EMPLOYEE PROMOTIONS

A Promotion may be defined as an upward movement or advancement of an employee in the organization to another job, which commands better pay or wages, better status or prestige, and higher challenges, and responsibilities and better opportunities.

Better working environment, hours of work, facilities and location may accompany the change.

PURPOSE OF PROMOTION It is recognition of a job well done by an employee. It is a device to retain and reward an employee for his years of service to the company. It is to increase the employee and organizational effectiveness.

It is to promote job satisfaction on the part of the employee. It is to build loyalty, morale, and belongingness on the part of the employee.
It is to impress upon others that opportunities are available to them also in the organization if they perform well on their jobs.

SYSTEMATIC PROMOTION PROCEDURES

Establish a plan of job relationships, after job analysis.
Trace promotion routes. Define lines of advancement. Keep detailed personnel and service records, to provide a summary of the facts upon which the promotions are to be based.

Make a definite allocation of responsibility for selecting individuals for promotion at various job levels. Have overall co-ordination by some central agency. Announce the openings for promotion and invite the interested employees to apply within a specific period. Prepare the employee for promotion through provision of some type of training

ADVANTAGES OF PROMOTION FROM WITHIN

Systematises promotions. Builds employee morale. Builds employee loyalty. Permits a more rational allocation of manpower, benefitting both the employer and the employee. Enables the company to retain the employees.

UPGRADING
Upgrading is used to connote a minor promotion or a promotion from within a grade.

This type of promotion is also described as a horizontal promotion

Sometimes upgrading may imply an increase of pay on the same job.

DEMOTION AND DOWNGRADING

Demotion and downgrading are the reverse counterparts of promotion and upgrading. An employee may be moved from his job to a job which carries less compensation , status, and responsibilities. Demotion is a punishment procedure evolved for a variety of reasons- a disciplinary action,incompetance, preliminary to a lay-off

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