A sales manager of ABC department left the firm on medical grounds. There are two sales managers in the XYZ department. One of the managers from XYZ department is shifted to ABC department as the new sales manager.

What type of decision is this?

Transfer

The correct answer is option 2- Transfer.

Transfer is the decision highlighted in the given lines.

The employee is already working in the organization (as a sales manager in XYZ department). They are being moved to another department (ABC) at the same level or position. There’s no change in rank or salary, just a change in the place or department of work. It is just shifting so it is a transfer of employee.

Transfers: It involves shifting of an employee from one job to another, one department to another or from one shift to another, without a substantive change in the responsibilities and status of the employee.

OTHER OPTIONS

• Direct Recruitment: Under the direct recruitment, a notice is placed on the notice-board of the enterprise specifying the details of the jobs available. Jobseekers assemble outside the premises of the organisation on the specified date and selection is done on the spot.

• Promotions: Business enterprises generally follow the practice of filling higher jobs by promoting employees from lower jobs. Promotion leads to shifting an employee to a higher position, carrying higher responsibilities, facilities, status and pay. Promotion is a vertical shifting of employees. This practice helps to improve the motivation.

• Training is any process by which the aptitudes, skills and abilities of employees to perform specific jobs are increased. There are various methods of training. These are broadly categorised into two groups: On-the-Job and Off-the-Job methods.