HRD 66C

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• HRD 66C
• Staffing Organisations
• Staffing 1 An Overview

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Staffing The Definition

• Staffing is the mutual process by which the
  individual and the organization become matched to
  form the employment relationship
• Staffing Organizations,1977

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Staffing The Objective

• A process through which an organization
  ensures that it always has the proper number of
  employees with the appropriate skills in the
  right jobs at the right time to achieve the
  organizations objectives.
• Staffing the Contemporary Organization,1997

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Staffing Who Should Be Involved?

• HR Department
• Line Personnel

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WHY STAFFING IS IMPORTANT

• Five Reasons
• Organizational Goals
• Direct Costs
• Indirect Costs
• Organizational Impacts
• Legal Aspects

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Organizational Goals

• Organizational mission and goals can only be
  achieved through effective staffing.
• People are the catalyst ,the activating and
  energizing force which enables the use of all
  other resources and enables the organization to
  achieve its goals.

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Direct Costs

• Salaries
• Office Equipment expenses
• Advertising
• Employment fees
• Testing
• Medical examinations
• Relocation expenses

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Indirect Costs

• There are many hidden costs associated with the
  staffing process.
• Managers/Supervisors time for training
• Productivity of new workers
• Retraining
• Scrappage and Wastage

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Organizational Impacts

• Performance of the staffing function affects the
  overall organization in many ways.
• Staffing activities must be performed effectively
  in order to maximize the positive impacts and
  minimize the negative impacts.

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Legal Aspects

• Laws and regulations have impose
• new requirements on staffing activities.
• Ineffective practices and non-
• conformance of staffing practices lead
• to litigation and costs can be substantial.