To make a counterpoint argument to the claim that was made in the mini-lecture that recruitment and selection is a companies most important function, we have to consider the perspective of the organizations that struggle to implement best practices in employee staffing policy. To answer the question, “why might organizations decide to allocate more resources toward marketing or product design rather than using those same resources to do a really good job in employee recruitment and selection?” many organizations prioritize customers views rather than their own employees. The end goal for organizations is obviously to make a profit, organizations can’t make a profit without customers; therefore many organizations prioritize customers needs and wants first and foremost in order to achieve their profit goals. Although employee recruitment and selection is extremely important for an organizations success, marketing and product design is as well; as that is what is actually going to be turning a profit. Since marketing and product design is so important, we also have to consider the fact that we need good employees to actually do these things. It all goes hand in hand, and having a good set of employees first will reach better success when it comes to marketing and product design in the end. With a great team of employees, you are set up for success from the beginning to then start the marketing and designing aspect of the organizations product. The reason for organizations deciding to allocate more resources towards the product themselves mostly is attributed to the need for profit, which came first to them.

The potential strengths and weaknesses of an organizations decision to not prioritize recruitment and selection in favor of a focus on other aspects of the business include an immediate desire for profit making, which is the end goal of the organization. Another strength is that the organization is getting a head start on designing their profit and marketing it to potential customers. Prioritizing their product first has both positives and negatives due to the fact that they will put many resources into making a good product, but what needs to be realized is that a good product doesn’t come from a poor team of employees. This leads into the negatives of this decision which include not having a strong balanced team of employees to design the product they sought for. Without a well recruited team, you will not be able to reach the level of success from the product that you could with a well selected team. Both of these aspects go hand in hand, but organizations have a better/faster opportunity for success from the start if they have a well recruited/selected team of employees.