Strategic Staffing, Global Edition

By (author) Phillips Jean; By (author) Gully Stan
Description
Where the strategy of staffing and business align. Strategic Staffing prepares all current and future managers to take a strategic and modern approach to the identification, attraction, selection, deployment, and retention of talent. Grounded in research but full of real-world examples, this text describes how organisations can develop a staffing strategy that reinforces business strategy, leverages staffing technology, and evaluates and improves staffing systems. This edition includes new and relevant topics on staffing that students will be able to immediately apply in their future career.
Table of contents
1. Strategic Staffing 2. Business and Staffing Strategies 3. The Legal Context 4. Strategic Job Analysis and Competency Modeling 5. Forecasting and Planning 6. Sourcing: Identifying Recruits 7. Recruiting 8. Measurement 9. Assessing External Candidates 10. Assessing Internal Candidates 11. Choosing and Hiring Candidates 12. Managing Workforce Flow 13. Staffing System Evaluation and Technology
Feature
Map out a plan for the material. To help students and instructors cover the material in an order that’s conducive to learning, this text is organized into four sections: The Staffing Context Planning, Sourcing, and Recruiting Selecting Managing the Staffing System Help students identify the most important concepts: Learning Objectives are provided at the beginning of every chapter to prepare students for the key concepts within the reading. Chapter-opening Vignettes describe a staffing challenge faced by a real organization. By the end of the chapter, the vignette concludes and exposes the relevant staffing concepts covered within the chapter. Provide students with the opportunity to check understanding: Chapter-ending material. Case Study—A brief study at the end of every chapter encourages students to think critically about the issues posed within the case and how they relate to the chapter’s material. These cases are a great way to spark in-class discussion. Three Interactive Exercises—Bring the chapter concepts to life with these end-of-chapter interactive exercises. One exercise is tied to the opening vignette, one is linked to the chapter’s Develop Your Skills feature, and one integrates the chapter’s staffing concepts with business strategy. Expose the big picture: Book-long Active Learning Project—Applies the breadth of the text’s material to a specific job in an organization. The project develops strategic staffing skills in addition to developing tacit knowledge about the strategic staffing process.  Readers apply the material and develop their staffing skills by working on a book-long case and completing assignments at the end of each chapter, and by viewing and rating videos of candidates in structured and unstructured employment interviews.   Book-long Case Study—Contained in the appendix, this feature provides the experience of evaluating the staffing strategy and staffing system for sales associates in a hypothetical high-end retail store called Chern’s. Through this study, students can practice planning, budgeting, and evaluating the return on investment on staffing choices. Online videos accompany the case and provide experience creating an assessment plan, scoring job interviews, and making a hiring decision from among eight candidates. A Humorous Video—Showing how NOT to conduct an interview is also provided. The balance of research, best practices, and personal skills development ensures that readers will understand staffing and be able to implement effective staffing practices in their organization. Visit: www.pearsonhighered.com/phillips for more information. New to this Edition: Replacement of most chapter opening vignettes with new ones on companies including Facebook, MITRE, and McAfee.