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Human Resource Management (229)Organisational Behaviour (199)Management Basics (85)Business Studies (30)Recruitment and Labour Relations (30)Recruitment and Selection (30)Staffing (30)Business Communication (29)Conflict and Negotiation (29)Principles of Management (29)Team Management (29)Business Ethics (28)Compensation and Incentives (28)Motivation and Leadership (28)Performance Appraisal (28)Workplace Diversity (28)Motivation Theories (27)

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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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