The staffing function is performed by every manager and not necessarily by a separate department. Explain.

Explanation

Staffing is a function which is performed by every manager but it is also a staff activity because it is an important area of management, so there is human resource management department in large organisation.Under this department, the various tasks of staffing are performed by specialised managers. Along with staffing they also take care of the labour grievances. Human resource management thus act as a link between the workers and the managers.

Staffing involves various stages including recruitment through various sources, right selection out of the applicants, placement and orientation, training of the employees, etc. Managing the human element is a requisite function of any organisation as it serves the basis of the level of efficiency of the organisation. Thus, success of any organisation depends on how effectively this function can be performed and to what extent the productivity can be increased with efficient staffing.

Managers helps in estimating manpower requirements which means finding out number and type of employees needed by organisation in future.

In small organisation,managers tries to stimulate people to apply for jobs of their organisation and select best ones from them and provide training to them.
But in large organisations ,all these works are performed by human resources department.