PPT - Staffing Commerce Notes | EduRev

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Staffing is the process of filling positions/posts 
in the organization with adequate and qualified 
personnel .
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 
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Staffing is the process of filling positions/posts 
in the organization with adequate and qualified 
personnel .
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 
?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 organization structure through identifying 
workforce requirements, inventorying the people available, 
recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, appraisal, 
compensation, and training of needed people.”
Definitions
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Staffing is the process of filling positions/posts 
in the organization with adequate and qualified 
personnel .
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 
?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 organization structure through identifying 
workforce requirements, inventorying the people available, 
recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, appraisal, 
compensation, and training of needed people.”
Definitions
? All pervasive function of management.
? Dynamic function.
? Vast scope.
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Staffing is the process of filling positions/posts 
in the organization with adequate and qualified 
personnel .
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 
?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 organization structure through identifying 
workforce requirements, inventorying the people available, 
recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, appraisal, 
compensation, and training of needed people.”
Definitions
? All pervasive function of management.
? Dynamic function.
? Vast scope.
? To understand all function of in an 
organization. 
? To understand manpower planning so that 
people are available at right time and at a 
right place.
? To understand issues related to job analysis 
and to overcome the problem.