IGCSE, A Level Business Student Forum

Q6 Analyse the disadvantages of internal recruitment. [6]

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN]
[AN+]

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN]
[AN+]

[kn lack of competition
[an] external competition can drive employees to continously improve and excel and without the external benchark employee ma become ore complacent
[an+]bcz of which employee will be less mtivayed to improve skill

[kn]lack of fresh perspectves
[an] external candidates may bring in fresh perspectives and alternate approach t problem
[an+]internal higher cant come up with new ideas and

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] Internal promotions can trigger feelings of jealousy and resentment among employees who were not selected, potentially creating a toxic work environment.
[AN+] A culture of jealousy and negative competition can drive employees to seek employment elsewhere, contributing to high turnover rates and increased recruitment costs.

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN] Internal employees may not always possess the latest skills and knowledge required for implementing and maintaining advanced IT/production systems and this can lead to outdated systems that are inefficient
[AN+] Companies with outdated IT/production systems may struggle to compete in the market, as they may be unable to meet the demands of customers or keep up with industry trends.

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] Recognition can lead to jealousy or negative competition among employees.
[AN+] Unhealthy competition may harm teamwork and overall workplace morale.

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN] Old skills can limit creativity when updating computers or making things.
[AN+] This might make it hard for the business to modernize and stay competitive.

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN]This can lead to negative competition and working environment may be worsened
[AN+]This may lead to a decrease in productivity for the business as workers may not be comfortable while producing

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN]thus this may lead to no new or innovative ideas
[AN+]Which can then lead to outdated products being produced and competitors will benefit

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] this would act as a demotivator and may make employees produce significantly less
[AN+]this would result in a loss of resources and wastages would increase as well as cost effiencies

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN]this would allow products to be of lower quality
[AN+]this would ruin the brand image and reduce sales

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] workers may feel insignificant and start conflicts
[AN+] leading to a negative working enviornment and less productivity slowing business activity

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN] less innovation and creativity due to oldfashioned skills/workers may not adapt to technological advancements
[AN+] business will fail to adapt to trends and hence fall behind in the market loosing customers

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] This can make the business less competitive in the market and make the working environment worse.
[AN+] This leads towards a decrease in productivity for the business.

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN] This would make the business to run out of ideas.
[AN+] This would lead to less creativity into the business which would not attract customers.

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] Which will be a demotivator for them to work and their productivity will fall.
[AN+] The working atmosphere will fall, and the output of firm will decrease.

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN]Employees may occasionally be resistant to learning new things or expanding their expertise. This resistance may arise from a lack of desire to devote time to training, a fear of the unknown, or a perception that mastering new technology is difficult.
[AN+] Outdated skills and a lack of inventiveness might make a business less competitive in the market. A stagnating business may lose out to rivals that embrace innovation and upgrade their systems on a regular basis.

[Kn]Creating jealousy
[An]Hiring internally may create unnecessary jealousy among employees. Candidates who apply for a position but don't get the role may become angry with their new external 
[An+] creating a negative enviroment for workers which can impact on their productivity

[Kn]Limiting the application pool
[An]Choosing only to recruit internally may cause companies to miss candidates with additional skills and fresh ideas that current employees don't possess.
[An+]This could lead to a pause in the team's innovation and progress.

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] if one employee is recognized through certificates, this could demotivate other employee
[AN+] leading inefficient work.

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN]This would make the business to run out of ideas.
[AN+] This would lead to less creativity into the business which would not attract customers.

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business[an]hiring one employee than the other would be overlooking the other one which can highly demotivate the one left behind[an+] they would doubt their self worth and have less belonging towards the business which may increase employee turnover

[kn] no new ideas or skills being brought in [an] unlike in form of external recruitment the same worker of the firm is chosen who will have the same ideas and initiatives as before regardless of change in position [an+] this would means that the business would lack innovation and the same ideas over and over again could cause boredom and may even ruin the brand image

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] When certain employees get promoted within the company instead of others, it might make the ones who weren't chosen feel left out or treated unfairly.
[AN+] It can also make the team feel less united and bring down the overall mood of the employees.

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN] Hiring only from within the company might mean we miss out on fresh ideas and the latest skills, especially when it comes to updating IT or production systems.
[AN+] The people already here might know how things work now, but they might not have the newest tech skills needed to keep the business competitive.

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] increase internal conflicts
[AN+] distracted from there work rather than improving it the business will collapse due to lack of coordination and teamwork

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset when business wants to update its IT/production system.
[AN] this result in a fall in quality as well as quantity of the individual as others who are familiar with these automatic system will produce more
[AN+] then the business will opt for other employee from the outside and that employee will lose his value due modernization

[KN] May develop sense of jealousy /negative competition within the business.
[AN] It may leads to increase in conflicts and hence development of toxic working environment.
[AN+] Thus as a result alot of potential time will be wasted especially if business gets involved in solving such petty matters.

[KN] Limited creativity & outdated skillset .
[AN] Thus will hinder business growth as lack of creative and innovative ideas may be produced hence slowing the process of achieving growth in a profitable manner.
[AN+] Thus chances of competitors going forward may increase if they ensure production of UpToDate ideas.