What are the material and psychological considerations which should be taken into account in the establishment of a logical system of promotion and up to what point has this already been carried out in private business and government service? : methods of promotion / prepared by C.S. Myers and G.H. Miles.

  • Myers, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1873-1946
Date:
[1932?]
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Credit: What are the material and psychological considerations which should be taken into account in the establishment of a logical system of promotion and up to what point has this already been carried out in private business and government service? : methods of promotion / prepared by C.S. Myers and G.H. Miles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    or to give him a special increase in wages or salary. B. In order to obtain information about the ex¬ tent to which systematic methods of promotion on the lines just mentioned have been carried out in typical private businesses and in the Government services of Great Britain, the fol¬ lowing questionnaire was prepared and issued by the National Institute of Industrial Psycho¬ logy. I. Occupational Data. 1. Do you keep a record of the various occu¬ pations in your departments? i. Is the record of each occupation kept separately? ii. Are the occupations grouped in any special way? 2. Do your records of each occupation show to what extent any of the following qua¬ lifications are necessary? a. Technical. b. Educational. c. Physical. d. Mental. e. Temperamental. f. Other qualifications (please give details). 3. i. Do your records of occupations show what experience is necessary: a. inside the firm? b. outside the firm? ii. Do they show what training is to be given to employees engaged for the various occupations? 4. i. Have you any method of relating salaries or wages to the importance of the work done or of the post held? ii. If so, how is the relation determined? iii. Have you a fixed grading of salaries and of increases in salary according to position held, length of service, etc.? If so, can you please give details? II. Staff Data. 1. i. Do you keep for each employee per¬ iodic records containing any of the following particulars? a. Personal particulars. b. Education. c. Previous training and experience. d. Health. e. Mental abilities. f. Temperamental characteristics. g. Suitability for specific occupa¬ tions. h. Posts held in firm. i. Promotions. j. Salary or wage records. k. Suitability for promotion, increas¬ es in salary, etc. l. Absenteeism, etc. ii. If so, whence are these data ob¬ tained? iii. By whom are they kept? 2. In selecting new employees: i. Do you use selection tests? (If so, please give details.) ii. Do you interview candidates? If so, iii. is a record kept of the interview and of the interviewer’s opinions? III. Methods of Promotion. 1. i. Do you keep special records of a. employees eligible for promotion to higher posts, and of b. employees desiring promotion? ii. If so, how is eligibility for promotion determined, and iii. how is expression obtained of a des¬ ire for promotion? 2. When selecting an employee for promo¬ tion to a given post, which of the follow¬ ing factors do you consider? (Please in¬ dicate by numbers their order of impor¬ tance.) a. Length of service. b. Knowledge of work of new post. c. Efficiency at present work. d. Mental abilities. e. Temperamental characteristics. f. Character. g. Other factors (please give details). 3. i. Have you any system of training em-