alternative pushes strong technical people into managing in order to advance. Paths also need honest maintenance: a route that is documented but never actually travelled damages trust more than publishing nothing.