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

After the process of manpower planning, Aakanksha, Nikita and Parishma should undertake following steps for obtaining workforce : 

(i) Recruitment – Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation. Following are two sources of recruitment: 

• Internal sources. 
• External sources. 

(ii) Selection – Selection of personnel is a series of steps by which candidates are screened to find out which of them is best suited for a particular job. It is the process of dividing the applicants into two categories, namely, 

• those who are to be employed, and 
• those who are to be rejected. 

Selection is a very comprehensive and complex process which involves a number of steps such as employment tests, interview, medical examination, etc. 

(iii) Orientation and placement – Placement is the process of fitting the selected person to the right job. Orientation is the task of introducing and familiarising the new employee to the rules and policies of the organisation.