Strategic Staffing: A Comprehensive System for Effective Workforce Planning, Second Edition

Obstacles to Effective Implementation

Some organizations may have to overcome significant obstacles in order to develop and implement the strategic staffing process. In some cases, line managers, especially those who do not fully understand strategic staffing, impede the implementation process. In an equal number of cases, however, it is HR staff that hinder effective implementation.

Line Managers

Line managers will never fully embrace a process that they do not understand. Typically, many line managers have a short-term results orientation that seems inconsistent with the longer-term perspective of staffing strategy. Other managers are sometimes unaware of (or unconvinced of) the benefits and value of strategic staffing, especially when those ...