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Introduction About Manpower Planning: Prepared By-Tasnuva Rahman Eastern University
Introduction About Manpower Planning: Prepared By-Tasnuva Rahman Eastern University
Introduction About Manpower Planning: Prepared By-Tasnuva Rahman Eastern University
Paradigm Shift
Shift from viewing employees as a cost
of business to valuing employees as
human capital that creates competitive
advantage for organization.
Discussion Question
How could humans be a source of
competitive advantage?
Negative Effects
Individual
Employee
Perspective
Organization
Perspective
What is Staffing?
Staffing defined
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
Acquire, deploy, retain
Staffing as a process/system
Quantity and quality
Organizational effectiveness
Job characteristics
Technology and
internet
Shift from
manufacturing to
service-based and
knowledge-based work
Increased use of
teams
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?
Staffing Quantity
Projected Staffing Requirements
Overstaffed
Compare
Fully Staffed
Understaffed
Discussion Question
Have you ever worked in a job and/or
at an organization where you didnt
fit?
In what ways can you either fit or
not fit in an organization?
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Person/job match
Jobs have requirements
Individuals have qualifications (KSAOs,
motivation)
Results in some amount of fit
Fit (dual match) has important implications
(attraction, performance, retention, etc.)
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Organization
OrganizationStrategy
Strategy
HR
HRand
andStaffing
StaffingStrategy
Strategy
Recruitment:
Planning
Selection:
Job analysis
Employment:
External, internal
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Take-Home Points
Think about effects of viewing people as
capital
Understand link between staffing and
strategy
Recognition of challenges that face
staffing process
Awareness of how these issues impact you
as a manager/HR employee and as future
job candidates
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Thank you