Assessment

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er7AOM

Lesson2Pr
omot
ion

Jay
Name: sonS.Cust
odi
o Cour
se/
Sect
ion:
BSBA-
HRM2A

1.Supposeyouar
etheHumanResour ceOf f
icerofacertai
norgani
zation,whatwould
yourecommendtothemanagementi nf i
ll
inguphi gherlev
elposit
ions? Shoulditbe
promoti
ng f
rom wit
hinthe or
ganizati
on orhi ri
ng from out
side?Just i
fy.Cit
et he
advant
agesanddi
sadvant
ages.(10pts)

IfIwer e a Human Resour ce Of fi

cerofa cer tain or gani zation Iwoul d
recommendt ot hemanagementi nf ill
i
nguphi gherl ev elposi tionsbypr omot ingonl y
withint he or ganizat i
on,why ?I ti s because when we pr omot ef rom wi thint he
organization,peopl ei ntheor gani zat i
onseeoppor tunityandbecomel essl ikelytomov e
aroundi nt heircar eers.Al sopr omot ingf rom wi t
hi nt heor gani zat ioni sgener allyless
expensi vethanhi r
ingf rom t heout si de.Wewi l
lsav et hecost st hatgoi ntohi ringand
recruit
ing,suchasadv erti
singonj obboar ds,websi tesandi npr i
nt .Theadv ant agesof
promot ingf r
om wi thinaor ganiz ationhel pskeeppr oduct ivi
tyhi gh.New empl oyees
appreciate oppor t
uni ti
es f oradv ancementand t he pot entialf orgr owt h.I fy our
empl oyeesknow t her ei sapot ent ialcar eerpat hwi thint heor gani zati
on,y ouar eless
l
ikelytol osepr omi singst afftoanot heror gani zation.Empl oyeesar emor el i
kelyt otake
advantageofor ganizat i
onalt rainingandeducat i
onaloppor t
uni ti
esi ft heyknow t hese
activi
ti
escani mpr ov et hei
rchancesofpr omot ionbutt her eal sodi sadv antagesl i
ke
promot ing from wi thint he or gani zat i
on can l ead t o compet itivenessamong st af
f
member sv yi
ngf orthesameposi ti
on.Whenoneper soni spr omot ed,badf eeli
ngscan
resultint hepeopl el eftbehi nd.Thi scanl eadt odi ssat i
sf actionatwor k,poorwor k
performanceandev enr esentmentf rom empl oyeeswhof eel sl
ight edorov erlooked.

2.Dif
fer
ent
iat
ebasesofpr
omot
ion.Ci
teeachadv
ant
agesanddi
sadv
ant
ages.(
10
pt
s)

 Pr
omot
ionbySeni
ori
ty:

Promotionbyseniori
tyisoneoft
hepopularmet hodsfol
lowedforgivi
ngpr omotionto
theempl oy
ee.Senior
it
yisbasedonthetotallengt
hofservi
ceandi scountedfrom the
dateofhi sappoi
ntmentintheorgani
sati
on.Thi smethodisfoll
owedi nGov ernment
serv
ice.However,meri
tssuchasqual
if
icat
ions,knowl
edge,ski
l
ls,per
formance,etc.,
are
notgi
venwei
ght
ageaspr
omot
ioni
sbasedonseni
ori
ty.

Adv
ant
ages/
Mer
it
sofPr
omot
ionbySeni
ori
ty:

a.I
nbusinessandindust
ri
alunder
taki
ngs,thi
smethodisfol
lowedforpat
roni
sing
empl
oyeesandhaswi
deaccept
ancebytradeuni
onsandamongemploy
ees.

b.I
tisv
erysi
mpl
eandobj
ect
ivemet
hodofi
dent
if
yingempl
oyeesf
orpr
omot
ion.

c.Cr
eatesasenseofsecuri
tyamongempl
oyeessi
ncet
heycanpr
edi
cti
nadv
ance
whentheywi
l
lgetpr
omoted.

d.Leadstocongeni
ali
ndust
ri
alr
elat
ionsasdeci
sionsonpr
omot
ionsar
ebasedon
seni
ori
tyal
one.

e.Av
oidsbi
as,
fav
our
it
ism andnepot
ism i
nident
if
yingempl
oyeesf
orpr
omot
ion.

f.Employees wil
lremai
nloy
alt
othe or
gani
sat
ion ev
en when t
her
e ar
e bet
ter
oppor
tuni
ti
eselsewher
e.

