Nature of Staffing Function

Staffing has long been an integral part of the management process. Like other traditional management functions such as planning and organizing, the domain of staffing has expanded over the years. This growth reflects increasing environmental complicity and greater organizational awareness about the importance of human resources management. The early definitions of staffing narrowly focused on hiring people for vacant positions. Today staffing is defined more broadly as human resource planning, selection, development and appraisal aimed to providing the talent necessary for organizational success.