Employee resourcing
‘The head of a business must assure himself that his managers, clerks and foremen are
the right men for their work, and are doing their work well’
(Alfred Marshall 1890)Introduction
No government or organisation can afford to have too many people working as it is a
cost that needs to be controlled. Similarly, no government or organisation can perform
well if there are not enough, well trained and motivated workers. With the current trend
of globalisation, governments and organisations require the ability to respond to human
resource requirements and challenges at all times. There are no any other ways govern-
ments and organisations can be effective in production and service delivery without
conscious development and commitment to effective employee resourcing. This is not
an easy task because employee resourcing is a continuous process, which requires care-
ful decision making, strong commitment and use of enormously scarce resources includ-
ing information, time, and money. However, although administrators and managers may
find it unrealistic to develop and utilise human resource plans that can effectively ensure
that staffing functions are properly done (because of the above mentioned constraints);
experience has shown that treating employees as capital and hence developing appropri-
ate measures for acquisition, placement, and retention will always pay.
Therefore, at the end of this chapter, learners should be able to:
- Explain why the government or any organisation has to plan for human resources.
- Know the status of human resource planning in a given ministry/department or
organization. - Describe the human resource planning process, the challenges faced and how to
overcome them. - Acquire techniques for resolving budgetary constraints conflicts in HRP.