Chap001GK

Part 1
The Nature of Staffing
Chapter 1:
Staffing Models and Strategy

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Staffing Organizations Model

Chapter Outline
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Nature of Staffing
 The Big Picture
 Definition of Staffing
 Implications of Definition
 Staffing System
Examples
Staffing Models
 Staffing Quantity: Levels
 Staffing Quality:
Person/Job Match
 Staffing Quality:
Person/Organization
Match

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Staffing Models
 Staffing System
Components
 Staffing Organizations
Staffing Strategy
 Staffing Levels
 Staffing Quality
Staffing Ethics
Plan for Book

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Learning Objectives for This
Chapter
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Define staffing and consider how, in the big picture, staffing decisions matter
Review the five staffing models presented, and consider the advantages and disadvantages of each
Consider the staffing system components and how they fit into the plan for the book
Understand the staffing organizations model and how its various components fit into the plan for the book
Appreciate the importance of staffing strategy, and review the 13 decisions that staffing strategy requires
Realize the importance of ethics in staffing, and learn how ethical staffing practice is established

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The Big Picture
 Organizations

are combinations of physical, financial, and human capital
 Human capital
Knowledge, skills and abilities of people
 Their motivation to do the job
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 Scope

of human capital

An average organization’s employee cost (wages or salaries and benefits) is over 25% of its total revenue  Organizations that capitalize on human capital have a strategic advantage over their competitors
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Nature of Staffing
 Definition
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“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.”

 Implications

of definition

Acquire, deploy, retain
 Staffing as a process or system
 Quantity and