EPA-04 Personnel administration Unit16 Promotion
(The significance and meaning of promotion)
(1)For a government servant promotion is a reward for his faithful and hardwork.
(2)Without promotions we can't attract the best talents to join the government service.
(3)We can't retain the most talented and potential person in the service.
(4)We can't get the best from them for the service and for the nation.
(5)We can't have the efficient, competent and satisfied civil servants in the country.
(6)Promotions satisfy a natural human urge to make progress and advancement in life.
(7)It gives moral boost to the employees.
(8)For the government, promotion is a system of indirect recruitment that is filling up higher
posts by selecting able and competent persons who are already in the service.
(9)For the government servant, promotion is an advancement from a lower post, class or service to a
higher post, class or service involving higher duties, responsibilities and authority.
(10)It means elevaton in the status and increase in the salary for the employee.
(11)Promotion may be from lower grade to higher grade, lower class to higher class, lower service
to higher service.
(Necessacity of promotion in the civil services)
(1)Civil service is a career service.
(2)A person who joins the civil service spends his time in it.
(3)He makes progress and advances up in the service with the passage of time.
(4)From his recruitment as a young person till his retirement as an old person it is the chances
of promotion which keep him in the service.
(5)Promotion is an integral part of the career service.
(6)A proper scheme of promotions can only make the civil service an attractive career and attract
the best talent to join it.
(7)Opportunity of promotion is a possible reward for hardwork, efficiency and faithful service.
(8)Government servants have to work hard to get possible promotions.
(9)Promotion chances increases the efficiency and contentment of the civil services.
(10)By the device of promotion opportunity, it is possible to retain the best talented and efficient
person in the civil services. Otherwise they will leave the civil service and join other prosperous
services.
(11) The two basic human urges of recognition and advancement can be satisfied by the device of
promotion.
(Pros and cons of the principle of seniority)
Pros
(1)No scope for favourism and nepotism.
(2)Gives respect to age and experience.
(3)In accordance with the establish practises in society.
(4)A younger person doesn't become a boss of the older and more experience persons.
(5)It's more democratic because it gives chances of promotion to everybody irrespective of the merit.
Cons
(1)Those who are senior are not necessarily fit for promotion.
(2)Here length of service is not a criterion of fitness.
(3)Seniority and experience are, therefore not a rational criteria.
(4)Seniority principle doesn't ensure that only fittest persons will be posted at higher posts.
(5)On the contrary inefficient and conservative persons may affect the overall performance of the
Government service.
(The disadvantages of promotion system based on the personal judgement of the head of
the organisation)
(1)In this system merit is determined by the head of the organisation.
(2)This system is based on nepotism and favourism.
(3)It is like the spoils system.
(4)It gives scope for dictatorial tendency.
(5)Encourages sychophatism in administration.
(6)Sychopants surround the head of the office all the time.
(7)As a result there is lot of inefficiency, insecurity and uncertainity among the workers.
(8) Consequently there more is depressed.
(9) Only 'yes man' and 'sychophants' have good chances of promotion in this system.
(The essential of a good promotion system)
(1)A good promotion policy is absolutely necessary for the success of a career civil service.
(2)Promotion policy must be well planned.
(3)Chear and sound classification of the civil services.
(4)Posts and grades in each service or class must be arranged in a hierarchical manner.
(5)Line or promotion and rules of promotion must be followed strictly.
(6)Instead of a single person, a board or committe should be responsible for making promotions.
(7)Accepted method of promotions must be followed strictly.
(8)Employee must know about the vacancy for promotion. He must be told that promotion is an
opportunity not right.
(9)Seniority must not be given excessive weight.
(10)Principles of seniority, merit and efficiency must be combined.
(11)Candidate's past performance, service record and capability to assume higher responsibilities
must be decisive elements.
(12)Service like efficiency rating examinations, interview etc must be adopted to test the merit
for promotion.
(Discuss the indian system of promotion)
(1)First pay commission (1947) recommended that direct recruitment and promotion system must be
combined for filling up the positions in the civil services.
(2)Secod pay commission(1959) recommended the principle of merit for filling higher level of posts
and the principle of seniority-cum-fitness for middle and lower levels in administration.
(3)Administrative reforms commission (1969) also recommended the principle of seniority cum merit
for promotions.
(4)Governing principle of promotion in India, during the last forty years has been that of seniority
cum-merit.
