A bottling plant has too many machine operators in its day shift and…

A bottling plant has too many machine operators in its day shift and too few in its night shift. It moves two operators to the night shift, with the same responsibilities, status and pay.

Identify the move.

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → Transfer

Option (1) Placement — Incorrect. Placement is a newly selected employee taking up his post; these operators already work there.

Option (2) Promotion — Incorrect. Promotion means a higher position, status and pay; here these stay the same.

Option (3) Job rotation — Incorrect. Job rotation is a training method for learning different jobs; here the aim is to fill a shortage.

Option (4) Transfer — Correct. A transfer shifts an employee from one shift to another with no real change in responsibilities and status.

NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Internal Sources There are two important sources of internal recruitment, namely, transfers and promotions, which are discussed below:
(i) 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. It may lead to changes in duties and responsibilities, working condition etc., but not necessarily salary. …”

“(ii) 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, loyalty and satisfaction level of employees. It has a great psychological impact over the employees because a promotion at the higher level may lead to a chain of promotions at lower levels in the organisation.”