Distinguish Between the following:

Planning & staffing.

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Solution

Basis of Difference

Planning

Staffing

Meaning

Planning is a psychological process of thinking and deciding in advance what is to be done and how it is to be done.

Staffing is the process of recruiting, selecting, developing, training and promoting employees.

Objective

To set goals and choose the means to achieve them.

To meet the human resource requirements of an organisation.

Level of management

Plans are formulated by the top-level management.

Staffing is done by the middle-level management.

Order

It is the first function of management.

It comes after organising.

Factors

Internal and external aspects are considered while setting goals.

Only internal factors are considered in staffing.

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Basis of Difference	Planning	Staffing
Meaning	Planning is a psychological process of thinking and deciding in advance what is to be done and how it is to be done.	Staffing is the process of recruiting, selecting, developing, training and promoting employees.
Objective	To set goals and choose the means to achieve them.	To meet the human resource requirements of an organisation.
Level of management	Plans are formulated by the top-level management.	Staffing is done by the middle-level management.
Order	It is the first function of management.	It comes after organising.
Factors	Internal and external aspects are considered while setting goals.	Only internal factors are considered in staffing.