Chapter 7 - Staffing. The learning objectives for this chapter include: Explain the concept of employee on-boarding, identify the factors that HR managers must consider when planning and implementing their organization’s employee recruitment efforts, explain the potential legal liability related to negligent hiring. | Chapter 7 Staffing Stages of Development Characteristics of a business – such as its growth rate, product lines, market share, entry opportunity, and technology – change with the organization’s stage of development Four major stages of development: Embryonic (new organizations) High growth Mature Aging The Link Between Development Stages & Staffing Strategies Embryonic Stage (new organizations) High growth rates, basic product lines, heavy emphasis on product engineering, and little or no customer loyalty Management selection strategy: Entrepreneurs who thrive in high-risk environments The Link Between Development Stages & Staffing Strategies High-Growth Stage Refine and extend product lines; build customer loyalty Concerns: fighting for market share and building excellence in the management team Management selection strategy Entrepreneurs for growth Growth directors to build stable management systems The Link Between Development Stages & Staffing Strategies Mature Maintenance of . | Chapter 7 Staffing Stages of Development Characteristics of a business – such as its growth rate, product lines, market share, entry opportunity, and technology – change with the organization’s stage of development Four major stages of development: Embryonic (new organizations) High growth Mature Aging The Link Between Development Stages & Staffing Strategies Embryonic Stage (new organizations) High growth rates, basic product lines, heavy emphasis on product engineering, and little or no customer loyalty Management selection strategy: Entrepreneurs who thrive in high-risk environments The Link Between Development Stages & Staffing Strategies High-Growth Stage Refine and extend product lines; build customer loyalty Concerns: fighting for market share and building excellence in the management team Management selection strategy Entrepreneurs for growth Growth directors to build stable management systems The Link Between Development Stages & Staffing Strategies Mature Maintenance of market share, cost reductions through economies of scale, more rigid management controls over workers’ actions, and the generation of cash to develop new product lines Less flexibility and variability Management selection strategy Bureaucrats who are comfortable with repetition and can develop economies of scale The Link Between Development Stages & Staffing Strategies Aging Struggle to hold market share in a declining market, and extreme cost control obtained through consistency and centralized procedures; economic survival becomes the primary motivation Management selection strategy Entrepreneurs who will cut, reorganize, and survive Organizational Culture Culture is the pattern of basic assumptions a given group has invented, discovered, or developed in learning to adapt both to its external and internal environments Organizational culture is embedded and transmitted through mechanisms such as the following: Formal statements of organizational philosophy and materials used for .
