- Even though designations do not mean much by themselves, they mean a lot to some people who hold them.
- Designations denote the relative pecking order within a company. Those who aspire to be promoted to higher levels within the company, take the designations seriously.
- Designations can be used as a method to motivate people.
- The allotment of designations should follow from the organization structure of the company.
- The designations should follow a logical method. They should be designed in such a way that there is always a room for growth for an individual. If everybody is given very high designations, their promotion becomes difficult. So, do not make everybody a General Manager of a Vice President because where will they all rise above this?
- Due to the absence of standardization in designations, difference in designations across different companies may create very peculiar and sometimes funny situations when people change jobs.
E.g. one small company was very generous with designations. So, all the employees were given very lofty designations. When a General Manager of that small firm went for an interview at one huge company, the person interviewing him was an Assistant General Manager (AGM). That company had a very mature and detailed method of designations coupled with a multi-layered hierarchy, where designations were not doled out liberally. So, the interviewer felt very awkward, as if he was interviewing his senior. That discomfort finally led to the rejection of the candidate, because the readiness of the candidate to work at lower designation was not understandable by the company, because it was not usual.
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