Appendix B. Using the Strategic Staffing Templates from the Web Site

By now it is clear that a spreadsheet-based staffing model is a tool that can be very useful. Included among the files on the book’s web site are two strategic staffing templates that you can use for this exact purpose. They are generic models that can be tailored to address a host of staffing issues. The templates are real models that you can actually use—they are not just examples.

Your first impression may be that a more complex model or algorithm is required, but these spreadsheets are sufficiently flexible and powerful to support most strategic staffing applications (especially of the type described in this book). The generic Excel spreadsheets that are included have been ...

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