Di
sadv
ant
ages:

a.Seni
ori
tyv
eryoft
enignor
esmeri
tandgoodper
for
mancei
nthej
ob.Theper
sonwi
th
l
ongservi
ceneednotbecompet
enti
nthej
ob.

b.Ov
eremphasi
sonseni
ori
tyandnoi
ncent
ivef
orhi
gh/
impr
ovedper
for
mancet
hej
ob.

c.Ambit
iouspeoplewhoar
ehi
ghl
ycar
eeror
ient
ed,maynotst
ickt
othej
obandl
eav
e
theor
ganisat
ion.

d.Iti
sdiff
icul
ttoat
tractt
alent
edpeopl
eunl
esst
heyar
epl
acedi
nspeci
alcat
egor
yfor
promoti
on.

e.No di
ffer
enti
ati
on bet
ween ef
fi
cientand i
nef
fi
cientempl
oyees and pr
omot
es
medi
ocr
it
yintheorgani
sat
ion.

f.Managementi
snotgener
all
yfavour
abl
et opr
omot
eempl
oyeesbasedonseni
ori
ty.
Theypref
ert
ocombi
nemer i
tsandseni
ori
ty.

 Pr
omot
ionbyMer
it
:

Promotionbymer iti
sgener al
lyfol
lowedinprivateorganisat
ions.Promoti
onsarebased
onmer itsoft heempl oyees,i.
e.,qual
if
icat
ions,knowl edge,ski l
l
s,honest
y,ini
ti
ati
ve,
i
nterper
sonalr el
ati
onship,eff
ectivecommuni cati
onandofcour seperf
ormanceinthe
j
ob.Seni orit
yi snotgivenwei ghtage.However ,uni
onsdemandpr omoti
onsbasedon
seni
orit
y, i
.e.
,lengthofservi
ceoft heemployee.
TheHR depar tmenthast o keepupdatedr ecordsabouteachempl oyeeandsuch
recordsshoul
dincl
udedet ai
ls,perf
ormanceinthejob,
increments,
per
formanceawards
etc.Performance apprai
salr ecords woul
d also pr
ov i
de i
nformat
ion on t
he past
performanceandstrengt
hsandweaknessesoft heemployee.

Adv
ant
agesofPr
omot
ionbyMer
it
:

a.Itappr
eciatesandrecogni
sestheknowl
edge,ski
l
lsandper
for
manceoft
heempl
oyee.
Evenempl oyeeswit
hlessexperi
encecanexpectpr
omoti
ons.

b.I
tmot
ivat
est
heempl
oyeest
oper
for
m bet
teraspr
omot
ionsar
ebasedonmer
it
s.

c.Themanagementisabletor
etai
ncompet
entempl
oyeesast
heyar
eel
i
gibl
efor
promot
ionsbasedonmer
it
s.

d.Leadst
oincr
easedpr
oduct
ivi
tyi
ntheor
gani
sat
ion.

e.Managementsuppor
tpr
omot
ionsbasedonmer
it
.

f
.Iti
sasci
ent
if
icandobj
ect
ivemet
hodofpr
omot
ingempl
oyees.

Di
sadv
ant
ages/
Limi
tat
ionsofPr
omot
ionbyMer
it
:

a.Scopef
orf
avour
it
ism andbi
as.

b.Themet
hodi
snotaccept
edbyt
radeuni
ons.

c.Defi
ningmer
iti
sdi
ff
icul
tandcompl
i
cat
edi
ntheabsenceofupdat
edandaccur
ate
recor
ds.

d.Noguar ant
eedpr
omot
ionev
eni
ftheper
sonhasputi
nsev
eraly
ear
s’ser
vicei
nthe
organi
sat
ion.

