February 4, 2019

Summary - Principles - Staffing


Related to the Purpose of Staffing


Principle of staffing objectives


The positions provided by the organization structure must be staffed with personnel able and willing to carry out the assigned functions.

Principle of staffing


The quality of management personnel can be ensured through proper definition of the job and its appraisal in terms of human requirements, evaluation of candidates and incumbents, and appropriate training.


The process of staffing


Principle of job definition


Specifications for the job rest on organization requirements and on provision for incentives to induce effective and efficient performance of the tasks involved.

(I checked on 5 Feb 2019. Koontz and O'Donnell use the word incentives.)

Principle of managerial appraisal


Performance must be appraised against the management action required by superiors and against the standard of adherence in practice to managerial principles.

Principle of open competition in promotion


Managers should be selected from among the best available candidates for the job, whether they are inside or outside the enterprise.

Principle of management development


The objective of management development is to stengthen existing managers. The most effective means of developing managers is to have the task performed primarily by a manager's superior.

Principle of universal development


The enterprise can tolerate only those managers who are interested in their continuous development.



References


Harold Koontz and Cyril O’Donnell, Principles of Management: An Analysis of Managerial Functions, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968

Harold Koontz and Cyril O’Donnell, Principles of Management: An Analysis of Managerial Functions, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1959


Updated  5 Feb 2019
First published on  11 December 2011

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