State the next three steps that they will have to undertake, for obtaining a satisfied workforce for their handicraft unit.

Question

Aakanksha, Nikita and Parishma are the owners of a handicraft unit in the urban area of Dibrugarh in Assam, which is involved in the manufacturing and marketing of Sital Pati, traditional mats and Jappi (the traditional headgear). They decided to shift this manufacturing unit to a rural area with an objective of reducing the cost and providing job opportunities to the locals. They followed the functional structure in this organisation with a view to increasing managerial and operational efficiency. They assessed and analysed the type and number of employees required, keeping in mind that they had to encourage the women, and the people with special needs belonging to the rural area.

State the next three steps that they will have to undertake, for obtaining a satisfied workforce for their handicraft unit.

Answer 1

The next three steps in the process of staffing are stated below:

1. Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation.

2. Selection is the process of choosing from among the pool of the prospective job candidates developed at the stage of recruitment.

3. Placement and orientation refers to the employee occupying the position or post for which the person has been selected and introducing the selected employee to other employees and familiarising him with the rules and policies of the organisation.