Four
Attracting, Recruiting and
Selecting the People for Us
During this module I realized how much time I spent in choosing my company car and how that amount of time significantly exceeded the time I spent choosing my closest business associate.
This is a quote from the paper by an EMBA student (owner of a successful private company) for the final exam in the HR & People Management module.
The above is a candid statement that fairly reflects a very common state of affairs in organizations.
When buying a new car, if they have the option of choice, managers will spend hours on website research, ask their secretaries to contact dealers and collect information, combine and configure additional equipment packages, make inquiries with friends and acquaintances, and altogether invest as much time as they need (probably a significant amount) in these activities.
When choosing their closest associates, they will not be as meticulous, to say the least, and they will certainly...