Principles of Management

Staffing
 Concept of Staffing
1. Process of management concerned with
obtaining, utilizing & maintaining a satisfied
workforce.

2. Establishing & maintaining sound personal

relations at all levels in the organization.

3. The staffing function involves the procurement,

development, compensation, integration &
maintenance of personnel in an organization.
 Nature of Staffing
• Universal Function

• Continuous Function

• Dynamic Function

• Wide Scope

• Goal oriented

• Difficult Function
 Steps in Staffing Process
1. Procurement:
a. First function of staffing process.
b. It includes –
1. Manpower Planning: Process of determining current & future
manpower needs in terms of quantity & quality of the personnel.

2. Recruitment: It implies locating acceptable candidates.

3. Selection: Finding best candidates out of available candidates.

4. Placement: Assigning specific jobs to the selected candidates.

 Steps in Staffing Process(Cont.)
2. Development:
a. Training personnel to increase their skills while doing their jobs.

b. It includes –
1. Orientation of personnel.

2. Training of personnel.

c. Socializing process of adjusting the newly hired employees in

the organization.

d. Preparing the employees for additional responsibility.

 Steps in Staffing Process(Cont.)
3. Compensation:
a. Fair & equitable remuneration of personnel for their contributions to
the organizational goals.

b. It includes both –
1. Monetary Rewards.

2. Non-monetary Rewards.

c. Job evaluation is the process of determining the relative worth of

different jobs in the organization.

d. Performance appraisal, promotions, transfer, etc. are other elements

of compensation.
 Steps in Staffing Process(Cont.)
4. Integration:
a. Developing a sense of belonging to the enterprise.

b. Bringing harmony and team-spirit among employees.

c. Quick and satisfactory redressal of all problems and

grievances of employees.

d. Motivating employees towards the accomplishment of

organizational goals .
 Steps in Staffing Process(Cont.)
5. Maintenance:
a. Provision of Facilities and services that are required to
maintain the physical & mental health of employees.

b. Measures for health, safety and comfort of employees.

c. Includes various welfare services like provision of cafeteria,

restrooms, group insurance, recreation club, education of
children of employees, etc.

d. Problems of employee turnover due to discharge, retirement,

layoff, etc. is also included in this.
 Benefits of Staffing
• Helps in discovering & obtaining competent personnel for various
jobs

• Improves job satisfaction & morale of employees through objective

assessment and fair compensation for their contributions.

• Facilitates optimum utilization of human resources

• Ensures continuity and growth of the organization through the

development of managers

• Provide higher performance by placing right person on the right job

 Importance of Staffing
• Increasing size of organization.

• Advancement of technology.

• Long range need for man power.

• High wage bill.

• Trade unionism.

• Human relations movements.

Principles of Management(Cont.)

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