Engineering. Management - Staffing
1. Staffing
2. Staffing • Defined as the management function that determines human resources needs, recruits,
selects, trains, and develops human resources for jobs created by the organization. • It is undertaken to
match people with jobs so that the realization of the organization’s objectives will be facilitated.
3. Staffing procedure 1. Human resource planning 2. Recruitment 3. Selection 4. Induction and
orientation 5. Training and development 6. Performance appraisal 7. Employment decisions(rewards,
transfers, promotion and demotion) 8. separations
4. Human resource planning activities 1. Forecasting – an assessment of future human resource needs in
relation to the current capabilities of the organization 2. Programming – translating forecasted human
resource needs to personnel objectives and goals. 3. Evaluation and control – monitoring human
resource action plans and evaluating their success.
5. Recruitment • Refers to attracting qualified persons to apply for vacant positions in the company so
that those who are best suited to serve the company may be selected. • Source of Applicants –
Organization’s current employees – Newspaper advertizing – Schools – Referral from employees –
Recruitment firms – competitors
6. Selection • Refers to the act of choosing from those that are available the individuals most likely to
succeed on the job. • The purpose of selection is to evaluate each candidate and to pick the most suited
for the position available. • Selection procedures may be simple or complex depending on the costs of a
wrong decision.
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
1. Management is:
A. An art
B. Both science and art
C. A science
D. Neither art nor science
2. Engineering is:
A. An art
B. Both science and art
C. A science
D. Neither art nor science
3. Engineers can become good managers only through __________.
A. Experience
B. Taking master degree in management
C. Effective career planning
D. Trainings
4. If you are an engineer wanting to become a manager, what will you do?
A. Develop new talents
B. Acquire new values
C. Broaden your point of view
D. All of the above
5. When engineer enters management, what is the most likely problem he finds difficult to
acquire?
A. Learning to trust others
B. Learning how to work through others
C. Learning how to take satisfaction in the work of others
D. All of the above
6. What management functions refers to the process of anticipating problems, analyzing
them, estimating their likely impact and determining actions that will lead to the desired
outcomes and goals?
A. Planning
B. Leading
C. Controlling
D. Organizing
7. What refers to the establishing interrelationships between people and things in such a way
that human and materials resources are effectively focused toward achieving the goal of the
company?
A. Planning
B. Leading
C. Controlling
D. Organizing
8. What management function involves selecting candidates and training personnel?
A. Organizing
B. Staffing
C. Motivating
D. Controlling
9. What management function involves orienting personnel in the most effective way and
channeling resources?
A. Directing