Random promotion may be as good as conventional strategies
Another common mistake made by the wrong HR/corporate mindset. http://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/nov/01/random-promotion-research Promotion Systems and Organizational Performance: A Contingency Model, STEVEN E. PHELAN AND ZHIANG LIN, 2001 They've benchmarked the following strategies: up or out absolute & relative performance seniority random And found that random promotion could be just as good for the corporation, or sometimes even better compared to other conventions.