Chapter: Staffing – Class 12 Business Studies
🔹 Meaning of Staffing
Staffing is the process of finding the right people with the right qualifications and ensuring they are
placed in the right jobs.
“Staffing is placing the right person at the right job at the right time.”
🔹 Importance of Staffing
1. ✅ Fills roles with competent people – Ensures qualified employees.
2. ✅ Improves performance – Good staffing boosts productivity.
3. ✅ Helps in growth – Builds a strong workforce for expansion.
4. ✅ Reduces turnover – Hiring the right people increases job satisfaction.
5. ✅ Builds human capital – Trains and develops future managers.
🔹 Staffing as a Part of HRM (Human Resource Management)
HRM is broader; staffing is a function under it.
HRM includes recruitment, selection, training, compensation, etc.
Aims to ensure employee welfare, performance, and growth.
🔹 Steps in Staffing Process
1. Estimating Manpower Requirements
o Forecast number and type of employees needed.
2. Recruitment
o Process of searching potential candidates.
3. Selection
o Choosing the best candidate through tests/interviews.
4. Placement & Orientation
o Placing the employee and introducing them to the organization.
5. Training & Development
o Enhancing skills and knowledge.
6. Performance Appraisal
🔹 Meaning of Staffing
Staffing is the process of finding the right people with the right qualifications and ensuring they are
placed in the right jobs.
“Staffing is placing the right person at the right job at the right time.”
🔹 Importance of Staffing
1. ✅ Fills roles with competent people – Ensures qualified employees.
2. ✅ Improves performance – Good staffing boosts productivity.
3. ✅ Helps in growth – Builds a strong workforce for expansion.
4. ✅ Reduces turnover – Hiring the right people increases job satisfaction.
5. ✅ Builds human capital – Trains and develops future managers.
🔹 Staffing as a Part of HRM (Human Resource Management)
HRM is broader; staffing is a function under it.
HRM includes recruitment, selection, training, compensation, etc.
Aims to ensure employee welfare, performance, and growth.
🔹 Steps in Staffing Process
1. Estimating Manpower Requirements
o Forecast number and type of employees needed.
2. Recruitment
o Process of searching potential candidates.
3. Selection
o Choosing the best candidate through tests/interviews.
4. Placement & Orientation
o Placing the employee and introducing them to the organization.
5. Training & Development
o Enhancing skills and knowledge.
6. Performance Appraisal
