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Unit 9: Controlling and Staffing: Process, Means and New Practices, Group Dynamics and Motivation

• Staffing is a pervasive activity : As staffing function is carried out by all mangers and in all Notes
types of concerns where business activities are carried out.
• Staffing is a continuous activity : This is because staffing function continues throughout the life
of an organization due to the transfers and promotions that take place.
• The basis of staffing function is efficient management of personnels : Human resources can be
efficiently managed by a system or proper procedure, that is, recruitment, selection, placement
training and development, providing remuneration, etc.
• Staffing helps in placing right men at the right job : It can be done effectively through proper
recruitment procedures and then finally selecting the most suitable candidate as per the job
requirements.
• Manpower requirements : The very first step in staffing is to plan the manpower inventory
required by a concern in order to match them with the job requirements and demands. Therefore,
it involves forecasting and determining the future manpower needs of the concern.
• Recruitment : Once the requirements are notified, the concern invites and solicits applications
according to the invitations made to the desirable candidates.

• Selection : This is the screening step of staffing in which the solicited applications are screened
out and suitable candidates are appointed as per the requirements.
• Orientation and Placement : Once screening takes place, the appointed candidates are made
familiar to the work units and work environment through the orientation programmes. placement
takes place by putting right man on the right job.
• Training and Development : Training is a part of incentives given to the workers in order to
develop and grow then within the concern. Training is generally given according to the nature
of activities and scope of expansion in it.
• Remuneration : It is a kind of compensation provided monetarily to the employees for their
work performances. This is given according to the nature of job skilled or unskilled, physical or
mental, etc. Remuneration forms an important monetary incentive for the employees.
• Performance Evaluation : In order to keep a track or record of the behaviour, attitudes as well
as opinions of the workers towards their jobs. For this regular assessment is done to evaluate
and supervise different work units in a concern.

• Promotion and transfer : Promotion is said to be a non-monetary incentive in which the worker
is shifted from a higher job demanding bigger responsibilities as well shifting the workers and
transferring them to different work units and branches of the same organization.

• Key to other managerial functions : Staffing function is very closely related to other managerial
areas of the business. It greatly influences the direction and control in the organization. The
effectiveness of other managerial functions depends on the effectiveness of the staffing function.
• Building healthy human relationships : Staffing function helps to build proper human
relationships in the organization. Smooth human relations is the key to better communication
and co-ordination of managerial efforts in an organization.
• Human resources development : Skilled and experienced staff is the best asset of a business
concern. The staffing function helps developing this asset for the business.
• Long Term effect : Staffing decisions have long term effect on the efficiency of an organization.
Qualified, efficient and well motivated staff is an asset of the organization.
• Potential contribution : Staff selection should be based on the ability of the prospective employees
to meet the future challenges that the organization need to address.

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