SELECTION AND STAFFING

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 397.

The organizing function defines the job requirements and predetermines the skill requirements of the jobholders. These requirements vary in degree of specificity, depending on the nature of the task. On the other hand, the job requirements of management and staff personnel are more difficult in concrete measurements.

Preliminary control is achieved through procedures that include the selection and placement of managerial and non-managerial personnel. One should distinguish between procedures designed to obtain qualified subordinate mangers (staffing) and those designed to obtain qualified non-managers and operatives (selection and placement). Although basic procedures and objectives

are essentially the same, the distinction is important because managerial competence is a fundamental determinant of the organization's success.

Candidates for positions must be recruited from inside or outside the firm, and the most promising applicants must be selected from the list of contenders, based on the matching of an applicant's skills and personal characteristics to the job requirements. The successful candidate must be trained in methods and procedures appropriate for the job. Most organizations have elaborate procedures for providing training on a continual basis. Careful attention to a preliminary control of human resources is important to all companies.