3.Di
ff
erent
iat
ethet
ypes/
classi
fi
cat
ionofpr
omot
ion.Ci
teanexampl
e.(
10pt
s)

Hor i
zontalpromotionisaki ndofpr omot ionrewardsanempl oyeewithapay
i
ncreasebutl i
tt
let onochangei nresponsi bi
l
iti
es.Itisalsoregardedasanup- gradat i
on
ofanempl oyee.Int heeducati
onalsect or,anex ampleoft hisisthemov efr
om l ecturer
toseniorlecturer,whil
ethe Ver ti
calpr omotioni sr ef
erstoanupwar dmov ementof
employees wi t
h a change in ski l
l
s and exper i
ence.I tbr i
ngs a change in salary,
responsibi
l
ity,status,benefi
ts,etc.I nt hemar keti
ng industry
,theexampl eoft his
promotionisamar keti
ngsupervisortot hemar ketingmanager .Duetoitsnature,itcan
changet henatureoft hejobaswel l.Thi
scanbeashi ftfrom functi
onalheadt ot he
chiefexecuti
ve,bothbeingv er
ydiff
erentjobswhi l
et heDr ypromot i
oniaapr omot ion
thatempl oyeesaren’
tpar ti
cul
arl
yf ondof .Thispr omotionr ef
erst oani ncreasei n
responsi
bili
ti
esandst atuswi t
houtthebenef it
s.Itmeansnoi ncreaseinpayorany
fi
nancialbenefi
tsfort hatmat t
er.Exampl eofdr ypr omotionisacol l
egepr ofessor
promotedasHeadoft heDepartmentwi t
houtincreaseinsalary
.

4.Di
scusst
hei
mpor
tanceofpr
omot
ion.(
10pt
s)

Promot ioni simpor t

antbecausei tgi vescar eeradv ancementt hroughi nwhi ch
anempl oy eeofacompanyi sgivenahi ghershar eofdut i
es, ahi gherpay -scal eorbot h.
Itboost st hemor al eofpr omot edempl oy ees,increasest heirpr oduct ivi
tyandhence
i
mpr oves upon t he ov er al
lprof i
ts ear ned byt he or gani zation.Pr omot ion i sv ery
i
mpor t
antbecausei tisoneoft hemai ngoal sofempl oy eeswor kinghar d.Thus, itt urns
i
nt ot heirexpect at i
on.Pr omotionof t
eni ncludesapayr ai sewhi chact sasahuge
mot ivation.Thi s,i nr et urn,furt
herr educesat tr
iti
on.Pr omot i
onal soi sabi gt oolf or
careeradv ancementandempl oyeer etention.Itisbecausewhenempl oy eesgeta
chancet ogr ow,t heyst ickwi t
hacompany .Thismot i
vat ionul t
imat elycor r el
at est o
higherpr oduct i
vity ,pr omot i
onf acil
itatest hecr i
ti
calcar eerpat handgr owt hofan
i
ndiv idual.Pr omot ioni si mportantbecausei tof t
enbr i
ngsnew r esponsibiliti
est hat
i
niti
at easenseofmanagement .Thi ssenseofmanagementi sakeyf actorinempl oyee
satisfactionasi thel pst hem gr ow.Apr omot i
oni si mpor t antbecausei tisv iewedas
desirablebyempl oy eesbecauseoft hei mpactapr omot ionhasonpay ,aut hority
,
responsi bil
ity,andt heabi l
i
tytoi nfl
uencebr oaderor gani zat i
onaldeci sionmaki ng.A
promot i
oni simpor tantbecausei tr aisest hest atusoft heempl oyeewhor eceiv esa
promot i
onwhi chi sav isiblesignofest eem f rom theempl oy er.