...CHAPTER ONE: STAFFING MODELS AND STRATEGY Learning Objectives * 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 organization 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 Introduction * Staffing is a critical organizational function concerned with the acquisition, deployment, and retention of the organization’s workforce. * Staffing is arguably the most critical function underlying organizational effectiveness, because “the people make the place,” because labor costs are often the highest organizational cost, and because poor hiring decisions are not easily undone. * Five models * The first model shows how projected workforce head-count requirements and availabilities are compared to determine the appropriate staffing level for the organization. * The next two models illustrate staffing quality, which refers to matching a person’s qualifications with the requirements of the job or organization. * The person/job match model is the foundation of all staffing...
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...Case Study 2 Jasmine Howard Liberty University Case Study 2 Part I Kaiser Manufacturing Company has been in business for over 50 years using the standard method staffing. Hiring its own employees, training, managing and all human resources issues were all handled in house. The option is now arising to use an employment agency, FSS, to relieve the burden from Kaiser Manufacturing Company. It is important to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of this option before changing the entire business plan Kaiser Manufacturing Company has worked so long. The advantages include, flexible staff numbers, as of current Kaiser Manufacturing Company has a workforce of 725 production workers, 30 clerical workers, 32 engineer and professional workers, and 41 managers, who are all full time employees. This number was a perfect fit for the company when the sales were at an all-time high but as of 2008 the sales have stayed at 175 million annually. Cutting back on the cost of the workforce would be very beneficial to Kaiser Manufacturing Company’s bottom line. If and when sales are to peak or employees call out it is great to have the option to bring in more employees or decrease the number of employees staffed when necessary without adding more work to management. A second advantage would be the caliber of workers available to the company. Though the current workers are adequate to keep the business running, it may be advantageous to bring in someone temporary to help understand why...
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...Week 4 Assignment 2: Staffing Organizations Part 2 XXXX Strayer University XXXXX Staffing Organizations August 18, 2014 Staffing Organizations Part 2 Introduction The aim of this paper will outline the strategy and recruitment plan that can be utilized to implement a strategic workforce for the coffee shop initially and throughout the next three years. The implementation and creation a communication message (realistic, brand, or targeted) to attract applicants to the open positions are executed. In addition, the selection of the communication medium for the recruitment effort and explanation as to why the method was chosen over others are addressed. The selection processes are utilized for the coffee ship and the identification of the advantages and disadvantages using the process are outlined. The paper will also propose the types of initial and substantive assessment methods are used to select external candidates for each position and explanation of how the assessments align with my staffing strategy. Identification the predictors that are used to assess KSAOs are also defined. Recruitment Plan For triumphant implementation of the recruitment plan, it is critical for the coffee shop a recruitment strategy put in place. Implementation of the strategic recruitment plan will utilize internal and external resources so that victorious work territory can be expanded with the assistance of performance based possibilities, strategic management, skillful workforce...
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...Inadequate nursing staffing levels are known to influence on patient’s rate of complications, falls, medication errors and overall patient’s conditions. American Nurse Association found that 54 percent of nurses on medical unit report that nurses are not spending enough time with patients. Because nursing labor cost consumes the largest fraction of budget, many hospitals trying to save money by requiring nurse to work longer hours and care for more number of patients. This short-sight solution not only creates heavier work load to staffs but also threatens patient’s safety. There are no absolute answers to determine nurse to patient ration because it affected by variety situations and acuity of patient as well as units. However, since appropriate nursing staffing affects the patient and nurse mentally, physically and medically but also the financially, this issues must be addressed by Registered Nurses when one encounter with unsafe nurse-to-patient ratio. Nursing Staffs for Patient’s Safety When RN encounters with inadequate staffing, one must notify to direct supervisor because unsafe staffing is an important factor that threatens patient’s well-being. Management becomes accountable to provide adequate staffing for the nurses and the patients. Hospital faces the challenge to reconcile between their own needs and patient’s safety by providing enough nursing staffs. It would be easier if management incorporate collective factors into the staffing plan such as patient...
