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Human Resource ManagementOrganisational BehaviourManagement BasicsBusiness StudiesRecruitment and Labour RelationsRecruitment and SelectionStaffingBusiness CommunicationConflict and NegotiationPrinciples of ManagementTeam ManagementBusiness EthicsCompensation and IncentivesMotivation and LeadershipPerformance AppraisalWorkplace DiversityMotivation Theories

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In the simplest terms, staffing means:Read the answer and worked solution →In a new enterprise, the staffing function follows:Read the answer and worked solution →A firm avoids overmanning and idle staff. This benefit of staffing is:Read the answer and worked solution →As a firm grows, a separate department of people specialists is formed, called the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In the simplest terms, staffing means:

  1. Putting people to jobs
  2. Buying new machinery
  3. Setting the year budget
  4. Fixing the product price
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Correct answer: A. Putting people to jobs

1. It fills the posts in the structure. 2. Staffing is putting people to jobs. 3. It covers recruitment through appraisal. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 6, Staffing._

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In a new enterprise, the staffing function follows:

  1. Auditing and taxing
  2. Planning and organising
  3. Directing and control
  4. Selling and buying
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Correct answer: B. Planning and organising

1. First decide what to do and build the structure. 2. Then the human resource needs are known. 3. So staffing follows planning and organising. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 6, Staffing._

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A firm avoids overmanning and idle staff. This benefit of staffing is:

  1. Optimum use of manpower
  2. Higher tax refunds only
  3. Cheaper raw materials
  4. Faster machine repairs
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Correct answer: A. Optimum use of manpower

1. Overmanning raises labour costs. 2. Shortages disrupt work. 3. Staffing gives optimum utilisation of human resources. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 6, Staffing._

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