Staffing Strategies Report for Leadership Management Course

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of staffing strategies, focusing on leadership management and workforce considerations. The report begins by highlighting the importance of geographic locations with strong educational systems to control costs. It then emphasizes the need for skilled and knowledgeable staff, advocating for a leadership approach that supports innovation. The report discusses the importance of matching individual skills to job requirements, as well as the significance of organizational fit. Furthermore, it suggests a strategy of stabilizing the workforce by prioritizing core employees and reducing non-essential roles. Finally, the report explores the potential benefits of understaffing, such as reducing labor costs and promoting continuous learning, while also considering the need for flexibility to adapt to changing demands. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of strategic staffing decisions for organizational success.

Answer 1
It is given that the organization requires controlling its costs, but that also requires access to a
large number of quality and quantity labor. For this purpose, the management of the organization
needs to consider geographic locations which have strong educational systems such as
secondary, primary, and technical colleges and schools and lower expenses (Whitebook, 2014).
Some important examples of such type of geographic locations are Midwestern states like
Minnesota and Iowa. Both these locations are known for the skilled and well-educated
workforces.
Answer 2
Since there is a high requirement to enforce a new type of staff members with more skills and
high knowledge, strong leadership skills require supporting the new strategic focus of the plant
on creating more innovative and stylish products. A respected and trusted internal staff member
who knows the business can develop an efficient team would seem to be the most effective and
right candidate for the job of plant manager.
Answer 3
Both the person/organization or person/job match is necessary for the plant to ensure that
efficient staffing decisions are made. With the help of job match approach plant manager able to
establish a good fit between KSAO's of individual and key requirements of a job. Therefore, for
the success of the person, it is also necessary that the capabilities and skills of the employee meet
with the organization culture. In the absence of good organization fit, an individual or job may
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not perform well (de Cordova, 2014). It is because the approach of both person and the job is not
compatible with the way with which the organization performs its functions.
Answer 4
In order to attain the stability, it is necessary for the plant to make the existing employees as
regular employees. This would help the plant management in staffing the key positions with a
core workforce approach. On the other hand, the plant should reduce the workforce size by
elimination non-key jobs. With the help of this approach, the plant will be able to attain stability
for the important positions and flexibility for non-important designations within the plant.
Answer 5
It would seem that understaffing the complete plan would make sense as an initial strategy of the
plant (Maenhout, 2016). The main rationale behind the understaffing strategy is that keeping the
plan understaffed helpful in reducing the labor cost and can keep the existing employees in a
learning situation. In case demand of organization products and services enhance from previous
points than additional staff is required by an organization or it can ask the existing staff to do
overtime.
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References
Whitebook, M., Phillips, D., & Howes, C. (2014). Worthy work, STILL unlivable wages: The
early childhood workforce 25 years after the National Child Care Staffing Study. Berkeley, CA:
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.
de Cordova, P.B., Phibbs, C.S., Schmitt, S.K. and Stone, P.W., 2014. Night and day in the VA:
associations between night shift staffing, nurse workforce characteristics, and length of
stay. Research in nursing & health, 37(2), pp.90-97.
Maenhout, B., & Vanhoucke, M. (2016). An exact algorithm for an integrated project staffing
problem with a homogeneous workforce. Journal of Scheduling, 19(2), 107-133.
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