Employee transfer

1. A Presentation on Transfer
Presented by
Tridib Sarma
16-50-147

2. Definition
• “A transfer involves the shifting of an
employee from one job to another without
special reference to changing responsibility or
compensation”-Dale Yoder
• It involves horizontal movement from one job
to another.

3. Purpose of Transfer
• To meet organisational requirements
• To satisfy employee needs
• To utilize employees better
• To make the employee more versatile
• To adjust the workforce
• To provide relief to overburdened employees
• To reduce conflicts
• To punish employees

4. Types of Transfer
On the Basis of Purpose:
• Production Transfers.
• Replacement Transfers.
• Versatility Transfers.
• Shift Transfers
• Remedial Transfers.
• Precautionary Transfers

5. Types of Transfer
On the Basis of Unit:
• Sectional Transfers.
• Departmental Transfers.
• Inter-Plant Transfers.

6. Benefits of Transfer
• Improve employee skills
• Reduce monotony, boredom
• Improve employee satisfaction and morale
• Improve employer-employee relations

7. Problems associated with Transfer
• Inconvenient to employees who otherwise do
not want to move
• Employees may or may not fit in the new
location/department
• Shifting of experienced hands may affect
productivity
• Discriminatory transfers may affect in
employee morale.

8. Transfer policy
• Specify circumstances under which the
transfer has been effected
• Transfers should be clearly defined as
temporary or permanent.