Employees: Are They the "Make or Break" Component of a Company?

To what extent does one's staff contribute to the success of one's business? A Comparison of managerial and remuneration methods and the successes each has obtained

History of the problem

Archaeologists pretty much agree that the different villages and cities where "mankind" began around the world were started and grew rather in symmetry rather than in completely different ways. We started off in an agricultural-agrarian society and expanded to hunter tribes or crafts tribes.

If we search far back enough, most successful entrepreneurs needed employees to satisfy both end consumer and re-seller needs, regardless of products sold or where the merchant was located.

Problem

In some societies, most new employees were brought to the employer purely on referral and in other circumstances, especially the seafaring world, ruthless captains would direct his lieutenants to "Shang-hi" deck hands Because of the way new staffs were hired, it took a long time from the first hire till "professional" managers were hired or trained by schools.

Significance of the Problem

Part of what makes hiring a difficult activity includes;

not all employees are honest, nor is everyone a crook;

not everyone is equally ambitious, and their definitions of ethics may be different from yours?;

going through the interview phase of hiring is just slightly less uncomfortable to the average applicant than is receiving a dental root canal?;

do you want to do a back ground check on every candidate, or every serious candidate, or is that background check an affront to the candidates integrity?;

written employment contracts vs freedom to hire and fire at will? Musicians and entertainers receive contracts--why offer one?;

getting the word out to all logical sources/places that you am hiring (homeless shelters, state unemployment offices, special pool groups--those over 50--and Viet Nam vets)?;

training;

your employee manuals,
testing-and if so, -who and when and why and how--and if yes, who grades the tests?;

formal pay raise policy or promotion policy?;

use of temps?