Rohan had given an interview in Subh Ltd. and was selected as the HR manager. On the first day of his job, he met Mr. Rakesh. Mr. Rakesh gave Rohan a tour of the office and introduced him to his superiors, subordinates and colleagues.

Identify the step of staffing process conducted by Mr. Rakesh.

Placement and Orientation

The correct answer is option (3)- Placement and Orientation.

The step of the staffing process conducted by Mr. Rakesh in this scenario is "Placement and Orientation."

During this step, new employees are introduced to their work environment, colleagues, superiors, and other relevant aspects of the organization. The tour of the office and the introduction to superiors, subordinates, and colleagues align with the placement and orientation phase, which helps the new employee acclimate to their new role and surroundings.

Placement and Orientation: Joining a job marks the beginning of socialisation of the employee at the workplace. The employee is given a brief presentation about the company and is introduced to his superiors, subordinates and the colleagues. He is taken around the workplace and given the charge of the job for which he has been selected. This process of familiarisation is very crucial and may have a lasting impact on his decision to stay and on his job performance. Orientation is, thus, introducing the selected employee to other employees and familiarising him with the rules and policies of the organisation, occupying the position or post for which the person has been selected.

OTHER OPTIONS

• Recruitment: Recruitment may be defined as the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation. The information generated in the process of writing the job description and the candidate profile may be used for developing the ‘situations vacant’ advertisement. The advertisement may be displayed on the factory/ office gate or else it may be got published in print media or flashed in electronic media. This step involves locating the potential candidate or determining the sources of potential candidates. In fact, there are a large number of recruitment avenues available to a firm. The essential objective is to create a pool of the prospective job candidates.

• Selection: Selection is the process of choosing from among the pool of the prospective job candidates developed at the stage of recruitment. Even in case of highly specialised jobs where the choice space is very narrow, the rigour of the selection process serves two important purposes: (i) it ensures that the organisation gets the best among the available, and (ii) it enhances the self-esteem and prestige of those selected and conveys to them the seriousness with which the things are done in the organisation.

• Compensation- All organisations need to establish wage and salary plans for their employees. There are various ways to prepare different pay plans depending on the worth of the job. Basically the price of the job needs to be determined. Compensation, therefore, refers to all forms of pay or rewards going to employees. It may be in the form of direct financial payments like wages, salaries, incentives, commissions and bonuses and indirect payments like employer paid insurance and vacations.