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...Staffing Paper University of Phoenix Facilitator: Justin Doane MGT/431 Katrece Wade August 2, 2010 In this paper, I will develop a plan for Dell’s computer company, determine how many people is needed to hire and in what functional areas, such as manufacturing, operations, customer service, distribution, marketing, and accounting. I will also develop strategies to recruit the appropriate applicants. I will finally include a discussion of how the strategy is legally compliant. Dell was founded in 1987 by Michael Dell in order to directly serve their customers with computers that meet their needs. The company was called PC’s Limited and he was still a student at University of Texas. In the year of 1987, Dell came out with their very first computer called the Turbo, which had an eight mega hertz processor. The major goal was to produce personal computer systems that were IBM compatible and were produced or entirely stock parts. The company grossed 73 million dollars in the first year. The company went public in 1988 offering shares of stock for $8.50 a piece. The first Dell laptop made its debut in 1991 and by 1993; it became one of the top five computer companies in the world. By 1995, those $8.50 shares of stock were worth $100. The progress of the business was rapid and in 1997, Dell had shipped its ten million systems. In the Industry Identifications both manufacturing and consumption, Asia/Pacific represents the most dynamic region of the worldwide PC industry...
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...HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (STAFFING STRATEGY) Submitted to: Prof. Cresilda M. Bragas Submitted by: de Leon, Beverly A. BSBA MM-2-1N ENGAGING OUR PEOPLE BPI’s long-term success depends on the quality of our workforce. Their innovative ideas, passion and commitment over the years provide value and help sustain our gains in customer satisfaction. The engagement of our employees is one of the strongest examples of how BPI’s business strategy is inextricably linked with sustainability. People are the greatest asset in an organization. At BPI, this statement happens to be more than just a truism. We believe that the business of banking is more than just financial intermediation – rather, it is the simple translation of customer understanding into creative financial solutions, a process that starts and ends with our workforce. Attracting, training, and retaining the best and the brightest employees is not only a business concern for BPI but a key to our sustainable success. To this end, the Bank focuses on creating a work environment which induces a wide variety of people to work enthusiastically. Fostering equal opportunities We continue to ensure that men and women have equal opportunities to work and advance their careers in BPI. Rewarding performance Throughout their employment with BPI, our employees undergo regular performance evaluations based on their individual accomplishments vis-a-vis their responsibilities, as well as that of the...
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...QUESTION: Why is staffing critical to organization performance? SOLUTION: “Staffing is the process, through which competent employees are selected, properly trained, effectively developed, suitably rewarded and their efforts harmoniously integrated towards achieving the objectives of the business.” Staffing has been an important aspect in an organization’s performance. They are: 1. Staffing enhances other managerial functions: The Staffing function is very closely related to other managerial areas of the business. It influences the direction and control in the organization. The effectiveness of the other managerial functions depends on the effectiveness of the staffing function the organization performs. 2. Training and development: Staffing in an organization provides training and development to the employees and enhances the employees to work effectively and this in return enhances the performance of the organization. 3. Effective coordination: The Staffing function in the organization helps to build proper human relationships in the organization. An Effective human relation is the key to better communication and coordination of managerial efforts in an organization. This enhances the performance of the organization. 4. Effective recruitment and placement: Staffing provides effective recruitment and placement which selects the right person for the right job which enhances the performance of the organization by having or selecting talented employees for the...
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...A Case Study in Staffing (Note that this Case Study was included in the First Edition of the text, but was removed from the Second Edition for space considerations). Metropolitan Motor Company (MMC) decided to open a new assembly plant in southwest Tennessee for their new compact passenger car line. The plant would require a workforce of approximately 1700 production workers, 370 supervisors and managers, 125 engineers and engineering technicians, and 110 administrative and office personnel. The cafeteria and security functions would be outsourced to independent contractors. Below, we describe the sequence that was used to staff the hourly production positions in this new facility. Before announcing the location of the facility, MMC did some investigation of the educational characteristics of the labor force in Tennessee, as well as a review of the secondary school system in a five county area surrounding the plant site. It decided to give first priority in employment for entry level and skilled positions to residents in the five county area, then to Tennessee residents, and finally to anyone, regardless of place of residence. The VP of corporate HR took several trips to talk to state and local officials about locating the facility in the area. State Department of Labor officials agreed that the state employment offices would accept and screen applications for entry level positions, using criteria developed by MMC. To ensure an adequate pool of applicants, MMC posted...
