Staffing is the process of filling positions/posts in the organization with adeq

uate and qualified personnel .

***The staffing function includes all activities involved in supplying an adequa
te number of the types of workers (quantities & qualities) to each unit on every
shift of each day of the year.
Pointers
***Staffing is the process of acquiring, deploying, and retaining a workforce of
sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization'
s effectiveness
Definitions
According to McFarland,
Staffing is the function by which managers build an organization through the
recruitment, selection, and development of individuals as capable employees.
According to Koontz, O Donnell and Heinz Weihrich,
The management function of staffing is defined as filling position in the org
anization structure through identifying workforce requirements, inventorying the
people available, recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, appraisal, comp
ensation, and training of needed people.
Nature of staffing function:
an important managerial function
a pervasive activity
continuous activity
efficient management of personnel s
elps in placing right men at the right job
is performed by all managers
***Nature of staffing function:
1.
Staffing is an important managerial function: staffing function is the
most important managerial act along with planning, organizing, directing, and co
ntrolling. The operations of these four functions depend upon the manpower which
is available through staffing function.
2.
Staffing is a pervasive activity: as staffing function is carried out b
y all managers and in all types of concerns where business activities are carrie
d out
3.
Staffing is a continuous activity: this is because staffing function co
ntinues throughout the life of an organization due to the transfers and promotio
ns that take place.
4.
The basis of staffing function is efficient management of personnel s: hu
man resources can be efficiently managed by a system or proper procedure, that i
s, employment, selection, placement, training, and development, providing remune
ration, etc.
5.
Staffing helps in placing right men at the right job: it can be done ef
fectively through proper recruitment procedures and then finally selecting the m
ost suitable candidate as per the job requirements
6.
Staffing is performed by all managers: depending upon the nature of bus
iness, size of company, qualifications, and sills of managers, etc. In small com
panies, the top management generally performs this function. In medium and small
scale enterprise, it is performed especially by the personnel department of tha
t concern
Importance Of Staffing
Effective Recruitment & Placement.
***Determine the source of Recruitment of the Employees and Appoint the Deserved
Employees
Training and Development.
***Training of the employees for a job and Properly Allocating Jobs among the em
ployees according to their ability, talent, aptitude and specializations.

Appraisal
***to improve the over all performance of the organization, the appraisal of the
employees performance is vital.
Optimum Use of Resource.
***To make optimum use of resources such as men, material, money, machine and me
thod, it is necessary to design an organization properly.
Work should be divided and right people should be given right jobs to reduce the
wastage of resources in an organization.