Staffing

Staffing

An organisation can achieve its objectives only when it has right people in the right positions. Staffing is that part of the process of management which is concerned with obtaining, utilizing and maintaining a satisfactory and satisfied work force.
Staffing has been described as the managerial function of filling and keeping filled the positions in the organisation structure.

Importance of staffing
Since the right people have to be chosen while selecting a person, the human element is very important. Staffing provides the human element or instinct while selecting. The attitude, aptitude, commitment, loyalty are important qualities perceived by the enterprise.
Human resource is the foundation of any business. The right people can help you take your business to the top; the wrong people can break your business. Hence staffing is the most fundamental and critical to organizational performance.
The staffing function has assumed greater importance these days because of
· Rapid advancement of technology
· Increasing size of organisation and
· Complicated behavior of human beings

No organisation can be successful unless it has the right kind of people at different job positions.
Staffing ensures the following benefits to the organizations:
1. It helps in finding and placing competent personnel at various jobs.
2. It ensures higher performance by placing right person at the right job.
3. By appointing efficient staff, it ensures continuous survival and growth of the organisation.
4. It ensures optimum utilization of human resource. Through manpower planning and job analysis we can find out the number and type of employees required. So there are no chances of overmanning and shortage of personnel.
5. Objective assessments and fair rewards improve job satisfaction and morale of employees. Such efficient staff helps to win over the competitors..