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Module 3 Lecture 17and 18 TRANSFER AND SEPARATION
Module 3 Lecture 17and 18 TRANSFER AND SEPARATION
Teena Bharti
Purpose of Transfer-
• To meet organisational requirements
• To satisfy employee needs
• To utilise employees better
• To make the employee more versatile
• To adjust the workforce
• To provide relief to overburdened employees
• To reduce conflicts
• To punish employees
Benefits and Problems associated with Transfers:
B e n e fits P r o b le m s
Im p ro v e e m p lo y e e s k ills In c o n v e n ie n t to e m p lo y e e s w h o o th e r w is e
d o n o t w a n t to m o v e
R e d u c e m o n o to n y, b o re d o m E m p lo y e e s m a y o r m a y n o t fit in th e n e w lo c a tio n /d e p a r tm e n t
R e m e d y fa u lty p la c e m e n t d e c is io n s S h iftin g o f e x p e r ie n c e d h a n d s m a y a ffe c t p ro d u c tiv ity
P r e p a re th e e m p lo y e e fo r c h a lle n g in g D is c rim in a to r y tra n s fe rs m a y a ffe c t
a s s ig n m e n ts in fu tu re e m p lo y e e m o ra le .
S ta b ilis e c h a n g in g w o rk re q u ire m e n ts in
d iffe re n t d e p a r tm e n ts /lo c a tio n s
Im p ro v e e m p lo y e e s a tis fa c tio n a n d m o ra le
Im p ro v e e m p lo y e r-e m p lo y e e r e la tio n s
Transfer Policy:
Caltex sold petrol pumps to workers accepting the VRS others like Philips,
Sandoz, TISCO offered more attractive packages to employees who accepted
VRS like accommodation in Urban area, free education to children etc.
Employee Separations:
Source: Adapted from Frances M. McKee Ryan, Zhaoli Song, Connie Wanberg, and Angelo J. Kinicki, ‘‘Psychological and Physical Well-
Being During Unemployment: A Meta-Analytic Study,’’ Journal of Applied Psychology 90 (2005): 56. Adapted with permission.
Employee Separations: (cntd)
S o u r c e : B u s in e s s In d ia J a n 7 -2 1 , 1 9 9 6 p p . 3 0 0 -5 0 4
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