Question

A service-based organization has adopted an expansionist strategy. It has taken on a number of big contracts from clients and is on a tight schedule to supply services by the deadlines promised. Which of the following statements, if true, will result in the staffing goals being best aligned to the organizational strategy?
A) Time taken to fill a position should be tracked for each recruiting source and the fastest possible source should be utilized.
B) Staffing should be done keeping in mind the costly training necessary for the job and only the best qualified applicants should be hand-picked.
C) Aggressive staffing should be done indiscriminately as a long training period guarantees that the applicants know how to do the job.
D) Compensation offered should be kept higher than the average market rate so that the maximum number of applicants is attracted

Answer 1

Answer:

Thee answer is: A) Time taken to fill a position should be tracked for each recruiting source and the fastest possible source should be utilized.

Explanation:

When adopting an expansionist strategy the company is trying to achieve a higher sales growth rate than before. Since it took several new big contracts it will probably have to hire several (or very many) new employees and they need to do it fast. Usually when this happens, the company will try to hire the best possible applicants from the fastest recruiting source.