Unit Vi Application Changing A Promotion System

Changing a Promotion System Name Institution What is likely cause of CSDs problems The fact that an employee performs well in a given position does not automatically mean he/she will perform the same way once promoted to a higher position. This is one of the most common mistakes that organizations make when promoting their employees and this is no different at CSD. Although it is evident that CSD promotional decision were made on accepted criteria by looking at previous performance history of the two employees in question, there were major issues which were overlooked. The major reason for the turn of events can be attributed to what is referred to as skills gap. Skills gap refers to the gap between the skills wanted for a given position and the skills that an employee possesses (Gully and Phillips, 2010). Considering an employee for promotion based on his/her current performance is most likely going to be based on his/her current skills, which indeed make him./her outstanding in that given position (Harris and Brannick, 1999). This is recipe to disaster as skills in a given position may not be transferable for a higher position with different needs and responsibilities (Heneman, Judge and Kammeyer,