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Wednesday 20 June 2012

Staffing

Q.1. What do you understand by Staffing? OR
Define Staffing. Describe the need and importance of Staffing function is an enterprise.
Meaning and Scope of Staffing
Early definition of staffing focused narrowly on hiring people for vacant positions in an enterprise. Today, staffing is termed as human resource management and defined more broadly. Staffing may be defined as a managerial function of attracting, acquiring, developing and retaining human resources in order to provide the talent necessary for work activities leading to accomplishment of organizational objectives. This definition emphasizes that people are vital and valuable resources requiring proper care and attention. Thus, staffing involves: filling up various managerial and non-managerial positions created in the organisation structure with qualified persons, upgrading the quality and usefulness of the members of organisation for its success and its retaining the members by providing adequately for their welfare and career advancement.
The staffing process involves job analysis, human resource planning, recruitment, selection, placement, orientation, training and development, compensation performance appraisal, career development, promotion, transfer and separation. In many organisations most of the aforesaid activities are handled by the Personnel Department, now popularly known as Human Resource Management Department. It may be noted that staffing decisions and initiatives are the basic responsibility of line managers. However, the personnel management department provides necessary specialist services as well as supportive and administrative services to line managers for effective management of human resources
Staffing is a continuous function of management because human resources continue to be a significant factor in organizational success and therefore the organisation always needs to acquire and retain in proper form its personnel. Moreover, employee welfare and development, expansion and diversification, promotion and transfers, demotions and separations, retirement and death, modernization and change etc are common events continually taking place in an organisation, rendering staffing a never ending process. Managers have to keep a regular watch on the number and composition of people required by the organisation. The continuous nature of staffing is self-evident, as employees need regular care, balance and development to be effective for contribution towards achievement of expected results. Establishing and maintaining congruence between organizational goals and employees, personal goals is also an important regular aspect of organisation’s working. To keep a proper working climate is an ongoing responsibility of personnel department.

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