Importance Of Staffing Process Of Management

INTRODUCTION

Management is the process of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources. It includes planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing and controlling an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Management is such a process which is required in every organization, be it Blocks Ltd. or Fones Ltd. Without management, an organization cannot succeed.

QUESTION/ANSWER

1. The key functions of management are as follows :-

(i) PLANNING : It is a process of defining goals for future action. Planning process includes identifying goals, formulating strategies, arranging the means required and implementing all these steps in a proper sequence. Regarding

It involves procurement and placement of right people on the right jobs. It is one of the most important functions of management. Staffing of workers has been specifically mentioned for both the organisations. For Blocks Ltd. , the staffing process has been neglected because majority of the workers have been a part of the organization since twenty years so they are not well acquainted with the new and scientific methods of production. And the rest of the workers are young, inexperienced and unskilled. There is a problem of labour turnover. Whereas on the other hand, Fones Ltd. has carried out its staffing process very effectively because they have high skilled and experienced workers .

(iv) DIRECTING : it is a process in which managers instruct, guide and oversee the performance of the workers to achieve predetermined goals. It is said to be the heart of management process. Adopting autocratic leadership style for Blocks Ltd. will be useful because most of the workers are old and have already developed a faith in the organization. And for Fones Ltd. , adopting democratic leadership style will be helpful because Dierdre is newly appointed and she is inexperienced. Opinion of all the workers would matter a

Tom who works for Blocks Ltd. has decided to adopt autocratic leadership style which is not a bad option as the employees have developed trust and faith in the organization since they have been working for a long time. And the new employees cannot be trusted upon as they stay for a year or so and then they move on. Twenty years is a long term which is long enough to understand the organizational goals and interests. But if we see it from the other point of view, autocratic leadership is a bad option because the old employees are like stakeholders who would also like to work in favour of the organization rather than their personal interests. So any suggestions by them are likely to be beneficial and useful for the organization. But under autocratic leadership style, their opinions would not be taken into