Chapter 1

Introduction about Manpower Plannin

Prepared byTasnuva Rahman

Eastern University

Dilberts View of Human

Capital

Human Capital & HR

Human Capital Defined
Knowledge, skill, & ability of people and
their motivation to use them
successfully on the job.

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?

What Are the Effects of Thinking of

People as Capital?
Positive Effects

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

Modern Challenges Affecting Staffing

Individual attributes
Aging workforce
Increasing diversity
Large educational and
skills shortages

Job characteristics
Technology and
internet
Shift from
manufacturing to
service-based and
knowledge-based work
Increased use of
teams

Organizational practices and

procedures
Increase in contract, part-time,
or project-based work
Outsourcing and shifting work to
other countries
Flatter organizations push
autonomy to lower levels
Increasing mergers and
acquisitions

The larger environment

Increased immigration
Globalization and global
competition
Ever-changing and increasing
employment laws and
regulations
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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?

What would be the advantages of

using one of the above processes?
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Staffing Quantity: Levels

Staffing quantity defined
The needed headcount for the
organization.

Balance between projected staffing

requirements and availability
Overstaffed
Fully staffed
Understaffed
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Staffing Quantity
Projected Staffing Requirements
Overstaffed
Compare

Fully Staffed
Understaffed

Projected Staffing Availabilities

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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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Staffing Quality: Person/Job Match

Staffing quality defined
The closeness of match between the applicant
and the job and organization.

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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Staffing Organizations Model

Organization
Vision and Mission
Goals and Objectives

Organization
OrganizationStrategy
Strategy

HR
HRand
andStaffing
StaffingStrategy
Strategy

Staffing Policies and Programs

Support Activities
Core Staffing Activities
Legal compliance

Recruitment:

Planning

Selection:

Job analysis

Employment:

External, internal

Measurement, external, internal

Decision making, final match

Staffing System and Retention Management

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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