She plans on assigning competent people to fill the roles designed in the hierarchy. Which process refers to this?
A. Staffing
B. Scheduling
C. Recruitment
D. Induction
Correct Answer: A. Staffing
Staffing is a management function involving putting the best people to accomplish tasks and activities to attain the goals of the organization. Staffing is the function by which managers build an organization through the recruitment, selection, development, of individuals as capable employees.
Option B: The scheduling function consists of organizing activities in a specific system imposing some rules to respect. More generally, solving a scheduling problem can be reduced to the organization and the synchronization of a set of activities (jobs or tasks) by exploiting the available capacities (resources).
Option C: Recruitment is the process of attracting, evaluating, and hiring employees for an organization. The recruitment process includes four steps: job analysis, sourcing, screening and selection, and onboarding.
Option D: Induction means the introduction of a new employee to the job and the organization. It is the process of receiving and welcoming an employee when he first joins a company and giving him the basic information he needs to settle down quickly and happily and start work.