Nature of Staffing

Staffing basically involves matching jobs and individuals. This may require functions like manpower planning, recruitment, selection, training, development, performance appraisal, transfers, promotions etc.

Staffing has the following important features:

1. Staffing is a basic function of management.
2. It is concerned with human resources management in the organization.
3. Staffing function is performed continuously. Every manager has to guide and train employees and also evaluate their performance on a continuous basis.
4. The main purpose of this function is to make optimum utilization of human resources and also to provide proper satisfaction to employees.
5. Staffing is performed by all managers. In big concerns there is a separate personnel department to deal with this function, but even here this department advises line managers regarding different aspect of human resources.
6. Since staffing deals with human beings who have their own needs, emotions and aspirations this function is different from other managerial functions.