Staffing the Contemporary Organization

Few business functions are more important than putting people where they can do the most good. Get it right and the business soars. Get it wrong and the business pays dearly in reduced sales profits and productivity. Staffing the Contemporary Organization provides a comprehensive treatment of staffing procedures policies techniques and problems. It includes a number of human resources topics not usually covered in one volumeHR planning legal aspects of staffing recruiting selecting performance appraisal career development and many othersin an integrated system. The method presented is a proven useful tool that managers and HR people can employ to build stronger more resilient organizations.This thoroughly revised edition provides a comprehensive treatment of staffing procedures policies techniques and problems. It covers areas newly developed since the last edition like recruiting via the Internet and new court decisions that clarify the scope and application of antidiscrimination laws in the workplace. Among other topics it covers the following areas in detail: -Employment law -Job analysis -Recruiting and interviewing -Selecting and selection tests -Appraisals and employee development -Administration: Handling promotions demotions layoffs terminations etc. -Career planning -Measuring the effectiveness of the HR function. Staffing the authors contend must encompass the entire range of activities associated with planning for obtaining utilizing and developing human resources. Suitable for business students as well as professionals this is the first book to present a systems view of the staffing functiona view necessary to maximize the contribution of any company''s most important asset: its people.