The purpose of this study is to examine the Individual Development Plan (IDP) of university administrators especially those who are categorised under the professional and management scheme. The IDP explains the dimensions of Attitude, Skills and Knowledge required by the administrators in order to perform their responsibilities in executing the management functions and be as the backbone of the university to achieve its mission, vision and objectives of institution. In general, IDP is expected to enhance the performance and abilities of an individual. Thus, the assimilation of IDP into talent management will enable the Human Resource Department to plan the structured Talent Development Programmes that in line with the University Strategic Planning and Key Performance Indicators of University.   Keywords: Individual Development Plan, Talent Management, Competency-Based Management, University Administrators

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has always acknowledged the needs to provide the opportunities get a quality education at the tertiary level. One of the many initiatives is its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme which is established to give financial support to B40 youth to pursue their studies through a pre-diploma programme. This CSR programme has helped 40,836 B40 pre-diploma students from the year of 2010 until 2018. Thus, a study has been conducted to investigate the overall academic performance and employability of the pre-diploma programme students who pursued their study in Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology. This study provides an overview of the achievements of institutional efforts in helping underprivileged students in preparing them for real work scenarios in agricultural sector with a good level of education. Primary data have been obtained from databases which handled by the UiTM Transformation Unit. Numerical analysis of the employability data was obtained through questionnaires and surveys from Skim Kajian Pengesanan Graduan (SKPG). All the data have been screened, cleaned, and coded accordingly using Microsoft Excel to find the connections and relationships. Descriptive statistics from the findings revealed that 81, 32 and two pre-diploma students successfully graduate their studies to diploma, bachelor's and master degree respectively. 48% of the graduates are currently employed mostly in the private sector with the 'fresh graduates' qualification offered salaries between RM1,000 -RM1,800. In future work, further research can be done on how these pre-diploma students of low-income families can change the socioeconomics of their families as agriculture sector