(5)The relative weightage of the two factors of seniority and merit varies from service to service.
(1)For a government servant promotion is a reward for his faithful and hardwork.
(2)Without promotions we can't attract the best talents to join the government service.
(3)We can't retain the most talented and potential person in the service.
(4)We can't get the best from them for the service and for the nation.
(5)We can't have the efficient, competent and satisfied civil servants in the country.
(6)Promotions satisfy a natural human urge to make progress and advancement in life.
(7)It gives moral boost to the employees.
(8)For the government, promotion is a system of indirect recruitment that is filling up higher
posts by selecting able and competent persons who are already in the service.
(9)For the government servant, promotion is an advancement from a lower post, class or service to a
higher post, class or service involving higher duties, responsibilities and authority.
(10)It means elevaton in the status and increase in the salary for the employee.
(11)Promotion may be from lower grade to higher grade, lower class to higher class, lower service
to higher service.
(Necessacity of promotion in the civil services)
(1)Civil service is a career service.
(2)A person who joins the civil service spends his time in it.
(3)He makes progress and advances up in the service with the passage of time.
(4)From his recruitment as a young person till his retirement as an old person it is the chances
of promotion which keep him in the service.
(5)Promotion is an integral part of the career service.
(6)A proper scheme of promotions can only make the civil service an attractive career and attract
the best talent to join it.
(7)Opportunity of promotion is a possible reward for hardwork, efficiency and faithful service.
(8)Government servants have to work hard to get possible promotions.
(9)Promotion chances increases the efficiency and contentment of the civil services.
(10)By the device of promotion opportunity, it is possible to retain the best talented and efficient
person in the civil services. Otherwise they will leave the civil service and join other prosperous
services.
(11) The two basic human urges of recognition and advancement can be satisfied by the device of
promotion.
(Pros and cons of the principle of seniority)
Pros
(1)No scope for favourism and nepotism.
(2)Gives respect to age and experience.
(3)In accordance with the establish practises in society.
(4)A younger person doesn't become a boss of the older and more experience persons.
(5)It's more democratic because it gives chances of promotion to everybody irrespective of the merit.
Cons
(1)Those who are senior are not necessarily fit for promotion.
(2)Here length of service is not a criterion of fitness.
(3)Seniority and experience are, therefore not a rational criteria.
(4)Seniority principle doesn't ensure that only fittest persons will be posted at higher posts.
(5)On the contrary inefficient and conservative persons may affect the overall performance of the
Government service.
(The disadvantages of promotion system based on the personal judgement of the head of
the organisation)
(1)In this system merit is determined by the head of the organisation.
(2)This system is based on nepotism and favourism.
(3)It is like the spoils system.
(4)It gives scope for dictatorial tendency.
(5)Encourages sychophatism in administration.
(6)Sychopants surround the head of the office all the time.
(7)As a result there is lot of inefficiency, insecurity and uncertainity among the workers.
(8) Consequently there more is depressed.
(9) Only 'yes man' and 'sychophants' have good chances of promotion in this system.
(The essential of a good promotion system)
(1)A good promotion policy is absolutely necessary for the success of a career civil service.
(2)Promotion policy must be well planned.
(3)Chear and sound classification of the civil services.
(4)Posts and grades in each service or class must be arranged in a hierarchical manner.
(5)Line or promotion and rules of promotion must be followed strictly.
(6)Instead of a single person, a board or committe should be responsible for making promotions.
(7)Accepted method of promotions must be followed strictly.
(8)Employee must know about the vacancy for promotion. He must be told that promotion is an
opportunity not right.
(9)Seniority must not be given excessive weight.
(10)Principles of seniority, merit and efficiency must be combined.
(11)Candidate's past performance, service record and capability to assume higher responsibilities
must be decisive elements.
(12)Service like efficiency rating examinations, interview etc must be adopted to test the merit
for promotion.
(Discuss the indian system of promotion)
(1)First pay commission (1947) recommended that direct recruitment and promotion system must be
combined for filling up the positions in the civil services.
(2)Secod pay commission(1959) recommended the principle of merit for filling higher level of posts
and the principle of seniority-cum-fitness for middle and lower levels in administration.
(3)Administrative reforms commission (1969) also recommended the principle of seniority cum merit
for promotions.
(4)Governing principle of promotion in India, during the last forty years has been that of seniority
cum-merit.
(5)The relative weightage of the two factors of seniority and merit varies from service to service.
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