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Business Studies · 2025 · 4 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 7 · Set 1 · Q26
'Heights Engineering College' is one of the top engineering
colleges in India known for its excellent academic programmes and
strong industry connections. The college has a separate placement
cell which maintains a close liaison with the universities, vocational
schools and management institutes to recruit qualified persons for
various jobs. It works tirelessly to connect students with some of
the best companies for job opportunities.
Shikhar, a brilliant Environmental Engineering student was
excited when he was chosen by 'Nero', a major car manufacturing
company for the post of Production Manager. He received the
employment contract which included the terms, conditions and
date of joining. Shikhar happily accepted the employment offer.
On his first day at the company, Shikhar was given a brief
presentation about the company and was introduced to his
superiors, subordinates and colleagues. He was taken around the
workplace and given charge of the job for which he was selected.
Three months later, after settling into the job, Shikhar was called
by his superior and given positive feedback about his current
performance as per certain pre-determined standards.
State four steps of the staffing process discussed in the above case.
Marking-scheme solution
Steps of the staffing process discussed in the above case are:
(a)
. Recruitment is a process of searching for prospective employees
and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation in order to
create a pool of the prospective job candidates.
(b)
. Selection is the process of choosing the most suitable candidate
from the pool of prospective candidates, in order to ensure that the
organisation gets the best among available candidates.
(c)
. Placement and Orientation refer to employee occupying the post
for which he has been selected and introducing the selected
employees to his seniors, subordinates and colleagues as well as
familiarising him with the rules and policies of the organisation.
(d)
. Performance appraisal involves evaluation of an employee’s
current/past performance as against certain predetermined standards
and providing feedback.
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