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

Step 2: Analyze Staffing Costs

Often, there are several staffing plans that might be implemented to address a particular set of staffing issues. Selecting the best approach from among these alternatives usually requires an analysis of total staffing costs. It is not enough to look at just maintenance costs or just transition costs—you must look at the total. One scenario may have lower transition costs than another scenario, but implementing the first solution might result in higher maintenance costs than would implementing the second (i.e., once the staffing moves are made). Since transition costs are usually one-time charges and maintenance costs are ongoing, a scenario that is cheaper in the near term might quickly become more expensive to ...