Promotions can be defined as the progression of an employee within the
organization in terms of responsibilities, status, and increase salary level.
It is considered as the upward movement of the organizational ladder (Chand, 2020) Promotion is a
method of internal organizational movements (Bansal, 2020) .
Promotions can be made on the merit basis or seniority basis. Merit
basis means employee skills and qualifications while seniority mean employees
years of service experience or service lengths. Organizations are more
interested for merit-based promotions while trade unions are more interested in
seniority-based promotions (University of California, 2014) .
Figure 1 – Source of Promotion (Source: University of California, 2014)
Advantages and Disadvantages of
Seniority Basis Promotion
Table 1- Pros and Cons of seniority-based Promotion
(Source:
Money Matters, 2020)
Advantages and Disadvantages of
Merit Basis Promotion
Table 2- Pros and Cons of merit-based Promotion
Figure 2- Types of Promotions (Source:
Chand, 2020)
- Transparency – Should have clear promotion policies which emphasize the objectives, criteria for assessing employees for promotions, and clearly state the requirements needed for employees for promotions without any uncertainty.
- Lack of pressure of any external parties – Company promotion policies should not be biased from any other external parties such as politicians, trade unions, etc.
- Specific time period- Promotion opportunities should be informed within certain time period and need to provide sufficient time period to employees to apply for opportunities.
- Proper rating method – Organizations should have proper job evaluation and rating plan and techniques to ensure the fairness of the process.
- Training and consultation- Once selecting an employee for the promotion, it is essential to
provide training for them in order to make aware about the task and duties
and need to consult them via an immediate supervisor
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How we can measure the progress when it comes to promotions?
ReplyDeleteHi DElanka,I think considering the KPI of the employees of any organization can measure the progress of those employees
DeleteCurrent Sri Lankan industrial promotions are not only based on performance. So how do you think,as a company how to give the promotions for their employees.
ReplyDeleteHi Buddima,I agree with your point. In addition to performance, other factors of employees must be taken into consideration when granting promotions. But more weight should be given to performance.
DeleteEranga,i think we have to move to new promotion methods and ignore traditional methods? What do you think about this?
ReplyDeleteHi Manujaya, yes.I also think the old promotion methods should be gradually changed to suit the present and the future. But not entirely.
DeleteEranga,In organizations for the promotions the management required both academic and working experience for the interviews. But they give priority for academic qualifications than working experience.Is this fair?
ReplyDeleteHi Manujaya ,This is not fair, priority should be given to experience and secondly academic qualifications should be taken into consideration.
DeleteDear Eranga, Sometimes promotions are not awarded the right person.How do you think we can avoid that & promote the righ person for the job?
ReplyDeleteHi Amila, Yes, as you say some companies will give these types of fraudulent promotions.But rather than appointing a separate person for this, that quality should be developed in the human resource manager of the organization
DeleteEranga how impact promotions to absentisum
ReplyDeleteHi dinuka I don't think promotions have an impact on non-attendance. Promotion can often have a positive effect on job satisfaction and motivation
DeleteWhat are the importance of Promotion in any organization ?
ReplyDeleteHi Sandun,The key to promoting any organization is to enhance the job satisfaction of employees and increase their motivation. In addition, their organizational development on the institutional side.
DeleteDo you think that promotions have a direct impact to the employee retention
ReplyDeleteHi Ajith, Promotions do not always directly affect employee retention. In addition to promoting employee retention, the work environment, the bond between employees, and the nature of the job will also be affected.
Deletepromotion how affected effectiveness in origination?
ReplyDeleteHi Eranga, promoting people based on seniority is also used in some organizations. Is it an effective way to retain employees.
ReplyDeleteLot of organizations, promotions are done based on individual contributions. But we know may be the team is achieving the goals. How can do fair promotions to team and individuals.
ReplyDeleteThere are some most commonly made mistakes can see when giving promotions. What do you think.
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