Over the past few decades, the application of HRM methods for improving services and achieving essential outcomes has become a key component of major changes in human resource development of organizations. Due to the situation of employee career pathway systems and according to the present methods, visualization of the employees' career pathway and the subsequent human resource development do not seem to be possible. Therefore, the present research is aimed at identifying the dimensions and components of a career pathway model. This research is conducted through qualitative content analysis method for designing the model, and is based on the field survey for performance. It has led to the design of a career pathway model for the development of human resources in a military organization. The statistical population of the study includes university professors and 20 experienced experts of human resource, and 141 managers, experts and employees of HR field in Tehran, from whom a sample is selected purposefully according to the Cochran formula. Data collection tool includes a researcher-made questionnaire with a reliability of 0. 797 based on the Cronbach's alpha test with a validity of CVS = CVR = 0. 95, CVI = 0. 97 coefficients. Descriptive and inferential statistics are employed to analyze the data through SPSS software. The results indicate that career progression pathway model consists of 7 dimensions and 23 components. This model is based on the path analysis test.