4.3.The system approach to human resource management:
A system is a set of interrelated but separate elements or parts working towards a common goal. A university for example, is made up of students, teachers administrative and laboratory staff who relate to one another in an orderly manner. What one group does have serious implications for others? So they are communicating with each other in order to achieve the overall goal for imparting education. The enterprise operations similarly must be viewed in terms of interacting and interdependent elements. The enterprises procure and transform inputs such as physical, financial and human resources into outputs such as products services and satisfactions offered to people at large. To carry out its operations each enterprise has certain departments known as subsystems such as production subsystem, finance subsystems, marketing subsystem, and HR subsystem etc .Each consists of a number of other subsystems.

4.4.An overview of the staffing function:
The managerial function of staffing relates to the total management system. Specifically enterprise plans become the basis for organization plans, which are necessary to achieve enterprise objectives. The present and projected organization structure determines the number and kinds of managers required. These demands for managers are compared with available talent through the, management inventory. On the basis of this analysis, external and internal sources are utilized in the processes of recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and separation. Other essential aspects of staffing are appraisal, career strategy, and training and development of managers.

4.5.Selection process
Steps in Selection Process:
1. The initial screening interview
2. Completing the application form
3. Employment tests
4. Comprehensive interview
5. Background investigation
6. Conditional