MEANING AND SIFNIFICANCE OF PLACEMENT

 

MEANING AND SIFNIFICANCE OF PLACEMENT


MEANING OF PLACEMENT


When a final selection is made and employees are properly trained, the step is placement. The principle of the right job for the right man must be next followed while making their placement.


"Placement is the determination of the job to which an accepted candidate is to be assigned, and his assignment to that job.

Pigors and Myers,


"Placement is the assignment or reassignment of an employee to a new or different job. It includes the initial assignment of new employees and the promotion, transfer, or demotion of present employees.

William Werther and Keith Davis,


"The assignment of a particular job to a newly appointed employee is the placement of work.

Dale Yoder, 


Thus, placement is a process through which newly appointed employees are assigned jobs according to their ability and capability.


SIGNIFICANCE OF PLACEMENT


1. If the proper placement of employees is made, it will help is turnover rate and absenteeism. 

2. It will also reduce the possibility of accidents and industrial conflicts.  in reducing the labor

3. It will increase the morale and efficiency of the employees and will also provide them more job satisfaction.

4. It increases the productivity of both the employees and the enterprise.


Thus, the placement of employees is a very important function, which must be seriously taken up by the head of the department or by the supervisor because a little negligence in this process may cause a great loss to the enterprise. 

It is rightly said, "Correct placement is in no way less important than planned recruitment. Sometimes an employee showing inefficiency in one department may prove efficient in another department if only the personnel officer can discover his potential.



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