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...Staffing The first private employment agency in the United States was opened by Fred Winslow who opened Engineering Agency in 1893.[citation needed] It later became part of General Employment Enterprises who also owned Businessmen's Clearing House (est. 1902). Another of the oldest agencies was developed by Katharine Felton as a response to the problems brought on by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Many temporary agencies specialize in a particular profession or field of business, such as accounting, health care, technical, or secretarial. [edit]Legal status For most of the twentieth century, private employment agencies were considered quasi illegal entities under international law[citation needed]. The International Labour Organization instead called for the establishment of public employment agencies. To prevent the abusive practices of private agencies, they were either to be fully abolished, or tightly regulated. In most countries they are legal but regulated. Probably inspired by the dissenting judgments in a US Supreme Court case called Adams v. Tanner, the International Labour Organization's first ever Recommendation was targeted at fee charging agencies. The Unemployment Recommendation, 1919 (No.1), Art. 1 called for each member to, "take measures to prohibit the establishment of employment agencies which charge fees or which carry on their business for profit. Where such agencies already exist, it is further recommended that they be permitted...
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...Social Security Sherese Jones BUS681 Instructor Lori Wieters March 17, 2014 Social Security Every human being is faced with the problem of economic security (Dewitt, 2010). It’s a universal problem that encompasses the way in which an individual or family provides for assurance of income when an individual us either too old, too disables to work, when a family head of household dies, or when a worker faces involuntary unemployment (Dewitt, 2010). Some strategies are mostly individual such as saving and investing. Others rely on help from family members, religious group, unions, or social welfare programs (Dewitt, 2010). Some strategies are mixed with both and with use of various forms of insurance to reduce economic risks (Dewitt, 2010). The concept of insurance is to minimize economic risk by contributing to a fund from which benefits can be paid when and insured individual suffers a loss (Dewitt, 2010). From this social insurance was derived. Social insurance provides a method to address their economic security (Dewitt, 2010). The concept of social insurance is that the individual contributes to a central fund managed by governments and then used to provide income to individuals when they become unable to support themselves thus, creating the U.S. Social Security system (Dewitt, 2010). For this assignment, the concept of social security will be discussed as well as the viability of the program over the next 20 – 30 years and will provide recommendations on how...
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...Challenges * Lack of skilled employees 1. It is agreed among all the parties consulted that there are many human resource challenges facing China hotel’s industry. The participants pointed out that there is a shortage of human resources and therefore it is very difficult to recruit qualified personnel to fill vacancies. This is due to the rapid increase in the number of hotel properties in China and the related rise in demand for employees. 2. In the 1990s, many young people with a good education background in China believed that hotels provided a good working environment and higher than average salaries. It was comparatively easy for hotels to recruit high calibre staff with a positive attitude to service during that period. But now, the hotel industry’s social position has been undermined by negative publicity and the globalization of emerging industries such as IT and banking. The current reality is that young people with good educational qualifications will tend to consider working for those industries which offer better paid positions and benefits. It is also apparent that the current young generation sees hotel work as a gateway to a job in a “higher status” industry rather than as a life-time career commitment. 3. Most graduates are dissatisfied with pay, supervision, working conditions, training and the team environment (among others). Further, experience shows that degree holders rapidly move on – typically within several weeks of being appointed to...
