staffing

(verb)

The practice of hiring and firing staff.

Related Terms

Examples of staffing in the following topics:

  • Staffing Roles

    • The managerial responsibility of staffing is an involved process of hiring, training, compensating, positioning, and assessing team members to enable operational success.
    • One of the core functions of a manager is building and maintaining a team, which is accomplished through staffing responsibilities.
    • Simply put, staffing is the managerial process of hiring, positioning, and overseeing employees.
    • This provides some scope to not only how much is involved in staffing, but how much can be involved in the role of management in general.
    • Other managerial functions are highlighted in this diagram, in addition to the tasks involved in staffing.

  • Conclude with Action Plan

    • It includes developing the content; describing the product or services and special features, creating a marketing budget that includes advertising and promotional needs, describing the business-its location any advantages or disadvantages it may have, the staffing developin a pricing strategy, forecasting the company's financial future and defining the market segment as well as the competition
    • A well-balanced and complete plan should provide information on the current condition of the company, staffing, financial data, product information that includes pricing, infrastructure marketing data and value added services.
    • Situational Analysis - the current situation - the macro-environment - the Economy, legal, technological, ecological, socio-cultural and supply chain oriented, market analysis, market definition including segmentation and size, industry structure, strategic groupings, competition strengths and weaknesses and their market share, a Porter 5 Force Analysis, a consumer analysis, the nature of the buying decision, staffing, demographics, psychographics, buyer motivation and expectations, loyalty segments and company resources.

  • The Mission of Human Resource Management

    • Human resource management (HRM) is the coordination of an organization's people to achieve specific business objectives, fulfill staffing needs, and maintain employee satisfaction.

  • Principles of Organization Design

    • The subsequent phases of organization design include process definition, role definition, measures and reward system definition, followed by staffing and other implementation tasks.
    • Staffing or human capital management has become increasingly important as it now represents a potential competitive advantage in the global economy.

  • Defining the Business Mission

    • Courtyard by Marriott - "To provide economy and quality minded travelers with a premier, moderate priced lodging facility which is consistently perceived as clean, comfortable, well-maintained, and attractive, staffed by friendly, attentive and efficient people"
    • Distinction: consistently perceived as clean, comfortable, well-maintained, and attractive, staffed by friendly, attentive, and efficient people.

  • Activities in the Human Resources Department

  • The Importance of Leverage

    • Managers are responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, directing, monitoring, and motivating employees through the use of highly developed decision-making and interpersonal skills.
    • Planning, organizing, and staffing are the preliminary steps to carrying out a project, setting schedules and constructing a team with the appropriate skills to execute the project effectively.
    • Planning, organizing, and staffing are followed by the more interpersonal elements of management: directing, monitoring, and motivating the staff.

  • Defining Management

    • Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading, directing, and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal.
    • Management operates through various functions, such as planning, organizing, staffing, leading/directing, controlling/monitoring, and motivating.
    • Staffing: Job analysis, recruitment, and hiring of people with the necessary skills for appropriate jobs.

  • Case: China establishes a new employment contract law for 2008

    • A staffing firm that violates the law may be subject to fines and have their business license revoked.
    • If the employee(s) they placed suffers harm as a result, both the staffing firm and company that accepted the employee shall be jointly and severally liable for damages.
    • Although the level of compliance and the degree to which the new law will be enforced is not yet known, it is important to be fully prepared for a 1 January 2008, not only by reviewing all employment contracts, employee handbooks and internal guidelines, but also by taking stock of any subcontracting agreements or the use of staffing companies and their policies.

  • E-Leadership

    • Such teams are formed to benefit from different sources of knowledge, to lower costs, or to create flexibility and responsiveness in staffing.