Review

Question 1

What is strategic staffing

Answer 1

Staffing an organization in future oriented, goal directed ways to support company strategy and enhance effectiveness

Question 2

Seven components of Strategic Staffing

Answer 2

Workforce Planning
Sourcing Talent
Recruiting
Selecting
Acquiring
Deploying
Retaining

Question 3

Workforce planning

Answer 3

Process of predicting future employment needs and the ability of external and internal candidates to meet those needs

Question 4

Sourcing

Answer 4

Locating qualified individuals and labour markets from which to recruit

Question 5

Recruiting

Answer 5

• all organizational practices and
  decisions that affect either the number
  or types of individuals willing to apply
  for and accept job offers
• all practices that influence securing applicants and potential employees

Question 6

Selection of Talent

Answer 6

Assessing who is the right hire from candidates

Question 7

Acquiring Talent

Answer 7

Process of making appealing job offers so that the selected candidate will accept them.

Question 8

Deployment

Answer 8

Assigning Talent to appropriate jobs and roles in the organization

Question 9

Retaining Talent

Answer 9

-Keeping the right people
- Training, career development, incentive programes

Question 10

2. Opening Vignette Exercise: This chapter’s opening vignette
   described how Caribou Coffee discovered the importance of carefully staffing its store manager positions. Working in a group of three to five students, address the following questions. Feel free to use the Internet or other resources if you need
   additional information. Be prepared to share your ideas with
   the class.

a. Describe three staffing goals that would reinforce Caribou’s desire to hire the best store managers.

b. How else can Caribou Coffee ensure that its staffing strategy.
for store managers is integrated with the firm’s other HR functional areas?

Question 11

Talent Philosophy