Development focuses on preparing employees to take on expanded responsibilities in their current or future roles. Which option matches?

• A. Preparing employees to take on additional responsibilities for future roles or expanded responsibilities in their current role
• B. Hiring external consultants to train staff
• C. Reducing training to save costs
• D. Eliminating internal promotions

Answer: (A)

Development in human resource management focuses on growing employees so they can handle bigger responsibilities, either in their current role or in future positions. It’s about building potential for long‑term career growth, not just improving immediate job tasks. The option that describes preparing employees for additional responsibilities for future roles or for expanding duties in their current role best captures this idea, since it emphasizes readiness for broader responsibilities over time. The other choices reflect activities like task-specific training, cost-conscious decisions, or removing pathways for advancement, which are not aligned with development’s purpose of fostering longer-term growth and readiness.