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Sahil, the director of a garments company, is planning to manufacture bags for the utilisation of waste material from one of his garment unit. He decided that this manufacturing unit will be set-up in a rural area of Odisha, where people have less job opportunities and because of this labour is available at very low rate. He also thought of giving equal opportunities to men and women. For this, he selected S Chatterjee, Inderjeet Kaur, Aslam and Sarabjeet as heads of sales, accounts, purchase and production departments.

(i) Identify and state the next two steps that Sahil has to follow in the staffing process after selecting the above heads.

(ii) What benefits does a company derive by following the process of staffing?

Answer:

(i) Selection is done in the third step, in which a prospective candidate is chosen from the pool of candidates. It ensures that the organisation gets the best among the available and it enhances the morale of selected candidate. The next two steps are as follows: [a] Placement and Orientation In this step, employee occupies the position, for which he/she has been selected. After this, a brief presentation about the company is given and employee is introduced to his superiors, subordinates and colleagues. [b] Training and Development In this step, training is imparted to the selected candidate, by which he/she can enchance his/her skills, knowledge and through this, one can explore the opportunities. (ii) Two benefits of staffing in an organisation are: [a] Obtaining Competent Personnel It ensures the availability of the most suitable and capable person for various jobs. [b] Higher Performance By placing the right person at the right job, it ensures better performance.