IT Project Management Staffing: The Human Resource Management

In the discipline of project management philosophy,something. It is an internal force that directs
human resource management is considered as theworkforces to act in a particular way to satisfy a
crux element and its significance unique. Projectparticular need.
management staffing solutions must incorporateMotivation is goal directed behavior, and the goal is to
proper inside thinking to produce strong firm results.accomplish the project objectives.
Human resource management is the process ofHowever, concept of motivation is mainly a
managing people of the project with the humanpsychological factor and relates to those forces
approach, which means employing and deployingoperating within the individual employee; which impel
people, developing and utilizing their skills, maintaininghim to act or not act in certain ways.
and compensating their deliveries, and directing theirIn project management staffing solutions there are
forces towards a project goal.many theories that have been derived by experts and
In a project, the human workforce remains the nucleusamong them three excellent theories evolved:
energy, thrusting the project brim to the maximum1. Maslow's Hierarchy of Need Theory - Abraham
extent for object fulfillment.Maslow
Philosophy of Staffing2. Herzberg's Motivation-Hygine Theory of Motivation -
Staffing includes practice from recruiting, selecting, andFrederick Herzberg
establishing workforces for a project, and even firing3. McGregor's Theory of X and Y - McGregor
them when they are no longer needed. ProjectThese outstanding theories are scientifically proven
planning identifies the staffing need for the project andand are considered prime human resource gauging
once the needs are determined then the process istools.
set to meet them.Motivation is an important force behind the
Recruiting is the process of identifying the sources ofperformance of employees in the project and is
potential employees and encouraging them to applydirectly associated with the project performance.
for the jobs. The goal is to recruit enough qualifiedPerformance Appraisal and Reward Management
candidates so that the desired people are selected; inProject goals can be achieved when people or
short, the recruiting process is discovering potentialworkforces put in their best efforts; how to ascertain
candidates with the ability and attitude for actual ortheir performances on a given job? The answer to this
anticipated project vacancies.is Performance Appraisal.
As in today's highly complex and competitivePerformance Appraisal is the process of systematic
scenarios, the choice of choosing the right person forevaluation of the individual or the group with respect to
the right task has far-reaching implications; therefore, ittheir performance to the job and their potential for
is the process of attracting more candidates to thedevelopment.
project, in order to select the most suitable candidateReward Management is designing, implementing, and
who can help and serve the project to achieve itsmaintaining a pay system which helps to improve
objectives.project performance within project cost constrains.
Selection is an immediate process that starts afterHowever, a reward is to motivate people for what
recruitment, where the qualified personnel can bethey are doing and what they can do, in and for the
chosen from applications; in short, it is the process ofproject. The most obvious rewards staff may get
choosing the most likely candidate from thosefrom the work is his pay; however rewards also
individuals who can perform the project taskinclude promotions, desirable work assignments,
successfully.reorganization, and a host for there less obvious
Placement is an establishing process of the idealpayoffs.
candidates to their respective positions and determiningIn brief, project staffing involves the productive
their part in the project for which accepted.utilization of people in achieving an assigned project
Socialization is an adjusting process for the newendeavor.
employees; making them familiar with the project'sHumans are the workforce, the workforce that
unfamiliar environments, surroundings, coworkers andactivates other resources into existence of any
new job responsibilities. Socialization strongly influencesproject. Human workforces are neither a commodity
employee performance for project stability.nor a resource like mechanical tools; neither their
Motivating Human Resourcespotency can be defined nor it can be accurately
Project human resource management is the effectivemeasured by any material apparatus. The potency of
use of human resources in order to enhance projecthuman workforces must be treasured as the capital,
performance and motivate all involved towards projectand its creativity should be highly privileged.
goals; this is a primary action that should be followed.A successful project inevitably requires proper human
The term motivation has been derived form the wordresource management and project management
motive, which means the urge to do or not to dostaffing solutions.