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A promotion involve advancement in terms of designation, salary and benefits, and in some organizations the type of job activities may change a great deal. In many companies and public service organizations, more senior positions have a different title: an analyst who is promoted becomes a "principal
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or bias. In many Western public service bodies, when a manager wants to promote an employee, they must follow a number of steps, such as advertising the position, accepting applications from qualified candidates, screening and interviewing candidates, and then documenting why they chose a particular
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Different organizations grant the hiring and promoting managers different levels of discretion to award promotions. In some parts of the private sector, the senior management has a very high level of discretion to award promotions, and they can promote employees without going through much procedures
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becomes a "full professor". The amount of salary increase associated with a promotion varies a great deal between industries and sectors, and depending on what parts of the hierarchical ladder an employee is moving between. In some industries or sectors, there may be only a modest increase in salary
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in the federal government who is promoted to the post of senior policy analyst will continue to do similar tasks such as writing briefing notes and carrying out policy research. The differences may be in the complexity of the files that the individual is assigned to or in the sensitivity of the
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candidate. In academia, a similar approach is used, with the added safeguard of including several layers of committee review of the proposed promotion using committees which include members of other faculty and experts from other universities.
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organizations, the values of the organization or the tightness of funding may result in there being only modest salary increases associated with a promotion. In other industries, especially in
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The degree to which job activities change varies between industries and sectors. In some fields, even after an employee is promoted, they continue to do similar work. For example, a
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issues that they are asked to deal with. In other fields, when an employee is promoted, their work changes substantially. For example, whereas a staff engineer in a
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promotes an employee to a particular position it might ensure that the person is able to handle the added responsibilities by screening the employee with
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and salary, and there are no additional benefits or privileges (beyond the psycho-social benefits that may accrue to the individual). In some
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The same is true with benefits and other privileges; in some industries, the promotion only changes the
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for a promotions; in other fields, a promotion may substantially increase an employee's salary.
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companies, a promotion to senior management may carry a number of benefits, such as
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Organizations can use promotions to motivate and control employees. Before a
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firm will spend their time doing engineering inspections and working with
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Promotion in the military: United States Army, enlisted promotion 1972
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or formalities such as testing, screening, and interviewing. In the
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and tests and giving them training or on-the-job experience.
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A promotion can involve advancement in terms of designation,
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analyst"; an economist becomes a "senior economist"; or an
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with a secretary, and bonus pay for good performance.
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system. Promotion may be an employee's reward for good
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