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...HR Management A leader can use human resources by implementing three areas to contribute to the goals of the organization. These three areas are creating, maintaining, and improving the human resources system. Through creating the human resources system, the leader should ensure that the organization is hiring the right employees. Candidates with very broad perspectives on business, have the right personalities regarding the organization's culture, and their needs, values, and interests in the organization are considered when hiring. These factors are crucial in selecting the right employees so that the employees will be able to collaborate more effectively within the organization and also build honest and reliable services to its customers. Not only that, but also when there is a change in the organization, these highly skilled employees will be more flexible and able to adjust and respond quickly and effectively to these changes (Cappelli & Crocker-Hefter, 1996). In addition, the leader should design the organization to control employee behavior through extensive socialization and training. This will encourage employees to collaborate more efficiently and work more productively, thus, contribute to the goals of the organization. When hiring employees across the border, it is very important to consider the attitudes of the candidates in addition to their experiences. This is because adaptation is very important in the...
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...The Recruiting Industry: Internet Staffing vs. Traditional Staffing Prepared By: Anthony Moy (amoy29@gmail.com) Jacquelyn Pope (easyon32@yahoo.com) Karishma Sajnani (ksajnani1@gmail.com) Koura Doumbia (kouradoumbia@yahoo.com) Roushan Chowdhury (roushanchowdhury@gmail.com) Twenika Huddleston (Twenika@yahoo.com) Prepared For: Professor Battino HRM594 STRATEGIC STAFFING KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT November 10, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction 2-3 Approach 4 Focus 5 Recruiting Industry History 2 Strategic Staffing 2 Internet Staffing 2 Internet Staffing Methods 2 Traditional Staffing/Methods 2 Literature Review 2 Results/Recommendations 2 Conclusion 2 References 2 Introduction In today’s society, you will find that many organizations strive to discover the most efficient, effective way to successfully recruit the ideal candidate that’s a perfect fit within the workplace environment. This can be a daunting task within the Human Resources (HR) department should the appropriate factors not be well aligned with an organizations purpose. This research paper will explore the elements of internet staffing and traditional staffing. Some will argue that tradition staffing is the best method because it’s been proven to achieve great results within the business industry for many years. While others will argue that internet staffing can achieve the same results. However, through the use of technology this method...
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...Safe Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes Regina Valenzuela Northern Arizona University Abstract Proper nurse staffing has been a debate since the modernization of nursing for many years. This paper examines the results of five researched based articles on the effects of nurse staffing and the outcomes of patient care within a hospital setting. The articles do vary in their methods of gathering information. One study used organizational data from 799 facilitates in eleven states to examine the outcomes of care from the type of nursing care received (Needleman, Buerhaus, Mattke, Stewart, & Zelevinsky, 2002). Another study examined the outcomes of care of intensive care patients in 65 hospitals in the United Kingdom (West, Barron, Harrison, Rafferty, Rowan, & Sanderson, 2014). A third study that was reviewed used cross-sectional patient outcome data from a a nationwide project that provided information from 77 Level I and Level II trauma centers (Glance, Dick, Osler, Mukamel, Li., & Stone, 2012). The fourth article was a synthesis of research publications that examined the outcomes and mortality of patients based on specific determinants (Tourangeau, Cranley, & Jeffs, 2006). The fifth article is an investigative report on nurse to patient ratios and nurse work hours associated to patient care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2007). The fifth article was also prepared for the United States Department of Health and Human Services based on a survey...
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...Subject: Chern’s Staffing Strategies We would like to thank you for allowing us the opportunity to work with Chern’s in implementing Human Resources consulting services to assist you in your staffing strategies. We have carefully compiled the following recommendations after completing a careful examination and analysis of all aspects of Chern’s policies, practices and organizational culture. We hope that these recommendations will allow your company to grow and prosper in the years to come and allow you to gain a competitive advantage over the competition. Through our observation of Chern’s policies, practices, and organizational culture, we have determined an abundance of Human Resource practices that your company is implementing. These practices are gaining you a competitive advantage in the industry and are aligning with your business strategy, missions and goals very well. To further support, your future goals at Chern’s, we would highly recommend that you continue to use these practices: How you have managed your talent has created one of the most enduring competitive advantages you can have within the industry. Continuing to view your employees as the core drivers of the company’s performance is excellent. Offering a tier support system for all employees show them that you support them and feel that they are valued within the company. This will assist you in the retention of excellent employees. You have created a strong practice in how you develop...
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