Manpower Staffing

Every organization has certain goals, for which it exists. These goals are achieved by the people who work for the organization. The people who work for the organization are called the human resources or manpower. When we talk of manpower staffing, we mean is appointing the manpower in the organization according to its needs. Each organization has its own staffing system. However, there are certain basic aspects that each of these systems need to follow. This article will center around these aspects and the basic procedure involved in the staffing. Keep reading to know more details.

Aspects of Manpower Staffing

What needs to be understood in manpower staffing is the right decision. This decision involves choosing the right candidate, with the right qualifications, for the right post, who will be involved in meeting the right goals of the organization at the right time. Too much of right, eh? Well, what this basically means is that the candidate that is chosen for the post or vacancy should be capable and fully qualified to do the job right. Also, the person should be able to do the job in the given time and in sync with the organization's goals. Just choosing a qualified person will not necessarily give results. In order to get the desired results, it is necessary to choose the person with capability as well as qualifications. A streak to put the organization's goals ahead of personal goals, is also admired and considered here. This is the reason that manpower staffing is a very important function of human resource management. Thus, recruitment and selection of manpower is not an easy job and should not be taken lightly. It takes time and efforts to find the right candidate and it also takes efforts to retain the candidate in that position. Other than these, the other aspects like employee motivation, employee training and development as well as employee retention are also considered. Let us now proceed to look at the procedure involved in the selection process.

Manpower Planning and Staffing

Manpower staffing can never work alone. Manpower planning is required in order to start staffing. Manpower planning, in simple words, means planning the human resources need of the organization. In management terms, this process is also known as human resources planning or personnel management. Human resources planning process precedes the process of manpower staffing. The following aspects need to be analyzed in the process of manpower planning.

• Analysis of the current manpower of the organization.
• Computation of the future required manpower for the organization.
• Development of the existing manpower of the organization.
• Planning the employee training requirements of the existing manpower of the organization.
• Planning for the future needs of the organization.

Based on these plans, manpower staffing takes place. Let us understand the actual process now.

• Taking into consideration the future requirements and the current human resources, the organization plans on which kind of people to hire, the posts for which these people are to be hired, the duration within which they are to be hired, and the general human resource management.
• If there are certain likely candidates who fit the bill of the position, then the organization needs to consider their candidature too. A point to remember here is that, if people from within the organization are promoted, then the organization needs to hire people to fill up the gaps created due to such promotions.
• Once it is ascertained how many people are to be hired and which posts they are to be hired for, the hunt for manpower begins.
• A manpower staffing consultant could be hired to enable the organization to find the right people for the right job.
• The applications are invited, they are screened and people who do not suit the needs are eliminated. The selected few are interviewed and if everything is satisfactory, they are selected.
• The manpower planning process and staffing procedure does not end here. The selected people need to be trained and need to be introduced to the goals of the organization for the satisfaction of which, these people are selected.
• Once they start off with their work, they need to be monitored for productivity. It is important to monitor the employee performance to ensure that the employee is achieving the organizational goals.

Thus, these were the procedures for manpower planning and manpower staffing. It should not be confused with recruitment. Recruitment is a part of manpower staffing, but the entire process of staffing is more than just recruitment. I hope this article has been informative for you and I hope I have been able to clear any doubts from your minds about manpower planning and staffing.