One of the internal mobility of the employee is transfer. It is lateral movement of employee in an organization by the employee. “A transfer involves the shifting of an employee from one job to another without changing the responsibilities or compensation”. Transfers of employees are quite common in all organizations. This can also be defined as a change in job within the organization where the new job is substantially equal to the old in terms of pay, status and responsibilities. Transfers of employees can possible from one department to another from one plant to another. Transfer may be initiated by the organization or by the employees with the approval of the organization. It can be also due to changes in organizational structure or change in volume of work, it is necessary due to variety of reasons.
Types of Transfers:
1.Production Transfer:
Such transfers are resorted to when there is a need of manpower in one department and surplus manpower in other department. Such transfers are made to meet the company requirements. The surplus employees in one department/section might be observed in other place where there is a requirement.
2.Replacement Transfers:
This takes place to replace a new employee who has been in the organization for a long time and thereby giving some relief to an old employee from the heavy pressure of work.
3.Remedial Transfers:
As the name suggest, these transfers are made to rectify the situation caused by faulty selection and placement procedures. Such transfers are made to rectify mistakes in placement and recruitments. If the initial placement of an individual is faulty or has not adjusted to work/job, his transfer to a more appropriate job is desirable.
4.Versatility Transfer: Such transfers are made to increase versatility of the employees from one job to another and one department to another department. Transfer (Job Rotation) is the tool to train the employees. Each employee should provide a varied and broader job experiences by moving from one department to another. This is for preparing the employee for promotion; this will definitely help the employee to have job enrichment
