MGT 177 - Staffing

1. Assess various staffing models and strategies within organizations
   1. Examine key components that make up the process of strategic staffing
   2. Evaluate how staffing influences other functional areas of human resource management and can create a competitive advantage
   3. Explain the various types of employment relationships
2. Explain laws and regulations that apply to staffing practice
   1. Interpret the role Equal Opportunity Employment and Affirmative Action laws play in the practice of staffing
   2. Summarize the basis necessary for employment lawsuits
   3. Examine what influences our decisions to make ethical decisions in staffing management
3. Assess the role of job analysis and competency development in the workplace
   1. Execute common job analysis techniques
   2. Understand the role of job descriptions in establishing the  knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that are necessary to define in the selection process
4. Examine the variables in the processes of forecasting and planning for workforce needs
   1. Apply various techniques of forecasting for the internal and external labor market
   2. Understand the role diversity plays in the planning for staff
   3. Understand the drivers in labor supply and labor demand
5. Validate the sources of internal and external recruitment and selection of candidates
   1. Examine how demographics play a key role in the process of sourcing
   2. Explore the sources of non-traditional applicant pools
   3. Examine the different strategies for screening and interviewing qualified job applicants
   4. Assess the process of conducting an effective interview to ensure person to job fit
   5. Examine the use of technology in the recruitment and selection process
   6. Examine the use of background checks, medical exams, drug testing and candidate assessment methods in the selection process
6. Explain the steps of the hiring process
   1. Examine the strategies behind job offers and compensation negotiation
   2. Discuss the role of employment contracts in the hiring process
   3. Articulate the importance of ethics in the job offer process
   4. Correlate the importance onboarding has to a new employee’s career success
7. Predict the effects turnover has on a workplace
   1. Discuss strategies behind the retention of staff
   2. Examine the use of stay interviews and exit surveys to determine the potential for turnover
   3. Examine the impacts of voluntary and involuntary separations in the workplace
8. Defend the use of technology in supporting efficient and effective staffing processes in organizations
   1. Examine the different uses of technology interfaces in the recruitment, selection and retention practices of an organization
   2. Distinguish metrics and initiatives that assist with the evaluation of organizational success in recruitment, selection, and retention
   3. Evaluate the relationship artificial intelligence plays in the candidate screening process

 
Competencies Revised Date: AY2025