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Managerial recruitment and attrition: A policy analysis model
Author(s) -
Mass Nathaniel J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830230108
Subject(s) - attrition , business , turnover , training (meteorology) , organizational performance , industrial organization , operations management , marketing , economics , management , medicine , physics , dentistry , meteorology
High turnover rates of skilled personnel and instability of employment are problems confronting many industrial and research companies. This paper deals with inputs and outputs of personnel in systems at the organizational level. It develops a dynamic simulation model of managerial recruitment and attrition designed to explain some of the generic sources of these difficulties. The model also provides a vehicle for testing policies to achieve enhanced organizational behavior. In particular, model simulations show how many isolated policies, such as increased effort devoted to training new managers, exert a roughly neutral influence on organizational performance. A combination policy, which deliberately lowers managerial recruitment efforts in periods of low organizational training effectiveness and involves slower allocation of managerial time between training and production, proves much more effective in lowering turnover and decreasing instability. The model is intended to suggest improved policies for recruiting, training, and absorbing skilled personnel in specific organizations.