After going through this lesson, students are

expected to:
 Define staffing;
 Explain the definition and nature of staffing;
 Prepare job analysis.
Staffing is defined as the filling and keeping
filled positions in the organizational structure.
This is done by identifying work-force
requirements, inventorying the people
available, recruiting, selecting, placing,
promoting, appraising, planning the careers,
compensating, training, developing existing
staff or new recruits, so that they can
accomplish their tasks effectively and
efficiently.”
 “The managerial function of staffing involves operating the
organizational structure through proper and effective
selection, appraisal and development of personnel to fill the
roles designed into the structure.” – Koontz and O’ Donnell

 “Staffing relates to the recruitment, selection, development,

training, compensation of subordinate managers.” –Theo
Haimann

 “Staffing is the function by which managers build an

organization through the recruitment, selection, and
development of individuals as capable employees.” –
McFarland “
 Staffing is the human resource function of identifying,
attracting, hiring, and retaining people with the
necessary qualifications to fill the responsibilities of
current and future jobs in the organization.” – Dyck
and Neubert
 Staffing the process involved in identifying,
assessing, placing, evaluating and directing
individuals at work.” – S. Benjamin
 “Staffing is the function by which managers build an
organization through the recruitment, selection, and
development of individuals as capable employees.” –
McFarland.
 Staffing is an important managerial function.
Staffing function is normally the sub function
of the organizing function. All the five
functions of the management; planning,
organizing, directing, coordinating, and
controlling depend upon the employees of the
organization which are made available through
the staffing function.
 Staffing is a pervasive activity. It is carried out
in every organization and at all the levels of the
management in the organization.
 Staffing is a continuous activity. This is due
to the fact that the function of staffing
continues throughout the life of the
organization.
 The basis of staffing function is the efficient
management of personnel. The process
involved in the staffing function in the
organization is efficiently managed by a
system or with well-tried procedures.
 The function of staffing helps in placing right
men at the right job. It can be done effectively
through proper recruitment procedures and then
finally selecting the most suitable candidate as
per the job requirements.
 Staffing involves people. This emphasizes that
people are considered a valuable resource in any
organization. It is concerned with all people in all
levels of the organization.
 Staffing requires application of human
skills .Staffing function is concerned with
training and developing people. Every
manager should use their human and
interpersonal skill in providing guidance and
training to the subordinates.
 Attracting a quality workforce. Staffing
attract talented and skilled people into the
organization in an effort to find the best
people suitable for the job
 Developing quality workforce. Staffing
focuses on making sure that employees
admitted to the organization know how to
perform their duties properly
 Maintaining a quality workforce. Staffing
should be able to encourage employees to
stay in the organization by providing them
with opportunities to make their work and
work setting convenient as well as
opportunities to grow both on and outside of
their jobs.
1. Manpower planning. It involves
determining the quantitative and
qualitative requirements of manpower
or labor in an organization
2. Recruitment. This is the process of
searching for prospective employees
and enticing them to apply for various
jobs and positions in an organization
3. Selection. This process of
selecting the persons who are most
suitable for the jobs in an
organization
4. Placement. This means putting a
particular person on the job for
which he or she was selected
5. Induction. This is where a new employee is
provided the necessary information he or she
has to know about the company
6. Orientation. This is where a new employee is
introduced to his/her immediate work
environment and co-employees.
7. Training This involves providing the employee
with the necessary skills, abilities, and
competencies he or she needs to function
properly with his or her current jobs
8. Development. This involves providing employees
with opportunities for promotion to future or
higher jobs
9. Compensation or Remuneration. This involves
providing a reasonable and equitable monetary
equivalent to an employee’s nature of work.
10. Performance evaluation or appraisal. This
involves determining how efficiently an employee
performs his or her job and knowing his or her
aptitudes and other qualities necessary for
performing the jobs assigned to him or her from the
company
11. Promotion. This is the process of upgrading an
employee to a higher position involving an increase
in rank, prestige or status, and responsibilities.
12. Demotion. This is the process of moving down an
employee to a lower position which less pay and/or
responsibility
13. Transfer. This involves movement of an employee
from one job to another with or without any
increase in pay, status, or responsibilities.
14. Separation. This is when an employee is separated
from the company
Xian’s Supply Co. located in the New Housemate Market, having six
different locations, needed immediate temporary workers to meet
their workers’ demands due to heavy storms that passed in the city.
They had never previously hired temporary workers in the
company, but due to the urgency, they made a decision to partner
with Recruitment Agencies. They made this decision due to the high
number of employees they needed and the lack of the workers they
had locally. The skills, experience and education of the needed
employees was a wide range and would require different recruiters
to handle each. These positions included: warehouseman, general
labors, clerical, purchasing, warehouse managers and sales clerk.
There was a time frame of two weeks to set up and deliver a total of
140 people in the first month.
CASE ANALYSIS WORKSHEET
1. What are the positions urgently needed in the company?

2. What are the key issues or problems of the case? How did they
find solution to their problems?

3. Do you think their decision to look for temporary workers through

external sources are effective? Why? Make other suggestion.