Review case staffing strategy for a new plant and response below:
1. What geographic location might he best for the plant in terms of attracting sufficient quantity and quality of labor. especially for the key jobs?
2. Should the plant manager come front inside the current managerial ranks or be sought from the outside?
3. Should staffing be based on just the person/job match or also on the person/ organization match?
4. Would it make sense to initial). staff the plant with a flexible workforce by using temporary employees and then shift over to a core workforce if it looks like the plant will he successful?
5. In the early stages. should the plant be fully staffed, understaffed. or overstaffed?
6. Will employee retention likely be a problem. and if so, how wit! this affect the viability of the new plant?
Your task is to write out a tentative response to each question that will he the basis for your discussion at the meeting.