The complete question reads;
As you read the following case, think about how Alicia Brooks, HR manager at Edu-Films, needs to take a balanced approach to hiring the right amount of staff for the company's next big project. In this exercise, please read the mini-case and answer the questions that follow. Edu-Films is a small design company that writes and produces videos for the elementary and high school education market. The company is in the final stages of negotiating a new contract with a U.S. publisher to create 40 videos for a new K-12 math series, and the videos need to be available by the spring of 2017. Business for Edu-Films has been slow over the past three years, and the company has kept staff levels to a minimum. Mindful of the company's flat fiscal results over the last couple of years but understanding that new hires must be ready to go once the agreement is signed, HR manager Alicia Brooks must put together a cohesive hiring plan.
1). What should be Alicia's first step?
A). Check with her colleagues in the industry for possible new hires.
B). Get together with company execs for a planning session.
C). Set goals for hiring new staff.
D). Forecast labor supply and demand within the company once video work starts.
E). Take out a recruitment ad in the local newspaper.
Answer:
<u>C). Set goals for hiring new staff.</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
A goal refers to expected results or achievement which requires effort. Remember we are told, "the videos need to be available by the spring of 2017". Meeting this deadline should be the ultimate goal, and so Alicia's first step should be to <u>set goals for hiring new staff.</u>
By so doing she can get the expected results.
