Chapter 1 - Staffing Models & Strategy PDF
Chapter 1 - Staffing Models & Strategy PDF
Chapter 1 - Staffing Models & Strategy PDF
PART 1
THE NATURE OF STAFFING
Chapter 01:
Staffing Models and
Strategy
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NATURE OF STAFFING
Definition
Staffing is the process of acquiring, deploying, and
retaining a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to
create positive impacts on the organizations effectiveness.
Implications of definition
Acquire, deploy, retain
Staffing as a process or system
Quantity and quality issues
Organization effectiveness
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The new economy, very much the Internet and the entrepreneurial
opportunities it created intensified the competition for outstanding
people.
Rajat Gupta, Managing Director, McKinsey and Company
I think about this in hiring, because our business all comes down to
peopleIn fact, when Im interviewing a senior job candidate, my
biggest worry is how good they are at hiring. I spend at least half
the interview on that.
Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon
When you get the best people, you dont have to worry as much
about execution, because they make it happen
Larry Johnston, Albertsons
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
What would be the potential problems with a
staffing process in which vacancies were filled:
On a lottery basis from among job applicants?
On a first come-first hired basis?
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STAFFING MODELS
Staffing Quantity
Levels
Staffing Quality
Person/Job Match
Person/Organization Match
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CONCEPTS:
PERSON/ORGANIZATION MATCH MODEL
Organizational Culture and Values
Multiple Jobs
Future Jobs
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Would it be desirable to hire people only according to
the person/job match, ignoring the person/organization
match? Why?
How are staffing activities influenced by training or
compensation activities?
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COMPONENTS OF STAFFING
ORGANIZATIONS MODEL
Organizational Strategy
Mission and Vision
Goals and objectives
HR Strategy
Involves key decisions about size and type of workforce to be:
Acquired
Trained
Managed
Rewarded
Retained
COMPONENTS OF STAFFING
ORGANIZATIONS MODEL (CONTINUED)
Staffing Strategy
An outgrowth of the interplay between organization and HR
strategy
Involves key decisions regarding acquisition, deployment, and
retention of organizations workforce
Guide development of recruitment, selection, and employment
programs
Support Activities
Serve as foundation for conduct of core staffing activities
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Staffing Quality
Person/Job or
Person/Organization match
Specific or general KSAOs
Exceptional or acceptable
workforce quality
Active or passive diversity
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DISCUSSION QUESTION
Are some of the 13 strategic staffing decisions more
important than others? Which ones? Why?
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