Management Function

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if not.

1. Staffing is just determing the number of people required in the organization.

2. Determining the size and categories of personnel required is called human resource planning.

3. Staffing is a one-time process as people have to be appointed only once.

4. Staffing includes human resources management.

5. The management function which helps in getting the right persons for the organization and ensuring that they stick to the organization is called staffing.

What Do You Already Know?

UNLOCKING DIFFICULTIES Man power

planning

Job Analysis

-estimating the manpower requirement

-determining the qualifications, skills and experience required for various categories of employees

UNLOCKING DIFFICULTIES Recruitment

Selection

Placement

Induction

-finding and attracting suitable applicants

-choosing the most suitable applicants

-making the selected candidates to join the specific job position

-acquainting new employee

UNLOCKING DIFFICULTIES Training and

development Performance

Appraisal Compensation

Promotion

Transfer

-improving the knowledge and skills

-assessing the quality of performance

-determining the salary and incentives

-advancemet to higher level or position

-assigning different job with the same rank and pay

Meaning of Staffing The term

‘Staffing’ relates to the

recruitment, selection,

development, training and

compensation of the managerial

personnel

Meaning of Staffing

It refers to the managerial function of employing and developing human resources for carrying out various managerial and non- managerial activities in an organization.

It involves determining the manpower requirement and the methods of recruiting, selecting, training and developing the people for various positions created in the organization.

It comes as a third step – next to planning and organizing in a newly created enterprise, but in an ongoing enterprise staffing process is continuous.

NATURE OF STAFFING Staffing function is an integral

part of human resource management, and its wider sense, it includes the activities of determining the remuneration of workers, appraising their performance, and deciding on their promotion, transfers, etc.

1. People Centered

2. Responsibility of Every Manager

3.Human Skills

4. Continuous Function

NATURE OF STAFFING

1. People centered. Classification of personnel

a) Blue collar workersb) Managerial and non – magerial

personnelc) Professionals

NATURE OF STAFFING

2. Responsibility of Every ManagerEvery manager is continuously engaged in performing the staffing function.It is performed by the managers at all levels, but it does not mean that the managers at different levels are relieved of the responsibility concerned with staffing. The personnel Department is established to provide assistance to the managers in performing the staffing function. Thus every manager has to share the responsibility.

NATURE OF STAFFING

3. Human SkillsEvery manager should use human relation skill in providing guidance and training to the subordinates. Human Relation Skills are also required in performance appraisal, transfer and promotion of subordinates.

NATURE OF STAFFING

4. Continuous Function

NATURE OF STAFFING

IMPORTANCE OF STAFFING

IMPORTANCE OF STAFFING1. Helps getting right people for the

right job at the right time.

IMPORTANCE OF STAFFING

2.Contributes to improved organizational productivity.

*Through proper selection the organization gets quality workers, and through proper training the performances level

of workers can be improved.

IMPORTANCE OF STAFFING

3. Provides job satisfaction to the employees keeping their morale high.

*With proper training and development programmes their efficiency improves and they feel

assured of their career advancement

IMPORTANCE OF STAFFING

4. Maintains harmony in the organization*Individuals are not just recruited and selected but

their performance is regulary appraised and promotions made on merit, thus fosters harmony

and peace in the organization.

STAFFING PROCESS

How Do You Apply What You Have Learned?

Do the activitiy on page 227, Make me a cheeze. Organizing your ideas on staffing function through the use of a graphic organizer.

How much have you learned?Directions: Write brief answers to the following questions

1. Explain the meaning of the term ‘Staffing’?

2. State the nature of staffing.3. Explain the importance of staffing.4. List down the various steps involved in

the staffing process.

Thank you very much for an attentive and active

participation!

Ma. Christina Encinas