Transfer

Transfer usually means changes in which the pay, status and privileges of the new posts are more or lass the same as the old one. In other words, a transfer is the lateral movement of an employee to change his present work group. Work place or organizational unit. As against it, promotion means changes in which the pay, status and privileges, of new posts are higher as compared to the old.

Transfer serves a number of goals. They are used to broaden the job experiences of people forming a part of their development and to fill vacancies as they occur. Transfers are also made to positions where they may get greater job satisfaction and contribute -their best to the organization. Transfers are also used to keep channels 'if promotion open and thereby keeping people interested in the work. There are examples. When many mid-level managers reach a ceiling simply because there is no room for all of them at the top. Such managers may be shifted to other Positions with further scope to keep their morale and Motivation high.