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This area deals with assessing the need for and the supply of professional and other personnel. Functions include recruitment, selection, training, compensation, and evaluation of such personnel and examining ways to evaluate productivity and monitor accountability for results.

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Productivity

Posted by: Linda Lawton on December 10, 2008 at 12:04PM EST

One of the readings said that "job security and long term employment promote productivity." I don't see that as being the variable that influences productivity. It almost seems the opposite could be true, they could take the job for granted and not feel that need to be productive for a good review and job security.

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Posted by: Elaine Charest on December 12, 2008 11:46AM EST

I have seen both happen. Staff who have been on the job for a period of time know the processes and procedures and are better capable of getting the work done. I have also seen staff who have taken their employment for granted when management was not holding people accountable for their actions and performance. Once the first long time employee was let go for not fulfilling the job requirements, things started turning around.

Elaine Charest

Posted by: Zeina Koubar Natour on December 13, 2008 9:25AM EST

I think there is a difference between Job securtiy in the sense that management would guarantee a certain level of stability for the employee through not resorting to downsizing as the primary option whenever there is financial issue and between taking one's job for granted as a result of not having an effective performance appraisal system that would reward doers, hardworkers and achievers and penalize others (of course based on clearly established criteria). In such a situation, employees will take their jobs for granted as it does not matter whether they did well or not, they will always be there and get their pay check at the end of the month.

Posted by: Saqib Dara on December 13, 2008 12:35PM EST

A certain degree of job security is essential for productivity. Without this "psychological contract" an employee may not be able to grow their roots and not get invested in the organization.
Saqib Dara

Posted by: Priscilla Neils on December 14, 2008 7:24PM EST

I have a very nice employee at the present time. She is so relaxed that she does only half the work of people in similar positions. She is certainly taking her job for granted. I don't understand this philosophy when good jobs are becoming harder and harder to find.

Posted by: Scott Olivolo on December 15, 2008 9:33PM EST

Another way to look at this is some individuals are intrinsically motivated while others simply are not. Therefore, a motivated individual who is also experienced will therefore be very productive and most likely a true asset to the organization. However, an employee who is experienced but lacks motivation (for whatever reason) is not only unproductive in their own job, but probably negatively impacts other employees as well.