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should strive for 100 percent promote from within, because it will
tend to lead to inbreeding, a condition in which everyone thinks
alike because they were all socialized in the same corporate culture.
It is good to obtain fresh ideas occasionally from outside at all levels
on the organization chart.
Nevertheless, a good job posting system will be based on a pol-
icy that clarifies the goals of the effort, indicates the procedures used
to guide posting, and describe how employees go about signaling
interest in competing for a job vacancy in their own or other depart-
ments. Software can help make the program work, but people must
administer the software. The real issue is to clarify on what basis
decisions will ...